An Official Press Photo Of Knight’s Cross Recipient Lieutenant Arthur Jahnke Newly Listed born 1890 in Sheffield

born 1890 in Sheffield

where he was named Leading Aircraftman on May 1st

Numbers of medals issued were: medals without clasp 299

It is designed with a protruding visor at the front and a neck guard at the rear

It is marked a “Behelfszahlungsmittel” (auxiliary currency) that was only valid inside the Wehrmacht and could not be used as public currency

An Official Press Photo Of Knight’s Cross Recipient Lieutenant Arthur Jahnke Newly Listed born 1890 in SheffieldA photo, measuring 175x125mm, near mint condition, lightly warped. It shows Knights Cross recipient Lieutenant Arthur Jahnke walking past a military band and honouring unit, Regiment 919 of the 709th Grenadier Division. The man in front of him is Division Commander Lieutenant General Karl Wilhelm von Schlieben (18941964), himself a recipient of the Knights Cross. The photo is dated to Montebourg (Brittany) on May 30, 1944. Footnote: Lieutenant Arthur