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Rudolf Kolbeck

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Years of service
  
1914–18 1937–45

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 316

Service/branch
  
German Army

Rank
  
Oberst of the Reserves

Name
  
Rudolf Kolbeck

Born
  
24 March 1889 Regensburg (
1889-03-24
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Baltic Offensive (1944) Battle of the Bulge

Died
  
September 12, 1965, Landsberg am Lech, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Dr. med. dent. Rudolf Kolbeck (24 March 1889 – 12 September 1965) was an Oberst of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (1917)
  • 1st Class (1918)
  • Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 December 1939)
  • 1st Class (9 July 1940)
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 20 April 1943 as Oberstleutnant of the Reserves and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 316
  • 403rd Oak Leaves on 22 February 1944 as Oberstleutnant of the Reserves and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 316

    • References

    Rudolf Kolbeck Wikipedia
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