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Rappl, Ludwig

Date of birth:
January 28th, 1921 (Hemau/Palatinate, Germany)
Date of death:
March 14th, 1997
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 18th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 8th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Zugführer, Stabskompanie, SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 5, 5. SS-Panzer-Division, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
October 31st, 1944

Presented by the Reichführer der SS, Heinrich Himmler, in the Rathaussaal at Ulm on 12th December 1944.
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Zugführer, Stabskompanie, SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 5, 5. SS-Panzer-Division, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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