Date of birth:

August 3rd, 1903 (Bübingen/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

June 15th, 1994 (Winnweiler/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Alfred Philippi served as Ia 306. Infanterie-Division, with Grenadier-Regiment 535 and with 361. Volksgrenadier-Division. He reached the rank of Generalmajor.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 535

Awarded on:

May 14th, 1944

Awarded for his tactical skill and leadership of the Grenadier-Regiment 535 during the retreat battles on the southern sector of the Eastern front in early 1944, as the Regiment participated in the retreat battles back across the Ingul, Bobrinez and Bug rivers.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 1st, 1944

• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - GERD NIETRUG, Die Ritterkreuzträger des Saarlandes 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, 2004.