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Kurt Brill

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1935–45

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 146

Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Name
  
Kurt Brill

Died
  
25 May 1978(1978-05-25) (aged 62) Otterberg

Kurt Brill (19 January 1916 – 25 May 1978) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant 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

  • Anschluss Medal (8 November 1938)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (3 July 1940)
  • 1st Class (11 July 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (28 August 1943)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (10 August 1941)
  • Eastern Front Medal (20 July 1942)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 November 1943)
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (12 October 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold (5 April 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 July 1944 as Major and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 956

    • References

    Kurt Brill Wikipedia
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