Fluhs, Friedrich

Date of birth:: August 26th, 1912 (Gnutz/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:: July 1944 (near Minsk/Belarus, Soviet Union)
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 5. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 255, 110. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: August 11th, 1941

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 5. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 255, 110. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: April 3rd, 1942

Nahkampfspange in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 5. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 255, 110. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: June 7th, 1943

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 5. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 255, 110. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: August 23rd, 1943

Awarded for a wound received on August 7th, 1943.

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:: Zugführer, 5. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 255, 110. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: November 4th, 1943

Fluhs received the Knight’s Cross according to the following justification…

“A regimental-sized enemy force tried to penetrate through the lines of a north-German Grenadier-Bataillon while it was in the middle of a retrograde movement south of Kritschew. In response Oberfeldwebel Friedrich Fluhs launched a counterattack on his own initiative with 20 Grenadiers and succeeded in throwing back the Soviets. He then reoccupied the old position and held it against all further Soviet attacks. This action took place on the 28.09.1943 near Studenez.”

Preliminary 'Besitzzeugnis' was handed out on November 16th, 1943.