PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Knoop, Rolf
Date of birth: March 3rd, 1912 (Ahrensböck/Schleswick-Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:  July 25th, 1988 (Stuttgart/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Rolf Knoop served with 14. / Infanterie-Regiment 209 and as Kommandeur with I. / Grenadier-Regiment 377. After the Second World War he served with the Bundeswehr and here finally reached the rank of Oberst.
     
DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit: 14. / Infanterie-Regiment 209 / 58.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: September 12th, 1942
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Major
Unit: Kommandeur I. / Grenadier-Regiment 377 / 225.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: July 26th, 1944
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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