Byzantine Figural Processional Crosses (Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications)
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"Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients 1941-45" (Elite)
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Osprey's survey of the recipients of the Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves and Swords awards during World War II (1939-1945). On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmachtstormed forward across the frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight’s Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the silver clasp of the Oak-Leaves with Swords. It would be awarded to only 159 men of the approximately 15 million who served in the German armed forces during World War II. This third in a sequence of four titles describes and illustrates a selection of the recipients: from much-wounded front line infantry officers, to Hitler’s ‘brother-in-law’; from a sergeant pilot fighter ace, to the commanding general of the greatest tank force ever gathered on the Russian Front. Read more...
Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1941-45 (Elite)
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Osprey's survey of the recipients of the Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves awards during World War II (1939-1945). The remarkable early successes of the armed forces of the Third Reich prompted the decision that the supreme decoration for personal valour or outstanding leadership – the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross – was insufficient. To mark further acts of gallantry a new distinction was created in June 1940: the Oak-Leaves clasp. Further decorations in the form of the Swords and, finally, the Diamonds were added. This second title in our series describes and illustrates a selection of recipients of the Knight’s Cross and Oak-Leaves between 1941 and early 1944, when the Wehrmacht was engaged on all fronts, as well as at sea and in the air. Read more...
Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1939-40 (Elite) (v. 1)
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Osprey's survey of the recipients of the Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves awards during World War II (1939-1945). In 1939 a new grade in the Iron Cross series was introduced, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). It was awarded for a variety of reasons, from skilled leadership to a single act of extreme gallantry, and was bestowed across all ranks, grades, and branches of service. As the war progresed, further distinctions were created for bestowal on existing winners, namely Oak-Leaves (Eichenlaub); Oak-Leaves with Swords (Eichenlaub und Schwertern); and Oak-Leaves with Swords and Diamonds (Eichenlaub, Schwerter und Brillanten). This book, the first in a sequence of four, covers winners of the Knights Cross and the Oak-Leaves distinction in the period 1939-40. Read more...
High school football: Ramblers run past Raiders, 27-24
Winthrop's Zach Glazier crosses the goal line as Oak Hill's Brandon Potvin, top and Claeb Provost try in vain to drag him down during Saturday's game in Wales. Winthrop's Matt Smith, left and Sam Vigue put pressure on |
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Darrell Huckaby: Even sleepless nights can bring signs of encouragement You name it and it crosses through my mind at night. Eventually I get around to worrying about the fact that I can't get to sleep. And believe it or not, I told you all of that to tell you this. This week, as if I didn't have enough demons and gremlins |
Golz Scores 4 To Power OPRF Boys Soccer To Victory
OPRF's Ryan Huettel, left, congratulates Stephen Golz on the first of his four goals against Downers Grove North in the Huskies' 5-0 victory Thursday in Oak Park. Oak Park-River Forest High School coach Paul Wright was so unhappy with |
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Sky Oaks Meadow and Bon Tempe Loop The way back is the Alex Forman Trail that crosses over a peninsula of land surrounded by Bon Tempe Lake and then parallels the Sky Oaks Road. The Alex Forman Trail was given generous room to enjoy the native habitats along the way without a feeling of |
Forest Service land purchases heighten area's appeal
Visitors to the Columbia River Gorge have the U.S. Forest Service to thank for the dazzling variety of recreation options available within a couple of hours’ drive from the Portland-Vancouver metro area.
A former historic homestead dotted with apple trees and once overrun with blackberries east of Washougal is now St. Cloud day use area, an oasis of quiet where visitors can picnic and walk along the Washington shore of the Columbia River.
Hikers flock to Catherine Creek east of Bingen, a former cattle ranch, to photograph spring wildflowers and climb through open stands of Oregon white oak and ponderosa pine.
Under the Oak: Irish Saints of June: Diarmaid of Castledermot
There can hardly be a doubt, that the present saint flourished in the earliest ages of Christianity in our country. In the "Feilire" of St. Aengus, the name of this holy man is given as Ainle, which the commentator makes synonymous with Diarmait of Disert Diarmata Ui Aeda Roin. The former appellation is interpreted in English, "delightful his colour." We find the name Diarmait and Disurt registered in the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the 21st of June. More circumstantial are the following details. He belonged to the race of Fiatach Finn, monarch of...