Christian Tychsen having been awarded his Knight

system · August 11, 2021, 12:28am

Christian Tychsen , having been awarded his Knights Cross , Otto Kumm and Vincent Kaiser.This photo taken after the post Kharkov award ceremony.Tychsen later received a serious and disfiguring wound between his lip and chin. Kaiser cuts an impressive figure , Dk in Gold , Knight's Cross , Iron Cross first Class, infantry assault badge and four tank destruction badges. Das Reich was deployed North of Coutances and St.Lo and along the Villers Caen Road in attempts to contain the British and American forces pressing in these sectors, at this time SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Christian Tychsen the Divisional Commander was killed , American soldiers stripped his uniform and body for souvenirs - not having seen such a high ranking officer before - as a result his body when it was buried was unidentified.In the early 1970's his body was exhumed and identified.(rudeerude)

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/german-forces/36179/christian-tychsen-having-been-awarded-his-knight

Bazooka_Joe · December 15, 2010, 8:42am

Why he didn’t have a “Das Reich” cuff title?

system · August 11, 2021, 12:28am

Wehrmacht39 · December 15, 2010, 4:30pm

@Bazooka Joe, I don’t think he was in the “Das Reich” division yet.

Ealdwita · December 15, 2010, 5:34pm

I have seen a photo of Tychsen taken after the presentation of his RK along with 6 other recipients from Deutschland. 3 (including Tychsen) are wearing the black ‘special’ Panzer uniform, and one wears the Feldgrau Flakartillerie ‘Panzerjack’. The remaining 3 wear the M36 tunic. Only those with the M36 are wearing cuff titles.