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Eglseer, Karl

Date of birth:
July 5th, 1890 (Bad Ischl, Austria)
Date of death:
June 23rd, 1944 (near Hartberg, Austria)
Nationality:
Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Awarded on:
August 26th, 1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger–Regiment 136
Awarded on:
August 25th, 1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Komandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
Awarded on:
September 12th, 1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
Awarded on:
October 12th, 1939
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
Awarded on:
October 12th, 1939
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
Awarded on:
October 12th, 1939
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136
Awarded on:
October 12th, 1939
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  1.Klasse, 25 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalmajor
Awarded on:
1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalmajor
Awarded on:
April 30th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalmajor
Unit:
Kommandeur 4.Gebirgs-Division
Awarded on:
July 15th, 1941

With Swords
Tsarski Orden
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalmajor (Brigadier)
Unit:
Kommandeur 4. Gebirgs-Division
Awarded on:
October 23rd, 1941
The following wartime excerpt describes why Eglseer would be awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Generalmajor Eglseer heavily influenced the Uman pocket battle through his personal initiative. By allowing his left wing Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 91 to swing right towards Podwissokoje via Polonisteje he interdicted the last road to the south for the not-yet encircled enemy forces. Through this the ring around the Uman pocket was more or less closed, which in turn enabled the destruction of the 6th and 12th Russian armies.”
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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