Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel MANFRED BÜTTNER (15.02.1921 - 29.05.1992), unconfirmed Knight's Cross award on April 28, 1945. Company leader in FJR 26/9. Fallschirmjäger-Division. After the war Hauptmann (Captain) in the Bundeswehr. Retired in 1971. (Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1992-018-25A)

Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel MANFRED BÜTTNER

Fallschirmjägers using an American M1919 Browning machine gun. Normandy France, Summer 1944. Also note that the soldier to the right has a piece of American camouflage parachute silk around his neck.  (Wehrmacht39)