Kotz, Richard

Date of birth:: September 12th, 1886 (Waldau/Baden, Germany)
Date of death:: June 8th, 1960 (Bad Honnef/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Richard Klots served with Infanterie-Regiment 389 and as Kommandeur Waffenschule Heeresgruppe C. He finally reached the rank of Generalmajor and was a POW from May 7th, 1945 until May 6th, 1947.

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Grenadier-Regiment 389
Awarded on:: January 13th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 389
Awarded on:: October 21st, 1943

Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.