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Fischer, Gerhard (23. Panzer-Division)
Fischer, Gerhard (23. Panzer-Division)
Date of birth:
December 4th, 1915 (Görlitz/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
August 9th, 2014 (Dannau-Oldenburg/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 23rd, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1940
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
II. Abteilung
,
Panzer-Regiment 201
,
23. Panzer-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
November 28th, 1942
Panzerkampfabzeichen II Stufe "25"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef
,
8. Kompanie
,
II. Abteilung
,
Panzer-Regiment 23
,
23. Panzer-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
December 12th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef
,
8. Kompanie
,
II. Abteilung
,
Panzer-Regiment 23
,
23. Panzer-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
December 28th, 1943
Submitted on December 19th 1943.
Preliminary document and decoration on December 31st 1943 to Pz.AOK 1.
Panzerkampfabzeichen III Stufe "50"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Chef
,
8. Kompanie
,
II. Abteilung
,
Panzer-Regiment 23
,
23. Panzer-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
May 26th, 1944
Panzerkampfabzeichen IV Stufe "75"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Chef
,
8. Kompanie
,
II. Abteilung
,
Panzer-Regiment 23
,
23. Panzer-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1944
Panzerkampfabzeichen IV Stufe "100"
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur
,
Panzer-Regiment 23
,
23. Panzer-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
December 1st, 1944
Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur
,
II. Abteilung
,
Panzer-Regiment 23
,
23. Panzer-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
November 25th, 1944
4975th Award.
Sources
Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
Photo: Willi Schumacher Collection
-
DÖRR, M., Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres 1941-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993
.
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FEDERL, CH., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2000
.
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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
.
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