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Karl Rettlinger

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Years of service
  
1933–45

Name
  
Karl Rettlinger

Service/branch
  
Waffen-SS

Karl Rettlinger
Rank
  
Sturmbannfuhrer (Major)

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Cross in Gold Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Winter war Medal 1941/42 Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle bar Panzer Badge in Silver Wound Badge in Gold

Died
  
June 14, 1990, Gunzenhausen, Germany

Unit
  
1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

Karl Rettlinger (8 February 1913 — 14 June 1990) was a Sturmbannfuhrer (Major) in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on the 20 December 1943, for personally destroying 30 Russian tanks on the Eastern Front, including 6 in one attack. He was also awarded the wound badge in Gold for being wounded 5 times in action.

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Commands

  • 3rd Battery, 1st SS Sturmgeschutz Battalion LSSAH
  • 1st SS Sturmgeschutz Battalion LSSAH
  • 1st SS Panzerjager Battalion LSSAH

    • Awards

  • German Cross in Gold on 28 March 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer in the 3./SS-Sturmgeschutz-Abteilung "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 December 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer and chief of the 3./SS-Sturmgeschutz-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"

    • References

    Karl Rettlinger Wikipedia
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