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Kolbeck, Rudolf
Kolbeck, Rudolf
Date of birth:
March 24th, 1889 (Regensburg/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
September 12th, 1965 (Landsberg am Lech/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
Unit:
Kommandeur
,
Grenadier-Regiment 316
,
212. Infanterie-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1943
Awarded for distinguishing himself through the leadership of his Regiment during the fighting around Leningrad.
Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant der Reserve (Lieutenant-colonel of Reserves)
Unit:
Commander Grenadier-Regiment 316
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1944
Awarded for once again preventing a breakthrough by a much numerically superior Soviet force.
403rd award
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 23rd, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 9th, 1940
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
.
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THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997
.
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Ehrenliste RK
.
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