Strippel, Hans
- Date of birth:
- December 1st, 1912 (Obergeis/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 26th, 1983 (Bad Hersfeld/Hesse, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Oberfeldwebel Hans Strippel, Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1. Panzer-Division, knocked out 37 T-34 medium tanks with his Panzer V at Cherkassy. The "Panzerfuchs der ERSTEN" (the Panzer Fox of the first one) was awarded the "Oak Leaves" for destroying more than 70 T-34's. As the fourth soldier of the 1st Panzer-Division he received this award at June 4, 1944.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 24th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- 3. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- July 5th, 1941
Silver version.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- 3. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- July 21st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 19th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 3. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 24th, 1941
Award 40/3
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 2. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division / XXXXI.Panzer-Korps / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe D
- Awarded on:
- January 22nd, 1943
1450th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- 4. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 8th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- I. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 22nd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 4. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division / 4.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Nordukraine
- Awarded on:
- June 4th, 1944
485th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- 4. / Panzer-Regiment 1 / 1.Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- July 30th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Andreas Pfeiffer
- Photo: Andreas Pfeiffer
- German Crosses today - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Wehrpass
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
- Stoves, R.O.G., Die 1.Panzer-Division – 1935-1945, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2001
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- Onderzoek via Panzer-Archiv Forum
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