Date of birth:

June 13th, 1904 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

June 11th, 1986 (Braunfels/Hesse, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
18.12.1926: Leutnant - RDA 01.12.1926 (17)
01.04.1929: Oberleutnant (1)
01.12.1934: Rittmeister (1)
11.04.1935: Hauptmann
01.07.1940: Major (1)
30.01.1942: new RDA - 01.12.1939 (111a)
01.03.1942: Oberstleutnant (415)
01.07.1944: Oberst (21)

Career:
01.04.1923: Fahnenjunker, 3. / Reiter-Regiment 6 (Demmin)
01.12.1926: Ausbildungseskadron, Reiter-Regiment 6 (Pasewalk)
01.11.1928: 1. / Reiter-Regiment 6 (Pasewalk)
01.12.1929: Ausbildungseskadron, Reiter-Regiment 6 (Pasewalk)
01.02.1932: Adjutant, Reiter-Regiment 6 (Pasewalk)
17.07.1934: Chef, 1. / Reiter-Regiment 6 (Pasewalk)
20.10.1934: Adjutant, Reiter-Regiment 6 (Schwedt)
11.04.1935: Kraftfahrlehrkommando, Zossen
15.10.1935: Panzer-Regiment 5 (Wünsdorf)
06.10.1936: Chef, 5. / Panzer-Regiment 8 (Zossen)
12.03.1937: Adjutant,r 1. Panzer-Brigade (Erfurt)
08.10.1940: Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 21
20.06.1942: Führerreserve OKH (IX)
20.12.1943: Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiments 24
01.09.1944: Gasthörer, 16. Lehrgang für höhere Adjutanten
25.09.1944: Stab, Heeresgruppe A
04.10.1944: Adjutant, Heeresgruppe A
25.01.1945: Adjutant, Heeresgruppe Mitte
27.02.1945: Adjutant, Heeresgruppe G
00.00.1945: US POW
00.00.1946: released

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Awarded on:

August 15th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 27th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 28th, 1940

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 6th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Führer, III. Bataillon, Panzer-Regiment 21, 20. Panzer-Division

Awarded on:

November 29th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 5th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 24, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

December 12th, 1944

Awarded the Knight’s Cross for his actions near Tarnow. On the 23.08.1944 Oberst von Bülow led the armoured group of the 24. Panzer-Division in a thrust east of Tarnow that managed to capture the villages of Roza and Borowa. The armoured group then went on to smash advancing Soviet forces over the course of the next two days, distinguishing itself to the point where the Division would be named in the Wehrmachtbericht of the 28.08.1944.

Submitted on December 6th 1944.
Preliminary document and decoration on December 15th to AOK 8.

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• - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2004.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
  - 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