Kurt Bahns

Kurt Otto Bahns (24 January 1916 in Hagen - KIA 18 February 1945 southeast of Stargard) was a German Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (24 December 1939)
  • 1st Class (21 July 1942)
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silber (7 December 1942)
• Wound Badge (1939) in Black (11 November 1942)
• Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 November 1942 as Oberleutnant and Chef of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 216^{[1][Note 1]}

Notes

1. According to Thomas and Wegmann as chief of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 246 of the 88. Infanterie-Division.^[2]

References

Citations

1. Scherzer 2007, p. 200.
2. Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 188.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1987). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 1: A–Be [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 1: A–Be] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1153-2.