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Karl Prumm

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1937–45

Unit
  
Grenadier-Regiment 105

Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Hauptmann

Name
  
Karl Prumm

Died
  
10 January 1999(1999-01-10) (aged 81)

Karl Prumm (12 July 1917 – 10 January 1999) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II and 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 (31 August 1941)
  • 1st Class (25 November 1941)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (21 September 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (21 September 1941)
  • in Silver (9 February 1942)
  • in Gold (5 August 1942)
  • Crimea Shield (23 August 1942)
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (?)
  • in Silver (21 January 1944)
  • German Cross in Gold (24 December 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 May 1943 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 105

    • References

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