Rappl, Ludwig
- Date of birth:
- January 28th, 1921 (Hemau/Palatinate, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 14th, 1997
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 18th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, Stabskompanie, SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 5, 5. SS-Panzer-Division, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1944
Presented by the Reichführer der SS, Heinrich Himmler, in the Rathaussaal at Ulm on 12th December 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, Stabskompanie, SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 5, 5. SS-Panzer-Division, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- March 22nd, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Source known to STIWOT
- - DöRR, M., Die Träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer - Luftwaffe - Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Bisendorf, 2006.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Katalog 31.Auction Andreas Thies
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