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Klein, Kurt

Date of birth:
March 26th, 1913 (Siespert, Germany)
Date of death:
September 16th, 1944 (near Riga, Latvia)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 12th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 21st, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:
Zugführer 9. / Grenadier-Regiment 424
Awarded on:
January 9th, 1945

Awarded posthumous.
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 16th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Igor Poul
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Berger F., Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold, Wien, 2004
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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