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Göpfert, Christian

Date of birth:
August 28th, 1910 (Frankfurt am Main/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 29th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Sturm-Pionier-Bataillon 51
Awarded on:
September 25th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
1. / Pionier-Bataillon 51
Awarded on:
1941
(Allgemeines) Sturmabzeichen (ohne zahlen), I.Stufe
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 1st, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
2. / Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 51
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 24th, 1943
Received for his part in the taking of 150 Soviet Sailers as Prisoner-of-War, after firing upon and sinking a gunboat flotilla on the Dnjepr.
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 51
Awarded on:
October 29th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

According a declaration with his awards, send on July 11th, 1945, his DKiG was received on November 9th, 1944.

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