Gerhard Mokros

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Years of service 1926–45 Commands held Grenadier-Regiment 423 Service/branch German Army		Rank Oberst of the Reserves Name Gerhard Mokros

Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Western Allied invasion of Germany Died April 3, 1996, Sonthofen, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Gerhard Mokros (18 March 1909 – 3 April 1996) was a highly decorated Oberst of the Reserves 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. Gerhard Mokros was captured by American forces in May 1945 and was released in December 1945.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (25 June 1940)

1st Class (26 July 1941)

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black

in Silver

Eastern Front Medal

German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1943 as Major of the Reserves in the II./Grenadier-Regiment 331

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 18 November 1941 as Leutnant and leader of the 7./Infanterie-Regiment 331

(860th) Oak Leaves on 5 May 1945 as Oberst of the Reserves and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 423

References

Gerhard Mokros Wikipedia

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