Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)

Unit:

Zugführer 2./Grenadier-Regiment 270 / 93. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

January 9th, 1945

The following press excerpt describes why Feldwebel Fleck would receive the Knight’s Cross…

“The Führer has awarded the Knight’s Cross to Feldwebel Fleck, Zugführer in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 270. On the 29.12.1944, following an enemy penetration, he recaptured the new frontline gap of 150 metres with just a few men in a daring counterthrust launched on his own initiative. Thereafter he held off the renewed enemy onslaught with the same few men. Feldwebel Fleck comes from the Saarland and is a gardener in civilian life.”