Sawatzki, Otto
- Date of birth:
- July 19th, 1917 (Osterwitt/East Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 15th, 1944 (Dorpat, Estonia)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 3. / Pionier-Bataillon 21 / 21.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- March 29th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 3. / Pionier-Bataillon 21 / 21.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 29th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 3. / Pionier-Bataillon 21 / 21.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- June 27th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 3. / Pionier-Bataillon 21 / 21.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel
- Unit:
- Zugführer 3. / Pionier-Bataillon 21 / 21. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1944
Posthumous. Second mentioning in the Ehrenblatt, withoud a second awarding of the Ehrenblattspange.
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- 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
- Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.
- www.das-ritterkreuz.de
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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