J Temple-West

M?lders.

Kupfer.

Rudel.

Udet.

The head of the outfit.

G?ring.

Gentlemen, how about a database of all Luftwaffe RK winners? There were 1785 RK?s awarded to members of the Luftwaffe. If you have any photos or postcards of these winners, post them here.

I?ll start off with the few that I have, some I have on file, and keep the list up to date as they come in. The best of any duplicates will be kept.

Anyone who sees a photo or card that belongs to them and objects to it being posted in this thread let me know and I?ll either give them the appropriate credit or delete the image.

Over to you..

Firstly, here's a photo to give you a little flavour of the world of the knight's Cross winner.

7.52 am....That is a nice sight first thing in the morning. That's set me up for the day, Eric.

And to compliment Eric's Deumer....

Nice one Steve.... Here are a couple from the same die.

Reverse...

I don't know what it is, but it ain't a BSW!!

Many thanks for the info, Guys. Much appreciated.

And with the unqualified RO/AG, too!! Very nice, Steve.

Any LDO # on that combo?

Hi Kev,

Not much more to be said on this one, other than....when you have a minute, put it in the "Fake Para Badge" file.

Hi, Giorgio

GenLt Ludwig Schilffarth. Commander of the 4th Flak Division 26.2.44 - 31.10.44

I?ve just done a little research and have found the ?Flak Regiment .46? was part of the 4th Flak Division, this being the same Division that the variant 1942 flak document comes from. This means that these types of documents were unit specific. In other words, the 4th Flak division produced its own unique certificates for its members.

I'd say no problem with this one. Although I?ve not seen this particular type, it?s very similar in design to the 1942 variant issue of the Flak badge urkunde.

As ever, Eric... An A1+ piece.

Hi Klin,

Firstly, let me welcome you to the forum, I hope that you will enjoy it here.

It's never too late for this thread, in fact I hope that this one will grow enough to warrent a seperate area on the froum eventually

Nice piece you have there, I know someone here who would love one of those (are you out there JTW? )

Thanks for showing it.

Cheers

Don

I'll second the welcome... And what a piece to start off with! That Allach Pilot is stunning.

As for the pup, Don...Very nice, and early!

Maker mark.

Reverse.

Meybauer 1st class.

Reverse.

bar set.

Here's a scary one - a knockoff of another 1st Pattern. "Juncker" marked

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A very nasty one, Eric. Pity that we don't have some larger pix to study.