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Years of service
  
1915–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Kurt Cuno

Service/branch
  
German Army

Born
  
27 August 1896 Zweibrucken (
1896-08-27
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow

Died
  
July 14, 1961, Munich, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
233rd Reserve Panzer Division

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Kurt Cuno (27 August 1896 – 14 July 1961) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 233d Reserve Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 May 1916) & 1st Class (20 August 1916)
  • Wound Badge in Black (30 June 1918) & in Silver (19 March 1942)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1 July 1941) & 1st Class (10 July 1941)
  • Panzer Badge in Silver (18 August 1941)
  • Eastern Front Medal (25 August 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 14 January 1942 as Oberst with Panzer-Regiment 39
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 January 1942 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Regiment 39

    • References

    Kurt Cuno Wikipedia
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