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Roth, Max

    Date of birth:
    March 2nd, 1897 (Hardegsen/Hannover, Germany)
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Promotions:
    November 11th, 1915: Fähnrich;
    January 20th,1917: Leutnant;
    x? : Oberleutnant;
    July 1st,1934: Hauptmann mit RDA vom 1.10.1933 (39);
    February 1st,1936: Hauptmann (E) mit RDA vom 1.10.1933 (127);
    December 1st,1938: Major mit RDA vom 1.1.1938 (30a);
    March 1,1941: Oberstleutnant (21);
    September 1,1942: Oberst (8).

    Career:
    ?: Panzerjäger-Abteilung 36;
    September 1939: Kommandeur Panzerjäger-Abteilung 643;
    October 1941: Kommandeur Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 1;
    January 22nd, 1942 - February 21st, 1942: Panzertruppenschule;
    May 1942: m.d.F.b. Panzer-Regiment 15;
    July 23rd, 1942: m.d.F.b. Panzer-Regiment 18;
    November 10th, 1942: Führerreserve;
    November 21st, 1942: Kommandant Bizerta;
    May 26th, 1943: Führerreserve OKH;
    July 8th, 1943: Führerreserve Heeresgruppe Mitte;
    August 8th, 1943: m.d.F.b. Panzer-Brigade 21;
    November 20th, 1943: m.d.F.b. Panzer-Division Norwegen;
    June 11th, 1944: m.d.F.b. Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment Hermann Göring;
    October 9th, 1944: Führerreserve OKH;
    April 20th, 1945: Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 6.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Unit:
    mit den Führung beauftragt, Panzer-Regiment 15, 11. Panzer-Division, Heer
    Awarded on:
    September 13th, 1942
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    April 7th, 1940
    1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    July 8th, 1940

    Shown as Spange zum EK 1 in Karteikarte via NARA Roll T-78 R892.
    Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    July 28th, 1940
    Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    August 27th, 1940

    Silver version.
    Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    August 25th, 1941

    Award in the Karteikarte via NARA Roll T-78 R892.
    Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Major
    Awarded on:
    March 20th, 1940
    Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen

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