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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 3972981, member: 77704&quot;]In WW2 era, Germanys top award where the Ritterkreuz/ Eichenlaub/ Schwerten/ Brillantan&nbsp; 27 receipients from the KreigsMarine/ Heer/ Waffen SS/ Luftwaffe.</p><p>However many deserving men never received the top award.</p><p>Gunther Rall JG-52 (276 victories) only got the Swords Gerd. Barkhorn JG-52 (302 victories) same deal. So histories second and third top scorer where robbed of this award. Another raw deal was Panzer (Tiger) Ace Kurt Knispel 168 Soviet tanks/120 PAKS knocked out/ yet he never got the Knighs Cross. Reason, he had long hair/ beard/ never saluted officers!</p><p>Gerd Barkhorn/ girlfriend</p><p>Gunther Rall</p><p>Kurt Knispel (civilized shot) shows he got German Cross in Gold at least. The award system was like a graduated system. 1st award Iron Class 2nd. class 2nd/ Iron Cross First Class/ German Cross in Silver/ German Cross in Gold/ then came the Knights Cross/ add Oakleaves/ add Swords/ Diamonds.[ATTACH=full]1045550[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1045551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1045552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1045553[/ATTACH]</p><p>same guy&nbsp;&nbsp; (unkept hippie look)[ATTACH=full]1045550[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1045551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1045552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1045553[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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