Opelt, Kurt
- Date of birth:
- August 16th, 1893 (Saara/Thuringia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 20th, 1973 (Hildburghausen/Thuringia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
July 24th, 1919: Leutnant (N);
July 1st, 1922: neues RDA vom 14-9-1915 (2) erhalten;
July 31st, 1925: Oberleutnant mit RDA vom 1-4-1925 (278);
October 1st, 1931: Hauptmann (2);
March 1st, 1936: Major (23);
April 1st, 1939: Oberstleutnant (22);
February 1st, 1942: Oberst (87).
Career:
November 10th, 1938: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 32;
November 15th, 1940: Kdr. Inf.Rgt. 32;
March 31st, 1944: Führer-Reserve OKH;
May 5th, 1944: kdt. zum Stab der Heeresgruppe Nordukraine;
September 15th, 1944: Führer-Reserve OKH;
March 5th, 1945: Kampfkommandant von Hirschberg.
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Infanterie-Regiment 32, 24. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 12th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 32, 24. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- April 27th, 1944
3164th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Medalia "Cruciada Impotriua Comunismului"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 17th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 7th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 10th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 22nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Friedrich-August-medaille
Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber (1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Matthias Hohmann
- - DÖRR, M., Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres 1941-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
- axishistory.com
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