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| Name: |
Austermann, Johannes |
| Date of birth: | June 24th, 1906 (Castrop/Westphalia, Germany)
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August 12th, 1973 (Waltrop/North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
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German |
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Major
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Kommandeur II. / Grenadier-Regiment 1146 / 562.Volks-Grenadier-Division / XX.Armee-Korps/ 4.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
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Awarded on:
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February 10th, 1945
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498th Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Oberstleutnant
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Führer Grenadier-Regiment 1146 / 562.Volks-Grenadier-Division / Fallschirm-Panzer-Korps „Hermann Göring“./ 4.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
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Awarded on:
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April 20th, 1945
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The awarding of the Eichenlaub to Austermann is uncertain and unconfirmed. Prbably the award was submitted, but not officially awarded.
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| Picture source: |
- Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
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| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- 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
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