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Creuznacher, Kurt

Date of birth:
March 28th, 1905 (Braunschweig/Braunschweig, Germany)
Date of death:
October 26th, 1942 (Vladimirsky/Penza Oblast, Soviet Union)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kradschützen-Bataillon 2
Awarded on:
February 14th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Bronze version.
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded between 9th March and May 1942 (one of the first awarded).

Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber

Sources

  • Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Bender R.J., Breyette T., Tank Killers, RJ Bender Publications, 2000, ISBN 0-912138-83-1
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Marriage certificate

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