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Georg Gruner

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1936–44

Commands held
  
I. / Panzer-Regiment 2

Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Major (Posthumously)

Name
  
Georg Gruner

Georg Gruner
Born
  
9 August 1915 Windhoek, Namibia (
1915-08-09
)

Died
  
11 March 1944(1944-03-11) (aged 28) Proskurov

Georg Gruner (9 August 1915 – 11 March 1944) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Gruner was killed during the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkasy Pocket. As a result he was posthumously promoted to Major and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (5 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (10 July 1941)
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black (?)
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (29 September 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold on 18 October 1941 as Oberleutnant in the 1./Panzer-Regiment 33
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 25 November 1941 as Oberleutnant and chief of 1./Panzer-Regiment 33 "Prinz Eugen"
  • 436th Oak Leaves on 26 March 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Panzer-Regiment 2

    • References

    Georg Gruner Wikipedia
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