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Reinhard Burst

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Years of service
  
1927–45

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 111

Service/branch
  
German Army

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Name
  
Reinhard Burst

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow

Died
  
July 2, 1998, Pforzheim, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Reinhard Burst (11 October 1907 – 2 July 1998) 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

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (24 July 1941)
  • 1st Class (9 October 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (13 September 1943)
  • Eastern Front Medal (26 July 1942)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (13 August 1941)
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (20 September 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold (15 March 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 August 1944 as Major and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 111

    • References

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