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Hilmar Zahn

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Hilmar Zahn

Rank
  
Hauptmann

Years of service
  
1937–45

Died
  
2008, Wiesbaden, Germany

Service/branch
  
German Army, Luftwaffe

Born
  
6 September 1919 Wiesbaden (
1919-09-06
)

Unit
  
Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1

Battles/wars
  
World War II Eastern Front Allied Invasion of Sicily Battle of Ortona Battle of Monte Cassino Gothic Line Offensive Spring 1945 offensive in Italy

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Eastern Front, Allied invasion of Sicily

Hilmar Karl Adolf Zahn (6 September 1919 – 8 March 2008) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Fallschirmjager 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

  • Sudetenland Medal (6 February 1940)
  • Fallschirmschutzenabzeichen (22 July 1942)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (3 March 1943)
  • 1st Class (18 February 1944)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (3 March 1943)
  • in Silver (10 April 1944)
  • in Gold (3 June 1944)
  • Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (5 March 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 5./Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1

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