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Joachim Sander

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberst

Years of service
  
1915–18 1934–44

Name
  
Joachim Sander

Died
  
3 November 1944(1944-11-03) (aged 46) Goldap, East Prussia

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Panzer-Regiment 23 Panzer-Regiment 31

Joachim Sander (7 August 1898 – 3 November 1944) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient 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. Joachim Sander was killed on 3 November 1944 near Goldap, East Prussia. He was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 5 February 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (18 November 1916)
  • 1st Class (27 August 1919)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (8 October 1939)
  • Panzer Badge
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • German Cross in Gold on 24 March 1943 as Oberstleutnant in Panzer-Regiment 201
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 19 September 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzer-Regiment 23
  • 729th Oak Leaves on 5 February 1945 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Regiment 31
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (9 November 1944)

    • References

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