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Rudolf Gerhardt

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Years of service
  
1914–19 1934–45

Died
  
1964, Munster, Germany

Rank
  
Oberst

Name
  
Rudolf Gerhardt

Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1919)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Panzer-Regiment 7 Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130 Panzer Lehr Division

Battles/wars
  
World War I Battle of Verdun Battle of the Somme Battle of Passchendaele World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Tunisia Campaign Battle of Sidi Bou Zid Battle of the Kasserine Pass Invasion of Normandy Operation Perch Operation Cobra

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rudolf Gerhardt (26 March 1896 – 10 November 1964) 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

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (5 December 1914)
  • 1st Class (15 October 1916)
  • Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black (?)
  • in Silver (14 July 1918)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (7 October 1939)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Gold (13 January 1940)
  • Panzer Badge in Silver (10 June 1940)
  • Eastern Front Medal (14 September 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold (12 May 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 September 1941 as Major and commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 7
  • Armelband "Afrika"

    • References

    Rudolf Gerhardt Wikipedia
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