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Franke, Herbert (Artillerie-Regiment 162)

Date of birth:
December 28th, 1916 (Glatz/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
June 14th, 1972 (Bad Godesberg/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Artillerie-Regiment 162
Awarded on:
February 14th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Rittmeister
Unit:
Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 162, 62. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
October 5th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: STIWOT
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - 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

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