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Hans Freiherr von Wolff

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Years of service
  
1920–44

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Hans von

Rank
  
Oberst

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Born
  
19 March 1903 Riga (
1903-03-19
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Kosakenreiterbrigade 1 3. Kavallerie-Brigade

Battles/wars
  
World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Balkan Campaign Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Operation Bagration

Died
  
June 28, 1944, Pinsk, Belarus

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Johann Gottlieb Hans Freiherr von Wolff (19 March 1903 – 28 June 1944) 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 with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Sudetenland Medal
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (4 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (24 May 1940)
  • Panzer Badge in Silver (13 July 1940)
  • Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 13 July 1940 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Schutzen-Regiment 8
  • 61st Oak Leaves on 16 January 1942 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Schutzen-Regiment 28

    • References

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