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Amlacher, Kurt

Date of birth:
May 1st, 1921 (Treffen/Carinthia, Austria)
Date of death:
May 2nd, 1945
Nationality:
Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 30th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1942

Bronze version.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 30th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 15th, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 15th, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Unterscharführer
Unit:
Stabskompanie / SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"
Awarded on:
April 23rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Yerger M.C., German Cross in Gold, Holders of the SS and Police, Volume 1, "Das Reich" Kurt Amlacher to Heinz Lorenz, R. James Bender Publishing, San Jose, USA, ISBN 0-912138-94-7

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