Zapf, Albert

Date of birth:: July 5th, 1918 (Heidberg/Hanover, Germany)
Date of death:: January 28th, 1945
Buried on:: Friedhof II
Plot: 1. Row: 3. Grave: 6.
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: Führer, III. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 129, 15. Panzer-Grenadier-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: February 23rd, 1944

The following wartime excerpt describes why Zapf received the Knight’s Cross…

“Knight’s Cross Holder of the Heer Fallen in Battle:

… Hauptmann Albert Zapf… has succumbed to battle injuries sustained in the Italian theatre whilst in hospital. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross for actions rendered whilst serving as an Oberleutnant and leader of a Panzergrenadier-Bataillon in the same theatre. He shrunk a British bridgehead near Cassino in a display of independent action, and during a second counterthrust he again inflicted heavy losses in dead and prisoners upon the enemy.”