Friedrich Blumke

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Service/branch Heer Rank Generalmajor		Years of service 1916–44 Name Friedrich Blumke
Died 4 September 1944(1944-09-04) (aged 46) Odessa, Ukraine Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Commands held 257. Infanterie-Division

Friedrich Blumke (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Friedrich Blumke was wounded in August 1944 and was captured by Soviet troops in September. He died on 4 September 1944 in a Soviet prisoner of war camp near Odessa.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)

2nd Class

1st Class

Wound Badge (1914)

in Black

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Sudetenland Medal

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (17 September 1939)

1st Class (20 October 1939)

Eastern Front Medal

Crimea Shield

Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 October 1943)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 November 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 347

References

Friedrich Blumke Wikipedia

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