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OKH example to a member in a RAD unit...

Oberstleutnant Rudolf Schwarze.

Born: 16 Mar 1907

Died: Unknown

Highest rank reached: Oberst

Flak Abt F/88 (mot.) (Legion Condor)

Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow

Ia Stab/Kdr. der Luftverteidigungszone West (LV-Kdo. 5)

Gen.Qu. (4.Abt.)/Genst.d.Lw. & Gruppenleiter III

Generalstab d.Lw

Kdr II/Flak Rgt 23 (mot.)

Ib I. Fliegerkorps

Instructor Qu-Dienst Stab/Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow

Kdr Flak Rgt 182 (mot.)

Kdr Flak Rgt 21 (mot.)

Image: Black Wound Badge Citation

Major Wilhelm Jürgens.

Born: 19 Aug 1911

Died: 29 Mar 1970

Adjutant Stab/Flak-Rgt 111

Ia op 2 Stab/Luftgau Kommando Holland

Gen.Qu (6 Abt)/Genst. d. Luftwaffe

Generalstab d. Luftwaffe

Kdr II/Flak.Rgt 23 (mot.)

Flak Ers.Abt 19

Ia Stab/25 Flak Division

Ritterkreuz - 09 Jun 1944

Image: Silver Wound Badge Citation

A 1939 dated EK II citation and a 1940 dated EK I citation awarded to the gunnery officer onboard Scharnhorst, Ernst Dominik, who would go on to serve as the Second in Command onbaord the ship when she was sunk and was awarded the DKiG. EK II signed by Wilhelm Marschall & EK I signed by Günther Lütjens...

Also shown is a small paper folder that the two EK citations were kept in.

A KvK II Kl mit Schwertern awarded to an artillery unit located in Greece/Crete at the time. Signed by Julius Ringel...

EK II citation awarded to a soldier serving with a heavy artillery unit that was equipped with siege artillery (30.5 & 35.5cm guns) with 18 Armee at the time of the award...

And two of the more usual variety...

A Wehrkreis issue example and signed by future Generalleutnant Theo-Helmut Lieb who would win the Knights Cross & Oakleaves in the space of 11 days in 1944...

The only one I have and is from Berlin...

And a Romanian award for a member of Pi.Btl 46...

And here is a Bulgarian award to a member of an artillery unit...

And to start off this thread here is a beautifully ornate Spanish citation for a member of the Legion Condor who would go on to serve as a member of ground crew with JG-27...

A KvK II Kl mit Schwertern awarded to a member of Organisation Todt and signed by Georg-Hans Reinhardt...

EK II awarded to a member of Leibstandarte's Artillery Regiment for the fighting at Kharkov in early 1943 and signed by Sepp Dietrich...

EK II awarded to a member of a Festungs-Pionier unit and signed by SS-Gruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp...

EK II example to a member of NJG-1 and signed by Josef Kammhuber...

And a posthumous issue for a sailor who was KIA on F-9 when she was torpedoed and sunk on 14th December 1939 by HMS Ursula...

Another variant for a sailor who served in 6 Sperrbrecherflotille...

A variant issued to a sailor who serve in 18 Vorpostenflottile and also won the Coastal Artillery Badge...

EK II awarded to a Fallschirmjäger at Monte Cassino...

EK I variant...

Variant signed by Reinhold Klebe (DKiG)...

Another variant for the IAB Silber...

And another one for the NKSiB and signed by Karl Brassert who would finish the war as 'Kampfkommandant von Marienburg'...

A field made variant for the NKSiB and signed by Karl Frewer (RK & DKiG)...