Ehle, Curt
- Date of birth:
- October 21st, 1899 (Salzwedel/Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 16th, 1986 (Uelzen/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
In service form September 1st 1939.
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 7th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 21st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Führer 1. / Kradschützen-Bataillon 15 / 15.Panzer-Division / Heeresgruppe Afrika
- Awarded on:
- July 27th, 1941
401st Award.
Submitted on July 24th 1941.
Preliminary document and decoration on July 28th 1941 to Afrikakorps.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Führer Panzer-Brigade 102 / 561.Panzer-Grenadier-Division / XXVI. Armee-Korps / 3.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- November 29th, 1944
Awarded for the achievements of his Panzer-Brigade, which first saw action in August 1944. It distinguished itself first at Ostrolenka and later in the defensive battles for East Prussia.
673rd Award.
Submitted on November 19th 1944.
673rd Award.
Submitted on November 19th 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 17th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
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