Zimmer, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 105)

Date of birth:: April 9th, 1913 (Bauerschwend-Schwalmtal/Hesse, Germany)
Date of death:: April 21st, 2002 (Niedergirmes/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfeldwebel
Unit:: 8. / Infanterie-Regiment 105
Awarded on:: February 21st, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: stellvertretender Führer II. / Grenadier-Regiment 105
Awarded on:: February 18th, 1945

Karl Zimmer was awarded the Knight's Cross for actions at Schmerinka, Soviet Union, for leading his Kompanie in house-to-house fighting that re-took a Russian position.

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Krimschild

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Nahkampfspange in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
- Ehrenblattspange Ausschnitt.
- 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