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Kraeber, Ewald

Date of birth:
October 24th, 1894 (Grube von der Heydt-Saarbrücken/Rhine Province/Kingdom of Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
June 6th, 1969 (Mechernich/North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
April 1915: Fähnrich;
September 30th, 1915: Leutnant;
April 1st, 1925: Oberleutnant;
October 1st, 1929: Hauptmann;
October 1st, 1935: Major
August 1st, 1938: Oberstleutnant;
August 1st, 1941: Oberst;
January 1st, 1944: Generalmajor (RDA -15-).

Career:
November 10th, 1938: heute Kdr.d.Schießschule Putlos d.Pz.Tr.Schule mit Ausnahme folgender Frontkommandos;
June 10th, 1940 - July 31st, 1940: Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 4;
June 1941: Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 33;
Janbuary 20th, 1943: Panzertruppen Schule;
September 6th, 1943 - November 11th, 1943: 7. Divisionsführer Lehrgang;
November 2nd, 1943: mit den Führung beauftragt 23. Panzer-Division;
January 1st, 1944: Kommandeur 23. Panzer-Division;
July 11th, 1944: Führerreserve OKH;
August 8th, 1944: Festungskommandant 13.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1915
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 24th, 1916
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1st, 1940
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 9th, 1941

Silver version.
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 9th, 1941
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 26th, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
September 29th, 1941
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 18th, 1941
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 6th, 1944
Wehrmachtbericht

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