Picker, Egbert
- Date of birth:
- February 15th, 1895 (Nurnberg/Mittelfranken, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 27th, 1960 (Ingolstadt/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 / 1.Gebirgs-Division
- Awarded on:
- November 18th, 1941
“The night of 07.08.1941, during which the Russian 12th Army searched for a way to break through to the East, was filled with crises. The most dangerous of these was on the right wing of Gruppe Picker, where the troops positioned on Hill 186 found themselves bypassed by elements of the attacking Russian force, which pressed on towards the Regimental command post.
Oberst Picker sealed off this Russian penetration, and in doing so he brought the attack of the Russian 12th Army to a halt. As a result of his efforts, the encirclement ring around the enemy remained unbroken and the next day the trapped enemy troops could finally be wiped out.”
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 26th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 8th, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 22nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 3rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1942
Sources
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1993.
- 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
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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