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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Wessel, Walter |
| Date of birth: | April 21st, 1892 (Lauthental/Province of Hanover, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
July 20th, 1943 (near Morano/province of Cosenza, Italy)
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German |
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Oberst (Colonel)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 15 (mot.) / 29.Infanterie-Division "Falke" / 2.Armee / Heeresgruppe C
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Awarded on:
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August 15th, 1940
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204th Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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Oberst (Colonel)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 15 (mot.) / 29.Infanterie-Division "Falke" / 2.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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February 17th, 1942
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Details:
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76st Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
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| Information source(s): |
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Götte, F. & Peiler, H., Die 29.Falke-Division – 1936-1945 29.I.D.-29.I.D. (mot)-29.Pz.Gren.Div., Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2003
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