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Ortlieb, Karl

Date of birth:
June 4th, 1905 (Heidelberg-Kirchheim/Württemberg, Germany)
Date of death:
January 28th, 1981 (Triberg/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
I. / Infanterie-Regiment 421
Awarded on:
September 4th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant
Unit:
Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 754
Awarded on:
September 10th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
  • - 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
    - 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
    - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945

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