Rudolf Trittel

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War II Battles and wars World War II Unit 24th Panzer Division		Rank Oberstleutnant Name Rudolf Trittel Service/branch German Army
Died May 18, 1945, Vordingborg, Denmark Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rudolf Trittel (18 June 1913 – 18 May 1945) was a German Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient 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. He died on 18 May 1945 in a military hospital at Kastrop-Vordingborg, Denmark of wounds sustained on 26 March 1945 near Allenstein, present-day Olsztyn, Poland.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (20 May 1940)

1st Class (11 November 1941)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 14 August 1943 as Major and commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 479

799th Oak Leaves on 23 March 1945 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 9

References

Rudolf Trittel Wikipedia

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