reading some of the posts gave me the idea to put this thread up. A well known NCO Knights Cross winner from the Langemarck Brigade was SS-Unterscharfuhrer Remi Schrijnen, at the time of this award Schrijnen was an SS-Sturmann (Lance-Corporal), it is intresting to note that only a handful of Belgians were awarded this decoration.
Another NCO who won the Knights Cross was Oberfeldwebel Walter Wriedt of the 138th Gebirgs Regt, Wriedt was awarded his Ritter-Kreuz in Oct 1943. There were a number of NCO's from the Gross-Deutschland Division who were awarded the Knights Cross, here are just a few. Oberwachtmeister Wilhelm Kessel who won his R-K in Feb 1944, Oberfeldwebel Martin Beilig and Oberwachtmeister Wilhelm Wegner.
An intresting case which i had to post up was the Knights Cross award to Grenadier (Private) Gunter Halm, at the age of just nineteen when the R-K was awarded he was the youngest recipient in the German Army. Halm was awarded his Knights Cross on the 29th July 1942 for an action in the Western Desert. Halm served with the 104th Pz Gren Rgt of the 21st Pz Div and was the only surviving member of an Anti-tank gun crew who stopped a British tank advance on the 22nd July 1942, he was awarded the R-K personally by General Rommel.
Good hunting, Peiper.
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