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Claude

Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

1942-43 : enter the Milice Française
September 1944 : enter the Waffen SS
April 1945 : Battle of Berlin in the Div. Kampfschule der 33.SS Div Charlemagne led by RKT SS Ostuf W.Weber

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Grenadier
Unit:
Div. Kampfschule 33. SS Div Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Grenadier
Unit:
Div. Kampfschule 33. SS Div Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
WIA to the leg and the arm while destroying single handedly his 3rd soviet tank
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Grenadier
Unit:
DIv Kampfschule 33.SS Div Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
4 soviet tanks destroyed single handedly during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Grenadier
Unit:
Div Kampfschule 33.SS Div Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
4 soviet tanks destroyed single handedly during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Grenadier
Unit:
Div Kampfschule 33. SS Div Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
4 soviet tanks destroyed single handedly during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Grenadier
Unit:
Div Kampfschule 33.SS Div Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
4 soviet tanks destroyed single handedly during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber

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