EK 1939 Attributed RK

[Richard Gordon]

I'd like to share with you my only attributed RK.

It's a standard S&L, magnetic core, micro 800 frame. It was awarded to Anton Kreuzberg for actions in the Cassino area in May 1944. He held his sector during a heavy assault until reinforcements arrived and knocked out 6 allied tanks in the same day.

Kreuzberg was a Nashorn gun commander in Pz. J?g. Abt 525.

Over the years I have put some items to it. I found the post-war signed photo on Ebay. The small picture is of Nashorns in Rome, probably 1943 when the unit arrived in Italy.

[Richard Gordon]

Notice that his name is incorrectly spelt, Kreutzberg. How do I know...? Here's how.

Rich

[DavidM]

Hello

Your collection just gets better and better. Many thanks for showing this. A very nice RK, made even more desireable through knowing who the receipient was and their history.

[Gerd Becker]

Wow. Nashorn Commander and the RK for Cassino, thats just fantastic!. Congrats, Rich, thats a group, you can be proud of.

best,

Gerd

[Richard Gordon]

Thanks for the kind words.

The sad thing about this RK was that it originally came with all the documents and soldbuch but then split as the buyer was only interested in the paper work.

I have found photos of the unit in Italy on ebay but unfortunately sudek13 is also interested and therefore inpossible to win against this bidder with bottomless pockets. A photo that should cost no more than ?50 now becomes ?400+ when sudek13 is interested. But slowly and surely I will continue to add any associated items when I can.

Thanks to another collector, I got a scan of his obituary when Kreuzberg passed away in 1988. The same person got me the photo of the headstone.

Regards

Rich

Edited May 14, 2007 by Richard Gordon

[Marcus H]

Nice one Rich, attributed crosses are few and far between.

Do you know where the paper work lives to date Rich ?

Kr

Marcus

[Richard Gordon]

Do you know where the paper work lives to date Rich ?

Marcus

Yes, I do (they are in the UK) and I was able to contact him a few years back and he kindly supplied a scan of the Soldbuch photo (see the small photo on the stand) and a MSWord document of a translation of the citation.

I think RK's to Nashorn crews are very rare (I know of only 3) and the Cassino factor makes it even more desirable. I would love to think that should the documents ever come up for sale that I would get '1st refusal'.

Rich

[Dave B]

That's a great looking RK there Rich, extra special being attributed

Any chance of some close ups?

Dave

[Richard Gordon]

Sure can...

[Allan]

Superb RK Rich, your a lucky man.

[Dave B]

Beautiful cross Rich.

[Naxos]

Beautiful RK Richard,

I looked throught the Wochenschau of May 1944 and came across one small scene of a named Nashorn in action at Monte Cassino. Here is a still:

[Richard Gordon]

Beautiful RK Richard,

I looked throught the Wochenschau of May 1944 and came across one small scene of a named Nashorn in action at Monte Cassino. Here is a still:

Thanks for the pic. I have no idea of details on Kreuzberg Nashorn unfortunately.

Maybe someone can help on that... if he was Gesch?tzf?hrer 2./ what possible unit marking would his Nashorn have had?

I got these two photos from ebay which shows Nashorns from this unit in Italy.

Rich