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Klose, Erwin
Klose, Erwin
Date of birth:
April 28th, 1914 (Gleiwitz/Upper-Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
June 22nd, 2003 (Cologne/North-Rhineland-Westernphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German
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Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kompanieführer 6.(MG) / Infanterie-Regiment 28 / 8.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
1942
For actions near Demjansk.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
4. / Jäger-Regiment 28 / 8.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer II. / Jäger-Regiment 28 / 8.Jäger-Division
Awarded on:
January 9th, 1945
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur
,
II. Bataillon
,
Jäger-Regiment 28
,
8. Jäger-Division
,
Heer
Awarded on:
February 5th, 1945
5285th Award.
Sources
Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
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DÖRR, M., Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres 1941-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993
.
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FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003
.
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PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
.
- Axis History Forum via
Awardholders / unit
- Rundbrief des Kameradschaftsverbandes der 8.Infanterie / Jägerdivision, Nr. 93, April 1984
Photo