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Klaas, Wilhelm
Klaas, Wilhelm
Nationality:
German
Biography
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
2. Kompanie
,
I. Bataillon
,
Infanterie-Regiment 39
,
26. Infanterie-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Awarded on:
February 28th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
6. Kompanie
,
II. Bataillon
,
Infanterie-Regiment 77
,
26. Infanterie-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1940
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptfeldwebel
Unit:
7. Kompanie
,
II. Bataillon
,
Infanterie-Regiment 77
,
26. Infanterie-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
January 26th, 1942
Awarded for a wound inflicted on the 31st of December 1941.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 22nd, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptfeldwebel
Unit:
3. Kompanie
,
I. Bataillon
,
Infanterie-Regiment 77
,
26. Infanterie-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
September 19th, 1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Stabsfeldwebel (Sergeant-Major)
Awarded on:
October 19th, 1944
Awarded for saving a historical building in Nürnberg from firebombs.
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- information via Pierre
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