Hubert Mickley

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Hubert Mickley		Years of service 1937–44 Service/branch German Army
Born 11 April 1918 Schonlanke, West Prussia ( 1918-04-11 ) Rank Oberstleutnant (Posthumously) Commands held II. Panzergrenadier-Battalion/Fuhrer-Begleit-Brigade Battles/wars World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Demyansk Pocket Battle of Narva (1944) Battle of the Bulge Siege of Bastogne † Died December 30, 1944, Bastogne, Belgium Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hubert Mickley (11 April 1918 – 30 December 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant 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. Hubert Mickley died from wounds on 30 December 1944 in Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (22 May 1940)

1st Class (17 June 1940)

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black

in Silver

in Gold

Eastern Front Medal

Infantry Assault Badge

Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants

Close Combat Clasp

in Bronze

in Silver

German Cross in Gold on 23 January 1942 as Leutnant in the 5./(Jager) Infanterie-Regiment 4

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 23 December 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Grenadier-Regiment 4

540th Oak Leaves on 4 August 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Grenadier-Regiment 4

References

Hubert Mickley Wikipedia

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