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Mertens, Ernst

Date of birth:
May 4th, 1907 (Eickel/Western-Phalia, Germany)
Date of death:
January 10th, 1944 (Kertsch/Crimea, Soviet Union)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant
Unit:
12. / Grenadier-Regiment 123
Awarded on:
January 27th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - 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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