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Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients 1941-45

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Elite - Colors, Medals & Other Regalia

MSRP old price: $18.95


Product Info

Title
Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients 1941-45
Publisher
Category
Author
Gordon Williamson
Publish Year
2005
Pages
64
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.25"
NKG Part #
2147394166
MFG. Part #
OSPELI133
Type
Softcover
Series
ELI133

Description

On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmacht stormed forward across the frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight’s Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the silver clasp of the Oak-Leaves with Swords. It would be awarded to only 159 men of the approximately 15 million who served in the German armed forces during World War II. This third in a sequence of four titles describes and illustrates a selection of the recipients: from much-wounded front line infantry officers, to Hitler’s ‘brother-in-law’; from a sergeant pilot fighter ace, to the commanding general of the greatest tank force ever gathered on the Russian Front.