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Kurt Witschel

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Years of service
  
1934–45 1956–67

Rank
  
Hauptmann

Service/branch
  
German Army, Bundeswehr

Name
  
Kurt Witschel

Unit
  
Jager Regiment 1

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Demyansk Pocket Siege of Leningrad Prague Offensive

Died
  
April 14, 1992, Vallendar, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Kurt Witschel (26 March 1915 – 14 April 1992) was a highly decorated Hauptmann (captain) who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II and in the postwar Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (15 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (1 July 1941)
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • in Gold
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Demyansk Shield
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 4 January 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and leader of the 2./Jager-Regiment 28
  • 773rd Oak Leaves on 11 March 1945 as Oberleutnant and leader of the 9./Jager-Regiment 28

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