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Diest-Körber, von, Ernst-Nordewin

Date of birth:
February 13th, 1912 (Koeberrode/Westernprussia, Germany)
Date of death:
September 10th, 2003 (Eilenriedestift-Hannover/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Ernst-Nordewin von Körber was born on February 13th, 1912 geboren as the son of Nordewin von Körber and Lia von Körber-von Diest. Later he was adopted by his grandfather and received the name von Diest-Körber, or also von Diest-von Körber.

Nordewin von Diest-Körber was awarded the Knight’s Cross on the authority of the Oberbefehlshaber der 8. Panzer-Armee on 1st May 1945 for actions near Budapest; however, in 1991 the Ordens-Prüfungskommission (Award Verification Commission) determined that the 8. Panzer-Armee was not officially given the authority to award the Knight’s Cross until 4 May, THREE DAYS after awarding the Knight’s Cross to von Diest-Körber. Therefore, the Commission rescinded his Knight’s Cross award and he no longer appears in the lists of Knights Cross winners.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, schwere Panzer-Abteilung 508, Heer
Awarded on:
February 17th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503, Heer
Awarded on:
March 5th, 1945

5640th Award.
Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres

Sources

  • Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
  • Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
  • - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
    Dörr, Manfred. Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres 1941-1945. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2426-3
    - Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
    - Kurowski F., Feldwebel Kurt Knispel, Der erfolgreichste Panzerschütze und Panzerkommandant des 2. Weltkrieges, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007
    - Letter from Dr. Nordewin von Diest-Körber on the awarding of the Kights Cross
    - Familiengeschichte, Gen.Handb.d.Adels, C..Starke Verlag Bd.VIII,1968, S. 39

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