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Sieckenius, Rudolf

Date of birth:
August 18th, 1896 (Ludwigsthal/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
April 28th, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 1st, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment 2 / 16. Panzer Division / 1. Panzergruppe / Heeresgruppe Süd
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1941
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
    - Mitcham Jr., S.W. Rommel’s Lieutenants – The Men Who Served the Dessert Fox, France, 1940, Praeger Security International, Westport, U.S.A., 2006
    - Schmitz, G., Die 16. Panzer-Division - Bewaffnung, Einsätze, Männer 1938-1945, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2004
    - Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000

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