Lakatos de Csíkszentsimon, Geza

Date of birth:: April 30th, 1890 (Budapest, Hungary)
Date of death:: May 24th, 1967 (Adalaide, Australia)
Nationality:: Hungarian

Biography

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Nemzetvédelmi Kereszt

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: February 11th, 1943

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: September 15th, 1943

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: February 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Vezérezredes (General)
Awarded on:: May 24th, 1944

The following wartime excerpt from the ‘Ungarische Soldatenzeitung’ describes why Lakatos received the Knight’s Cross…

“Generaloberst Géza Lakatos was awarded the Knight’s Cross by the Führer and Reich Chancellor Hitler. - He was given this high award in recognition of the successful attack by the Royal Hungarian Army in the Carpathians as well as for its successful defense against Soviet attacks in the Kolomea area.”

This text refers to the General’s achievements as the commander of the 1st Hungarian Army in the spring of 1944.

Magyar Érdemrend Nagykeresztje

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: June 22nd, 1944

With swords

Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Sources

- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
- Ritterkreuz Archiv IV/2014