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Gunther Drange

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberst

Years of service
  
1914–19 1937–45

Name
  
Gunther Drange

Died
  
18 June 1970(1970-06-18) (aged 73) Wiesbaden

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1919)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
III./Infanterie-Regiment 490 Infanterie-Regiment 474 Grenadier-Regiment 428

Gunther Georg Drange (14 March 1897 – 18 June 1970) 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (13 April 1916)
  • Wound Badge in Black (1 July 1920)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 May 1940)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (10 December 1940)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (26 February 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold (21 February 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 November 1941 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 428

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