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Kaegler, Siegfried Bernhard Julius (KM)

Date of birth:
December 12th, 1890 (Sonderburg, Schleswig, Denmark)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Brother of Oberst Walther Kaegler.

01.04.1909: Seekadett
01.12.1909: transferred from the Reichsmarine to the Heer as Fahnenjunker - IR 75
22.03.1910: Fähnrich
20.03.1911: Leutnant
06.06.1916: Oberleutnant
21.03.1918: severely WIA via submachine gun - lost his right leg
20.09.1919: Char. as Hauptmann and retired
01.06.1934: reintegrated in the Luftwaffe-Offizier.Korps as Hptm.a.D.
01.02.1935: Rw.W.Offz. Greifenberg
01.03.1935: RDA 1.10.32
05.03.1935: Hauptmann (E)
01.05.1935: Leiter WMA Greifenberg
01.08.1936: Major (E)
01.09.1940: Oberstleutnant (29)
01.05.1943: new RDA 1.9.40 (50)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1914
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 1915
Bremischen Hanseatenkreuz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 1915
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1916
Friedrich-August Kreuz 2.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1916
Friedrich-August Kreuz 1.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 1917
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 1917
Ritter des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 1918
Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber (1918)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern

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