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Robert Colli

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Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 547

Died
  
1980, Gmunden, Austria

Name
  
Robert Colli

Allegiance
  
Austria-Hungary (to 1918) First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1916–38 (Austria) 1938–45 (Germany)

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Austria) Oberst (Germany)

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Annexation of the Memel Territory Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battles of Rzhev Courland Pocket

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Battles of Rzhev, Courland Pocket

Service/branch
  
Austrian Armed Forces, Wehrmacht

Robert Colli (27 June 1898 – 22 July 1980) was a highly decorated Oberst 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 with Prague Castle Bar (11 November 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (11 December 1939)
  • 1st Class (14 June 1940)
  • Memel Medal (29 February 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (20 October 1943)
  • in Silver (18 February 1944)
  • in Gold (26 September 1944)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (12 June 1941)
  • Eastern Front Medal (6 November 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 3 August 1943 as Oberstleutnant in Grenadier-Regiment 547
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 February 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 547

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