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Feller, Georg-Wolfgang (Kriegsmarine)

Date of birth:
July 9th, 1915 (Bad-Schöneberg, Germany)
Date of death:
March 23rd, 1991 (Cologne/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Georg-Wolfgang Feller was awarded with the Ritterkreuz on 17th June 1945. This award was however not justified. By order of Dönitz, the awarding of all decorations was suspended from 11th May 1945 onwards.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 13th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant zu See der Reserve
Unit:
Gruppenführer, Gruppe D, 36. Minensuchflottille, Kriegsmarine
Awarded on:
July 8th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

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  • - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1995.
    - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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