MATERN, Kurt
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Matern, Kurt Date of birth:  Unknown Date of death:  December 1st, 1943 (Soviet Union) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Kurt Matern was killed on 1st December 1943 as Kommandeur Füsilier-Regiment 39 with the rank of Oberst.       DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: I. / Infanterie-Regiment 39 / 26.Infanterie-Division Awarded on: January 19th, 1942         EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: I. / Infanterie-Regiment 39 / 26.Infanterie-Division Awarded on: February 16th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Major Unit: Führer Infanterie-Regiment 39 Awarded on: September 14th, 1942         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X - Axis History Factbook