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Gerhard Pick

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Name
  
Gerhard Pick

Years of service
  
1928–45

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 577

Died
  
11 May 1987(1987-05-11) (aged 76) Dortmund

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Gerhard Otto Pick (17 November 1910 – 11 May 1987) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant 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 Pick was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was held until July 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (29 June 1941)
  • 1st Class (28 July 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 2 November 1941 as Hauptmann and commander of II./Infanterie-Regiment 490
  • 553rd Oak Leaves on 19 August 1944 as Major and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 577

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