Four Wartime Knight's Cross Recipient Postcards Buy Now Third Model

Third Model

Parts of the Siegfried line saw battle in August 1944 following the D-Day invasion when the Germans used it for defensive purposes

With all communication wires cut

Charlottenstrs

3-1/2”x6”

Four Wartime Knight's Cross Recipient Postcards Buy Now Third ModelA grouping of postcards, measuring 91x140mm, extremely fine condition with minor scuffing, slightly bent. Footnote Obergefreiter Brinkforth: Hubert Brinkforth (19161942) was a gunner in the 14th Battalion (antitank defense) of Infantry Regiment 25. On May 27, 1940, he was able to destroy nine British tanks in just 20 minutes. He received the Knights Cross as a Lance Corporal on March 7, 1941, the first enlisted man to do so. Brinkforth was killed in