Vischer, Kurt

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Date of birth:: March 21st, 1925 (Neusatz/Württemberg, Germany)
Date of death:: November 22nd, 1981 (Kirchberg/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Obergefreiter (Corporal)
Unit:: Gruppenführer 6. / Jäger-Regiment 40 (L)
Awarded on:: December 18th, 1944

Awarded for his success in launching counterattacks at just the right moment against Allied breakthroughs during the fighting along the eastern portion of the Italian front in late 1944.

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- HUß, JÜRGEN & SONDERMANN, HEINZ-WERNER, Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2009.

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