Horst Naumann WW2 German Panzer Ace Knights Cross Signed Photograph - $50 - (Alexandria, KY)

Part of a collection of autographed photos of German Knight's Cross recipients (similar to the US Medal of Honor) as shown in the last picture, attributed to Donald McClure who was a Lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force and a Nuremberg war crime trials official. Mr. McClure was noted for his "Donald McClure Papers", which included "Correspondence, memoranda, and trial transcripts, relating to "The Long March" of the 1st Division, U.S. Infantry, into German occupied areas following World War I; German military operations in the West during World War II; and German war crime trials, especially the Buchenwald Concentration Camp case, 1947-1948." Listed as a Sergeant-officers candidate in the caption. "Naumann, Horst - 21 kills (Stug.Abt. 184) last rank : Leutnant ; FRG Bundeswehr service, last rank : Oberstleutnantawards : KC : 04.01.1943, Unteroffizier, Geschützführer i. d. 3./Stug.Abt 184 Date of birth:September 9th, 1915 (Karlstadt/Unterfranken, Germany)Date of death:October 20th, 2010 (Würzburg/Bavaria, Germany)Nationality:German (1933-1945, German Reich)BiographyIn service from November 3rd 1937. Eisernes Kreuz 2. KlassePeriod:Second World War (1939-1945)Awarded on:October 1st, 1941Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse Eisernes Kreuz 1. KlassePeriod:Second World War (1939-1945)Awarded on:September 27th, 1942Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse Deutsches Kreuz in GoldPeriod:Second World War (1939-1945)Rank:Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)Unit:2. Kompanie, schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507, HeerAwarded on:April 28th, 1944Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Ritterkreuz des Eisernen KreuzesPeriod:Second World War (1939-1945)Rank:Fahnenjunker-FeldwebelUnit:Zugführer 2. / schwere.Panzer-Abteilung 507 / 4.Panzer-Division / Armeeabteilung "Grasser" / Heeresgruppe NordAwarded on:September 30th, 1944Details: Submitted on September 17th 1944.Preliminary document and decoration on October 17th 1944 to Armeeabteilung "Grasser".Assault Badge in Gold on 28.04.1945" Measures (about) 4 x 6 inches. You will be rece…

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