Lepper, Richard

Date of birth:: July 15th, 1897 (Potsdam, Germany)
Date of death:: March 31st, 1943 (Died in Russian captivity)
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kampfgruppe Lepper
Awarded on:: December 17th, 1942

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 28.12.1942) describes why Lepper received the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberst Lepper sealed off an enemy penetration along the Don front.”

Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Ritter des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- The Battle for Stalingrad
- Kösliner Zeitung (Edition 357)