Rhein, Joseph
- Date of birth:
- May 8th, 1917 (Duisburg/Rhineprovince, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 15th, 2005 (Linz/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Joseph Rhein finally reached the ranks of Major during the Second World War and served from 3rd December 1956 until 30th September 1975 with the Bundeswehr.
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Grenadier-Regiment 530
- Awarded on:
- April 21st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Grenadier-Regiment 530
- Awarded on:
- February 23rd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Grenadier-Regiment 530
- Awarded on:
- February 17th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Beyerlein-sammlung
- - Ehrenblattspange Zeitungsausschnitt.
- 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
- Ehrenblatt des Deutschen Heeres dd. 17 Februar 1944
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