Walter Kuhn (soldier)

Hermann Kunz
Born	(1920-01-09)9 January 1920 Mehlsack, East Prussia, (now Poland)
Died	1 February 2010(2010-02-01) (aged 90) Gelsenkirchen
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1940–1945
Rank	Unteroffizier
Unit	Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad East Prussian Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Walter Kuhn (9 January 1920 – 1 February 2010) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier 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
- 1st Class
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
General Assault Badge
4 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 August 1943 as Obergefreiter and Richtschütze (gunner) in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p.228.

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.

External links

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 1st Infantry Division

Stab	Martin Grase¹ (Oak Leaves) Philipp Kleffel Ernst-Anton von Krosigk² (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 1	Martin Grase¹ (Oak Leaves) Friedrich von Keußler Robert Klima Karl Leimbach Hans Lindenau Wilhelm Sabottki Heinrich Schaten Otto Schlesiger Fritz Stillger Horts Weissenberg

Infanterie/Füsilier-Regiment 22	Waldemar Demand Werner Gräbner Heinrich Held Heinrich Hennig Ulrich Iffland Fritz Jacobeit Alfred Matern (Oak Leaves) Bruno Moysies Albert Müller Norbert Ottawa Helmut Schaarschuh Franz Scheidies³ (Oak Leaves) Herbert Singer Franz Thiel Theodor Tolsdorff⁴ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Karl Trautmann

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 43	Karl-Heinz Brunsiek Hans Halten Franz Juschkat Dr. med. dent. Walter Lange (Oak Leaves) Otto Lasch⁵ (Oak Leaves) Hans-Georg Romeike Wolfgang von Sichartshofen Sichart Arthur Tiefensee Gottfried Uhlig Otto Witt

Grenadier-Regiment Jütland	Walter Nolte

Artillerie-Regiment 1/I./ Artillerie-Regiment 37	Fritz Krüger

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 1	Walter Kuhn

Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 1	Karl von Wohlgemuth

Pionier-Bataillon 1	Gustav Gromeike

¹ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 1, Oak Leaves with the Stab. ² Oak Leaves with the XVI Army Corps. ³ Knight's Cross with Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment "C". ⁴ Swords with Grenadier-Regiment 1067, Diamonds with the 340th Volksgrenadier Division. ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 349th Infantry Division.

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