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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Lemelsen, Joachim Hermann August |
| Date of birth: | September 26th, 1888 (Berlin, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
March 30th, 1954 (Göttingen/Lower Saxony, Germany)
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BIOGRAPHY:
In service from July 1st 1907.
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1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914
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Generalleutnant (Major-general)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 29. Infanteriedivision "Falke" / 10. Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
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Awarded on:
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September 21st, 1939
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Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on September 21st 1914.
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1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 1ER KLASSE 1914
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Generalleutnant (Major-general)
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Kommandeur 29. Infanteriedivision "Falke" / 10. Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
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Awarded on:
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September 30th, 1939
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Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on December 5th 1916.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
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Unit:
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Kommandierender General XXXXVII.Armeekorps (mot.) / 4.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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July 27th, 1941
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Details:
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381st Award.
Submitted on July 18th 1941.
Preliminary document and decoration on July 28th 1941 to Heeresgruppe Mitte.
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PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN (OHNE ZAHLEN)
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Rank:
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General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
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Unit:
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Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Armeekorps (mot.)
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Awarded on:
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January 13th, 1942
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Details:
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Silver version.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
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Kommandierender General XXXXVII. Panzerkorps
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Awarded on:
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July 15th, 1942
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Award 144/1.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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General der Panzertruppe (Lieutenant-general)
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Unit:
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Kommandierender General XXXXVII.Panzerkorps / 8.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
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Awarded on:
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September 7th, 1943
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294th Award.
Submitted on August 27th 1943.
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Provide alterations or additional information |
| Picture source: |
- Willi Schumacher Collection |
| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, 2001
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Kursietis, Andris J., The Wehrmacht at War 1939-1945, Aspekt, The Netherlands, 1999
- Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
- Axis Biographical Research
- Island Farm POW Camp: 198 / Special Camp:XI
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