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Rekowski, von, Siegfried (Grenadier-Regiment 354)

Date of birth:
July 9th, 1896 (Tirschtiegel/Posen, Germany)
Date of death:
May 9th, 1990 (Alterschrofen/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
October 22nd, 1914: Leutnant (ohne Patent);
August 14th, 1918: Patent erhalten;
February 1st, 1920: Charakter als Oberleutnant;
February 18th, 1920: Polizei-Oberleutnant;
June 30th, 1926: Polizei-Hauptmann;
October 15th, 1935: Hauptmann mit RDA vom 1.2.1931 (4c);
January 18th, 1936: Major mit RDA vom 1.1.1936 (4);
February 1st, 1939: Oberstleutnant (3);
January 1st, 1942: Oberst (25);
May 1st, 1944: Generalmajor (4);
December 1st, 1944: Generalleutnant (3).

Oberst, Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 354

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 15th, 1914
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
June 10th, 1916
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 27th, 1917

mit Schwertern.
Ritter des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 9th, 1917

mit Schwertern.
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
May 20th, 1935

mit Schwertern.
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 9th, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1940
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  1.Klasse, 25 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 2nd, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kdr, Grenadier-Regiment 354, 403. Sicherungs-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
February 26th, 1943
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kdr, Grenadier-Regiment 354, 403. Sicherungs-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
June 18th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 24th, 1943
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

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