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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Hofbauer, Franz |
| Date of birth: | March 25th, 1921 (Horn/Lower Austria, Austria)
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| Date of death: |
February 11th, 1994 (Horn/Lower Austria, Austria)
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Austrian |
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EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
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Unit:
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3./I./Infanterie-Regiment 132/44. Infanterie-Division
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Awarded in 1941. Exact date unknown.
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VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SILBER
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Rank:
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Unteroffizier (Junior Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Gruppenführer Radfahr-Abteilung 72/72. Infanterie-Division/XXX. Armeekorps/11. Armee/Heeresgruppe Süd
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Details:
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Awarded in 1942. Exact date unknown.
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KRIMSCHILD (STIFTUNGS AUSFÜHRING)
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Rank:
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Unteroffizier
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Unit:
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Gruppenführer Radfahr-Abteilung 72/72. Infanterie-Division/XXX. Armeekorps/11. Armee/Heeresgruppe Süd
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Details:
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Awarded in 1942. Exact date unknown.
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INFANTRY BADGE
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Rank:
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Unteroffizier (Junior Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Gruppenführer Radfahr-Abteilung 72/72. Infanterie-Division/XXX. Armeekorps/11. Armee/Heeresgruppe Süd
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Details:
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Awarded in 1942. Exact date unknown.
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EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
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Unit:
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2./72. Infanterie-Division
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Details:
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Awarded in May 1943. Exact date unknown.
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NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN SILBER
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Rank:
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Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Zugführer 3./Divisions-Bataillon 72/72. Infanterie-Division
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Awarded on:
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January 1st, 1944
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Zugführer 3./Divisions-Bataillon 72/72. Infanterie-Division
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Awarded on:
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January 20th, 1944
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NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
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Unit:
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Zugführer 3./Füsilier-Bataillon 72/72. Infanterie-Division
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Awarded on:
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June 28th, 1944
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Provide alterations or additional information |
| Picture source: |
- Willi Schumacher Collection |
| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- 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
- Berger, F., Ritterkreuzträger aus Österreich und den k.u.k. Kronländern, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2006
- Berger, F., Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2004
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