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Rudolf Backer

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1936–38 1939–45

Unit
  
Grenadier-Regiment 36

Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Sanitats-Feldwebel

Name
  
Rudolf Backer

Died
  
3 September 2005(2005-09-03) (aged 91) Erndtebruck

Rudolf Backer (21 February 1914 – 3 September 2005) was a highly decorated Sanitats-Feldwebel 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 (23 August 1941)
  • 1st Class (27 January 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (25 November 1941)
  • in Silver (9 September 1942)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (3 February 1943)
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze
  • in Silver (3 August 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold on 18 June 1943 as Sanitats-Feldwebel in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 36
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 September 1943 as Sanitats-Feldwebel and in the II./Grenadier-Regiment 36

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