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Menton, Otto

Date of birth:
November 10th, 1898 (Müllheim/Baden, Germany)
Date of death:
April 18th, 1945
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
January 22nd, 1917: Fahnenjunker;
June 10th, 1918: Leutnant;
x? : RDA vom 1.2.1918 (13) erhalten;
July 31st, 1925: Oberleutnant mit RDA vom 1.4.1925 (653);
June 1st, 1933: Hauptmann (11);
March 1st, 1937: Major (13);
August 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant (10);
April 8th, 1942: Oberst mit RDA vom 01.04.1942 (372).

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Afrika", Deutsch-Italienischen Panzerarmee, Heer
Awarded on:
January 8th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126, 23. Panzer Division, Heer
Awarded on:
April 17th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 3rd, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 14th, 1942
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

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