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Knobloch, Albert Rudi

Date of birth:
September 23rd, 1919 (Pulsnitz/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
May 23rd, 2012 (Heidelberg/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1944

According to Manfred Dörr awarded in January 1944.
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Warrant Officer)
Unit:
Zugführer 10. (gep.) / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1945
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Zugführer, 12. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1945

He is not mentioned in Patzwall / Scherzer.
This soldier has not yet been mentioned in any known database of DKiG recipients.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - "For Multiple Deeds of Exceptional Bravery" SS & Police Recipients of the War Order of the German Cross 1941-1945 Volume I by Michael D. Miller
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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