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Karl Heinrich Fink

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Years of service
  
1940–45 1958–79

Service/branch
  
German Army, Bundeswehr

Name
  
Karl-Heinrich Fink

Born
  
1 April 1922 Sonthofen (
1922-04-01
)

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Unit
  
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 113

Battles/wars
  
World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Operation Winter Storm Battle of the Dukla Pass Operation Fruhlingserwachen

Died
  
1980, Lindenberg im Allgau, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Operation Barbarossa

Karl-Heinrich Fink (1 April 1922 – 23 April 1980) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht 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

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (16 August 1941)
  • 1st Class (10 October 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (Not Awarded)
  • in Silver (1 June 1943)
  • in Gold (24 April 1945)
  • Panzer Badge in Bronze
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants
  • German Cross in Gold (18 May 1945)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 February 1943 as Leutnant and Adjutant of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 113

    • References

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