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Göttert, Willi

Date of birth:
March 13th, 1911
Date of death:
April 25th, 2008 (Rüsselsheim)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab III. / Infanterie-Regiment 212
Awarded on:
November 27th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab I. / Infanterie-Regiment 212
Awarded on:
January 24th, 1942

Silver version.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab III. / Infanterie-Regiment 212
Awarded on:
June 4th, 1942
Received for a single wound inflicted on 26th May 1942.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Grenadier-Regiment 212
Awarded on:
August 10th, 1943

Received with swords.
Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Cavaler
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Führer I. / Grenadier-Regiment 208
Awarded on:
May 14th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab I. / Grenadier-Regiment 208
Awarded on:
May 17th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Grenadier-Regiment 208
Awarded on:
June 20th, 1944

Nr. 27/1944.
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Knight
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab I. / Grenadier-Regiment 208
Awarded on:
1944
Kubanschild
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Grenadier-Regiment 208
Awarded on:
September 26th, 1944
Nahkampfspange in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Saaleabschnitt IV Mitte
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1945
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 16th, 1979
Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der BRD
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 13th, 1992
Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der BRD

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis DKiG
    - Verleihungsurkunde EK1
    - Besitzzeugnis ISA, Verw.A.in Schwarz, NKSiB, NKSiS, Kubanschilf, KvK 1.Klasse mit Schwertern
    - Award documents Knight Ordinul Corona, Ordinul Steaua

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