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 | |
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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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