Gabcke, Otto (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- November 20th, 1882 (Gardelegen/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 22nd, 1942 (Michailowka/Charkov, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Kharkiv
Plot: 10. Row: 51. Grave: 6018. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Otto Leopold Heinrich Gabcke was awarded with the Pour le Merite (1st September 1918) during the First World War.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Kreuz für Treue Dienste
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Kriegsehrenkreuz für heldenmütige Tat
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Führer, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment (7. Lothringisches) Nr. 158, 50. Division, Deutsches Kaiserreich
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 2nd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1941
Order of Military Merit 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 294. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- December 26th, 1941
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