PLM & RK winners

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Among the German soldiers who fought in both world wars, there were a selected few who receive Germany highest honor in WWI, the PLM and it’s highest honor in WW2 the RK, here a list of them:

  1. Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock: PLM at 1 Apr 1918, RK at 30.09.1939.

  1. General der Infanterie Kuno-Hans von Both: PLM at 10 Apr 1918, RK at
    09.07.1941.

  1. Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch: PLM at 4 Oct 1918, RK at 26.05.1940, Oakleaves at 21.08.1943.

  1. Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring: PLM at 2 June 1918, RK at 30.09.1939.

  1. Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim: PLM at 8 Oct 1918, RK at 24.06.1940, Oakleaves at 02.04.1943, Swords at 28.08.1944.

  1. General der Infanterie Siegfried Haenicke: PLM at 14 June 1918, RK at
    17.09.1941.

  1. Generaloberst Alfred Keller: PLM at 4 Dec 1917, RK at 24.06.1940.

  1. Generalleutnant Heinrich Kirchheim: PLM at 13 Oct 1918, RK at 14.05.1941.

  1. Generalleutnant Otto Lancelle: PLM at 9 Oct 1918, RK at 27.07.1941.

  1. Generaloberst Bruno Loerzer: PLM at 12 Feb 1918, RK at 29.05.1940.

  1. Generalleutnant Theodor “Theo” Osterkamp: PLM at 2 Sep 1918, RK at 22.08.1940.

  1. Generalleutnant Johann von Ravenstein: PLM at 23 June 1918, RK at 03.06.1940.

  1. Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel: PLM at 10 Dec 1917, RK at 27.05.1940, Oakleaves at 20.03.1941, Swords at 20.01.1942, Diamonds at 11.03.1943.

  1. Generalmajor Karl Rothenburg: PLM at 30 June 1918, RK at 03.06.1940.

  1. Generalmajor Siegfried Runge: PLM at 30 Aug 1918, RK at 20.12.1941.

  1. Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner: PLM at 5 Dec 1917, RK at 20.04.1941, Oakleaves at 17.02.1944, Swords at 28.08.1944, Diamonds at 01.01.1945.

  1. Generaloberst Wolf von Stutterheim: PLM at 29 Aug 1918, RK at 04.07.1940.

  1. Generaloberst Ernst Udet: PLM at 9 Apr 1918, RK at 04.07.1940.

  1. Generalmajor Horst von Wolff: PLM at 28 Nov 1918, RK at 10.10.1941.
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Nice pictures Ingsoc, I know most of them but I have no idea that Udet was awarded wth the RK…I wonder why ? , they did not contribute too much to the war effort or fought a fierce battle.