Gamer, Berthold

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Date of birth:: March 27th, 1914 (Heidelberg, Germany)
Date of death:: October 29th, 1966 (Frankfurt am Main/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: II. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 178, 78. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: May 6th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 178, 78. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: January 25th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 28.01.1943) describes why Gamer received the Knight’s Cross…

“Hauptmann Gamer commanded several cannons in the foremost line near Rzhev and personally shot up a number of Soviet tanks.”

Sources

- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 27).

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