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Rolf Stiegert

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Name
  
Rolf Stiegert

Years of service
  
?–1945 ?–1973

Died
  
24 March 1981(1981-03-24) (aged 63) Bad Tolz

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Hauptmann of the Reserves (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
II./Grenadier-Regiment 316

Rolf Stiegert (6 July 1917 – 24 March 1981) was a highly decorated Hauptmann of the Reserves 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

  • Anschluss Medal
  • Sudetenland Medal
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (9 November 1941)
  • 1st Class (9 February 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (6 March 1943)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (1 May 1942)
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (9 April 1944)
  • in Silver (?)
  • German Cross in Gold (15 September 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 January 1945 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 316

    • References

    Rolf Stiegert Wikipedia
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