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Koll, Richard

Date of birth:
April 7th, 1897 (Koblenz/Rhine Province, Germany)
Date of death:
May 13th, 1963 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
kommandeur II./Panzer-Regiment 11 / 6. Panzer-Division
Awarded on:
September 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 11 / 6. Panzer-Division
Awarded on:
May 23rd, 1940
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 11 / 6. Panzer-Division / Armeekorps XXXXI / 4. Panzergruppe / Heeresgruppe Nord
Awarded on:
July 15th, 1941
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Gareth Collins
  • Photo: Gareth Collins via Axis Biographical Research
  • - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
    - Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
    - Scheibert, H., Die 6. Panzer-Division – 1937-1945, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2003
    - Axis Biographical Research

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