Geißler, Helmut

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Date of birth:: July 4th, 1906 (Delitzsch/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: December 15th, 1943 (near Janowitschi, Soviet Union)
Nationality:: German

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Rittmeister
Unit:: Aufklärungs-Abteilung 187
Awarded on:: December 19th, 1941

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 187
Awarded on:: January 7th, 1944

Awarded posthumously.

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.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.

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