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Franz Juschkat

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Franz Juschkat

Rank
  
Oberfeldwebel (Wehrmacht)

Years of service
  
1937–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Unit
  
1st Infantry Division

Born
  
13 February 1917 Gros-Warkau/Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) (
1917-02-13
)

Battles/wars
  
Second World War Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad East Prussian Offensive Battle of Berlin

Died
  
December 3, 1967, Bad Harzburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Operation Barbarossa

Franz Juschkat (12 February 1917 – 3 December 1967) was an Oberfeldwebel in the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the rare Close Combat Clasp in gold, one of only 631 such awards.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (20 April 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (?)
  • in Silver (10 June 1942)
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (?)
  • in Silver (10 June 1942)
  • in Gold (12 December 1944)
  • 4 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 February 1943 as Feldwebel and Zugfuhrer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 43

    • References

    Franz Juschkat Wikipedia
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