Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Werner Ranck. Generalmajor Werner Ranck (25.10.1904 in Hamburg † 07.12.1989 in Hamburg) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on February 10, 1944 with X. Armeekorps and the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on March 2, 1945 as Generalmajor und Kommandeur of the 121. Infanterie-Division.