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Gustav Reimar

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Years of service
  
1929–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Gustav Reimar

Rank
  
Major

Born
  
24 April 1910 Didderse (
1910-04-24
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 114

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Third Battle of Kharkov Battle of Kursk Lower Dnieper Offensive Hube's Pocket Operation Fruhlingserwachen †

Died
  
March 23, 1945, Budapest, Hungary

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav Reimar (24 April 1910 – 23 March 1945) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients 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. Gustav Reimar was killed on 23 March 1945 near Budapest.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (29 December 1939)
  • 1st Class (3 June 1940)
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black or in Silver
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 28 July 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4
  • 582nd Oak Leaves on 10 September 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of Feldersatz-Battalion 76

    • References

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