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Leopold Holzmann

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Name
  
Leopold Holzmann

Rank
  
Major

Died
  
21 October 2002(2002-10-21) (aged 86) Grosrusbach, Austria

Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1935–38 (Austria) 1938–45 (Germany)

Commands held
  
I./Grenadier-Regiment 1059

Leopold Holzmann (5 March 1916 – 21 October 2002) was a highly decorated Major 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

  • Sudetenland Medal (27 April 1940)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (24 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (15 June 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Silver (30 April 1945)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (14 October 1941)
  • Eastern Front Medal (24 September 1942)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (9 September 1944)
  • German Cross in Gold (29 April 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 November 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1059
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (24 September 1944)

    • References

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