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Ott, Joachim

Date of birth:
February 22nd, 1918 (Kuchelna/Moravia-Silesia, Czechoslovakia)
Date of death:
June 26th, 1998 (Spiegelau/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Ott had the German nationality of birth.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
I. / Jäger-Regiment 28
Awarded on:
December 8th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:
I. / Jäger-Regiment 28
Awarded on:
May 27th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:
Kommandeur I. / Jäger-Regiment 28
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1944

Was also recommended for the Eichenlauf, but taht was rejected.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • - 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
    - Bundesarchiv Freiburg and contact with his widow Ms Gisela Ott
    - Das Ritterkreuz

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