Johannes Kummel

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Nickname(s) The Lion of Capuzzo Years of service 1928–44 Name Johannes Kummel		Service/branch Heer Rank Oberst (Posthumously)

Born 21 July 1909Coswig ( 1909-07-21 ) Died 26 February 1944(1944-02-26) (aged 34)Cisterna, Italy Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Similar Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Hans Cramer, Ernst Günther Baade

Johannes Kummel (21 July 1909 – 26 February 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst 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. Johannes Kummel was killed in an automobile accident on 26 February 1944 in Cisterna, Italy. He was later posthumously promoted to Oberst.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (27 September 1939)

1st Class (20 October 1939)

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black

Panzer Badge

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 9 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and commander of 1./Panzer-Regiment 8

133rd Oak Leaves on 11 October 1942 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Panzer-Regiment 8

References

Johannes Kummel Wikipedia

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