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Lobe, Kârlis
Lobe, Kârlis
Date of birth:
March 26th, 1895 (Jaunpiebalga parish, Russian empire)
Date of death:
July 9th, 1985 (Stockholm/Södermanland, Sweden)
Nationality:
Latvian
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Order of St. Anna
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Order of St. Stanislaus
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Kungliga Svärdsorden - Knight
Awarded on:
1929
Viesturs Orden, III. Class/Commander
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Waffen-Standartenführer
Unit:
SS-Freiwillige-Grenadier-Regiment 40 (lett. Nr.2)
,
19. Lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Division
,
Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
June 28th, 1944
Rank written in Patzwall / Scherzer as SS-Freiwilligen-Standartenführer.
Unit written in Patzwall / Scherzer as SS-Freiwillige-Grenadier-Regiment 43.
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Hawks of Daugava pin
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
In gold
Sources
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PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
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Let's Build the Latvian Legion
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