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Service/branch
  
Heer

Name
  
Heinrich Press

Years of service
  
1931–45

Died
  
30 May 1995(1995-05-30) (aged 82) Raunheim

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant der Reserve (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
II./Grenadier-Regiment 105

Heinrich Press (27 March 1913 – 30 May 1995) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and 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 (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (1 May 1943)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (6 April 1943)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (?)
  • in Silver (15 December 1943)
  • in Gold (11 August 1944)
  • Eastern Front Medal (17 July 1942)
  • Crimea Shield (23 August 1942)
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (23 December 1943)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (15 January 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 October 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 105

    • References

    Heinrich Press Wikipedia
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