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    Nice Picture of Stahlhelm Soldier with Finnish Liberty Cross


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    Hello,

    a nice picture of a soldier of the Stahhelm Bund.

    He is wearing a Finnish Liberty Cross, must be from 1941.

    The following guys have been awarded one...so the man's name should be in the list:

    1. Generalleutnant Erwin Engelbrecht: 21 September 1941

    2. Kapitän zur See Hans Bütow: 12 October 1941

    3. Oberst Karl Seber: 23 October 1941

    4. Generalmajor Erich Buschenhagen: 26 October 1941

    5. Generalmajor Kurt Dittmar: 26 October 1941

    6. Generalmajor Ernst Goettke: 26 October 1941

    7. Generalmajor Hans Kreysing: 26 October 1941

    8. Generalmajor Ernst Schlemmer: 26 October 1941

    9. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Wilhelm Becker: 9 November 1941

    10. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl-Maria Demelhuber: 1 December 1941 (His rank is listed simply as Generalmajor in the Finnish documents.)

    11. Kapitän zur See Leopold Bürkner: 10 December 1941

    12. Oberst Hans Piekenbrock: 10 December 1941

    13. Konteradmiral Reimar von Bonin: 31 January 1942

    14. Generalmajor Horst Rössing: 31 January 1942

    15. Generalleutnant Rudolf Ernst Otto Gercke: 25 March 1942 (Later awarded the 1st Class with Star and Swords on 15 July 1942.)

    16. Generalmajor Adolf Heusinger: 25 March 1942

    17. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Otto Hoffmann von Waldau: 25 March 1942

    18. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Walter Lorenz: 25 March 1942

    19. Generalmajor Bernhard von Loßberg: 25 March 1942

    20. Generalmajor Gerhard Matzky: 25 March 1942

    21. Vizeadmiral Hubert Schmundt: 25 March 1942

    22. Generalmajor Eduard Wagner: 25 March 1942

    23. Generalmajor Walter Warlimont: 25 March 1942

    24. Generalarzt Dr. Kurt Bingler: 28 March 1942

    25. Generalleutnant Iwan Huenert: 28 March 1942

    26. Generalmajor Ferdinand Jodl: 28 March 1942 (Later awarded the 1st Class with Oakleaf and Swords on 20 February 1944.)

    27. Generalmajor Christian Philipp: 28 March 1942

    28. Oberst Eduard Ausfeld: 28 April 1942

    29. Generalleutnant Hermann Tittel: 7 May 1942

    30. Oberst Werner Wachsmuth: 13 May 1942 (Commander of Infantry Regiment 310 of the 163rd Infantry Division; previously awarded the 2nd Class with Swords on 21 September 1941.)

    31. Konteradmiral Otto Klüber: 21 May 1942

    32. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch: 21 May 1942

    33. Generalmajor Rudolf Schmundt: 11 June 1942

    34. SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Felix Steiner: 16 June 1942 (Later awarded the 1st Class with Star and Swords on 6 July 1943)

    35. Generalleutnant Wilhelm Berlin: 23 August 1942

    36. Oberst (Luftwaffe) Alexander Holle: 23 August 1942

    37. Generalmajor Heinrich Kittel: 23 August 1942

    38. Generalmajor Gerhard Medem: 23 August 1942

    39. Generalmajor Wilhelm ”Willi” Raithel: 23 August 1942

    40. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Peter Hansen: 29 September 1942

    41. Generalmajor Fritz Thiele: 7 October 1942

    42. Kapitän zur See Kurt Böhmer: 10 October 1942

    43. Generalmajor Dipl. Wirtsch. Ernst Becht: 12 November 1942

    44. Generalmajor Rudolf Hünermann: 12 November 1942

    45. Generalmajor Otto Will: 22 January 1943

    46. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille: 6 March 1943

    47. Generalleutnant Karl Allmendinger: 29 March 1943

    48. Generalleutnant Hans Kratzert: 29 March 1943

    49. Generalmajor Gerhard Reus: 29 March 1943

    50. Generalmajor Martin Wandel: 29 March 1943

    51. Generalmajor Wilhelm Wegener: 29 March 1943

    52. Generalmajor Richard Bazing: 13 May 1943

    53. SS-Oberführer Heinrich Gärtner: 13 May 1943

    54. Generalmajor Georg Ritter von Hengl: 13 May 1943

    55. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Heinrich ”Heino” Jürs: 13 May 1943 (His rank is listed simply as Generalmajor in the Finnish documents.)

    56. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Matthias Kleinheisterkamp: 13 May 1943

    57. Generalmajor August Krakau: 13 May 1943

    58. Generalmajor Franz Rossi: 13 May 1943

    59. Vizeadmiral Theodor Burchardi: 7 June 1943

    60. Generalleutnant Wilhelm Haase: 7 June 1943

    61. Generalmajor Paul Winter: 17 June 1943

    62. Generalmajor Georg Radziej: 30 June 1943

    63. Generalleutnant Kurt Weckmann: 13 August 1943

    64. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Kurt Kleinrath: 24 October 1943

    65. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Xaver Sattler: 24 October 1943

    66. Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Herbert Joachim Karl Walter Rieckhoff: 8 January 1944

    67. Generalarzt Dr. Rudolf Lipf: 19 January 1944

    68. Generalmajor Karl Rübel: 19 January 1944 (Previously awarded the 2nd Class with Swords on 12 December 1941.)

    69. Generalmajor Hans Degen: 4 April 1944

    70. Konteradmiral Heinz Nordmann: 15 April 1944

    71. Konteradmiral Werner Stichling: 15 April 1944

    72. Generalmajor Hero Breusing: 31 July 1944

    Is somebody able to identify him?

    Regards

    Detlef

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    I am astonished. The Stahlhelm were disbanded/amalgamated in 1935/36 and his uniform- as an "SA reservist" was supposed to be retired by 1941.

    I know nothing about Finnish medals. Does it have to be from 1941? Could it have been a 1st class military award from 1918-1920?

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    Hmm , this was strange :unsure: There was not may 1 st class Liberty Crosses awarded in 1918 to Germans

    but here is one name ?

    Kapt Ernst von Hülsen , I will try to enclose a pic of him in 1918 tomorrow ( my Excel is giving a hard time right now) :banger:

    Christer

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    Hello,

    @Ulsterman: It can be also a cross from 1918, but...is the man not too young to possess such a cross and...his uniform confuses me...?

    @christerd: could be a possible hint...worth to go into deepest excel sheets...Thanks

    Detlef

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    • 1 month later...

    hey vlorenz,

    i am interested in the liberty cross of your father...pls pm

    Detlef

    How do you view the picture? I'm sorry but I didn't see anything. My father is listed #18 on the list and I was hoping to see him.

    Help? anyone?

    Thanks

    VL

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    • 9 months later...

    It is my understanding that German soldiers assisted Finland, then a part of the Russian Empire, to break away in 1918. These liberty medals were established after Finland gained its independence. The Stahlhelm chap would have earned his medal in 1918, not after 1939.

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