Lestmann, Karl Kurt Max Wilhelm

Date of birth:: July 20th, 1915 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:: February 26th, 1943 (Feldlazarett 673 Barvenkovo-Sselidovka, Soviet Union)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Karl Lestmann was poshumously promoted to Major.

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: I. / Panzer-Regiment 15
Awarded on:: September 20th, 1942

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: October 5th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Kommandeur II. / Panzer-Regiment 15
Awarded on:: January 25th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 28.01.1943) describes why Lestmann was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Hauptmann Lestmann and his Panzer-Abteilung destroyed 48 Soviet tanks.”