Christian Tychsen (Waffen SS)

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Years of service 1931–44 Battles and wars World War II		Service/branch Waffen SS Battles/wars World War II Rank Obersturmbannführer

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Died 28 July 1944, Gavray, France Award Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Unit 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich Similar Heinz Lammerding, Otto Weidinger, Sylvester Stadler

Christian Tychsen (3 December 1910 – 28 July 1944) was an Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

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Tychsen joined the SS in December 1931 and eventually served with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich during Operation Barbarossa. In April 1943 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was killed in Normandy on July 28, 1944 in an allied air strike. He is buried in the German War Cemetery in Basse-Normandie, France.

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Awards

Christian Tychsen (Waffen-SS) Christian Tychsen of Das Reich on his tank WaffenSS

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (30 May 1940) & 1st Class (18 July 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 13 May 1942 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 31 March 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2.

353rd Oak Leaves on 10 December 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"

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Christian Tychsen (Waffen-SS) Obersturmbannfhrer of the Waffen SS Christian Tychsen became 2nd

Christian Tychsen (Waffen-SS) Waffen SS Panzer officer Michael Wittmann Tiger Ace of World War II

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