Hello Waleed and thanks for the book information! I've never heard of this book before, but they have it on http://www.amazon.de where it also recieved great reviews. This book will most probably be a buy in the near future...
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Ritterkreuzträger in the Kriegsmarine's Kleinkampfverbände
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I just found (thanks to Michael/Nordwest) a very interesting group photograph of Karl Dönitz, surrounded by highly decorated members of the Kleinkampfverbände... It just must be shared!
http://www.ullsteinbild.de
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http://www.ullsteinbild.de
http://www.ullsteinbild.deKarl DÖnitz
16.09.1891 - 24.12.1980 Offizier, D - im Kreis von `Einzelkämpfern der der deutschen Kleinkampfmittel zur See' (Originaltext), die mit dem Ritterkreuz zum Eisernen Kreuz bzw. dem Deutschen Kreuz in Gold ausgezeichnet wurden; neben Dönitz nach rechts: der Leutnant der Marineverwaltung Alfred Vetter und Korvettenkapitän Fritz Frauenheim, nach links: Oberfernschreibmeister Herbert Berrer - datiert 14.09.1944 Orden Kriegsorden
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Re: Ritterkreuzträger in the Kriegsmarine's Kleinkampfverbände
Walther Gerhold, the only enlisted man in the Kriegsmarine and in the Kleinkampfverbände who received the Ritterkreuz for actions previously mentioned in this thread, has passed away at age 101. Born in 8.VI.1921, Herr Gerhold died on 2.III.2013. He had served as a police officer after the war, reaching the rank of Polizeihauptkommissar...
http://trauer.ruhrnachrichten.de/Trauer ... ld-Walther
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http://trauer.ruhrnachrichten.de/Trauer ... ld-Walther
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Re: Ritterkreuzträger in the Kriegsmarine's Kleinkampfverbände
Thanks for sharing that sad news.
Technically aged 91 years at time of death, though.
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Technically aged 91 years at time of death, though.
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Re: Ritterkreuzträger in the Kriegsmarine's Kleinkampfverbände
Yes, 91 years of age, which still a very respectable age by any standard...
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