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Alfons Konig

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Years of service
  
1914–44


Rank
  
Oberst of the Reserves

Name
  
Alfons Konig

Alfons König Third Reich Color Pictures Oberst der Reserve Alfons Knig

Born
  
29 December 1898Munich (
1898-12-29
)

Died
  
8 July 1944(1944-07-08) (aged 45)north of Rogatschew

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
6./Infanterie-Regiment 199III./Grenadier-Regiment 217Grenadier-Regimentt 199 "List"

Alfons König (29 December 1898 – 8 July 1944) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He was killed in action near Bobruisk on 8 July 1944 during the Soviet summer offensive, Operation Bagration.

Alfons König Alfons Knig 29 December 1898 8 July 1944 Killed in action

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12 June 1940) & 1st Class (22 June 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 21 December 1940 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 199 "List".
  • 194th Oak Leaves on 21 February 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 217
  • 70th Swords on 9 June 1944 as Oberstleutnant of the Reserves and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 199 "List"

    • References

    Alfons König Wikipedia
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