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Lübbe, Vollrath

Date of birth:
March 4th, 1894 (Klein Lunow, Germany)
Date of death:
April 4th, 1969 (Hanover, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalmajor
Unit:
Kommandeur 2.Panzer-Division
Awarded on:
March 6th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalleutnant
Unit:
Kommandeur 2.Panzer-Division
Awarded on:
August 17th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 20th, 1940
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 7th, 1941
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914

Sources

  • Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
  • Photo: Willi Schumacher collections
  • - 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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