Giesen, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 123)
- Date of birth:
- January 29th, 1890 (Zülshagen/Pommerania, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 5th, 1945 (Gut Loschen / Lawrowo, Preußisch Eylau, Germany)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Königsberg / Kaliningrad
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Danziger Kreuz I.Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 23rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr, Grenadier-Regiment 676, 57. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1943
Magyar Érdemrend Középkeresztje a Csillaggal
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 123, 50. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- November 5th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst der Reserve (Colonel of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 123, 50. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- March 11th, 1945
Awarded posthumously.
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Die Ritterkreuzträger der Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS
- Die 50.Infanterie-Division
- ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de
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