Date of birth:

August 27th, 1896 (Zweibrücken/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

July 14th, 1961 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Kurt Cuno finally reached the rank of Generalleutnant.

Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter: 06.05.1915,
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier: 06.08.1915,
Vizefeldwebel : 08.03.1916,
Fähnrich: 23.04.1916,
Leutnant: 09.10.1917,
Oberleutnant: 01.04.1924,
Hauptmann: 01.02.1929,
Major: 01.06.1935,
Oberstleutnant: 01.02.1938,
Generalmajor: 01.07.1943,
Generalleutnant: 01.08.1944.


04.02.1915: entered the Army
23.04.1916: bayer. Pionier-Bataillon 4
01.10.1937: Kdr, I/ Panzer-Regiment 25
01.01.1940: Kdr, Panzer-Regiment 1
01.03.1941: Abteilung-Chef in OKH
01.10.1940-22.01.1942: Kdr, Panzer-Regiment 39
28.12.1942: Kdr, Schnell Truppen in WehrKreis XIII
15.06.1943-10.07.1943: Kdt, 5. Divisions-Führer-Lehrgang
08.08.1943: 233 Reserve Panzer-Division
20.05.1944: General der Kraftfahrtruppen-Wesens in OKH
01.06.1944-08.05.1945: General der Krftf.Park Truppen in OKH

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 1st, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 10th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kdr, Panzer-Regiment 39, 17. Panzer-Division

Awarded on:

January 14th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 39, 17. Panzer-Division / 2.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte

Awarded on:

January 18th, 1942

The following wartime excerpt describes why Cuno would be awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberst Cuno had the mission of defending against enemy forces that had thrust into the deep flank of the 2. Panzer-Armee via Szuchinitschi. However Gruppe Cuno was ultimately forced to pull back after it became surrounded by the much larger enemy and lost control of the decisively important Sikejewo railway station, located in its rear. Oberst Cuno succeeded in bringing the Gruppe back to Shisdra with minimal losses in men and materiel. Then, on his own initiative, he proceeded to immediately recapture the decisively important Sikejewo railway station. In doing so he laid the groundwork for a future attack against the enemy forces that had penetrated deeply between the 2. and 4. Panzer-Armee.”

Submitted on January 16th, 1942.
Preliminary document and decoration on January 19th, 1942 to Pz.AOK 2.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 18th, 1941

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 25th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 20th, 1916

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 27th, 1916

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 30th, 1918

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 19th, 1942

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)

with swords

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

with crown and swords

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• - FEDERL, CH., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2000.
  - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2004.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Generalleutnant Kurt Cuno
  - German Officer Biography - Kurt Cuno