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 | |
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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.

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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