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Liecke, Karl (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
May 8th, 1910 (Pasing-Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
September 8th, 1976 (Glonn/Bavaria, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 422.140 (V) // NSDAP-Nr.: 4.822.085
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1941-00.00.1942: SS-Ostuf d.R., Chef, 5. Kompanie, SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 3, 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division
00.09.1942: SS-Hstuf d.R., Kdr, II. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 3, 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division
22.12.1942: SS-Hstuf d.R., Führer, SS-Kampfgruppe 'Fegelein'
00.00.1943: 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS ‘Handschar’(kroatische Nr. 1)
21.04.1944: promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer der Reserve
30.01.1945: promoted to SS-Ostubaf d.R., Kdr, Waffen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 27 der SS, 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS ‘Handschar’(kroatische Nr. 1)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 27th, 1940
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 24th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 20th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1943
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1943
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer / Major der Schutzpolizei
Unit:
Kommandeur, Waffen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 27 der SS
Awarded on:
February 28th, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmbannführer / Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei
Unit:
Kommandeur, Waffen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 27 der SS
Awarded on:
May 3rd, 1945

Awarding to the actions of the SS-Kampfgruppe "Handschar" by General der Artillerie de Angelis, Kommandeur 6.Armee.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - 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
    - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945

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