TYCHSEN, Christian
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Tychsen, Christian Date of birth:  December 3rd, 1910 (Flensburg/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Date of death:  July 28th, 1944 (Crossroad St. Denis-Gavray/Normandy, France) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  In service from October 1st 1934.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur 3.Kradschützen-Kompagnie / Aufklarungsabteilung / SS-Verfügungsdivision Awarded on: May 30th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur 3.Kradschützen-Kompagnie / Aufklarungsabteilung / SS-Verfügungsdivision Awarded on: July 18th, 1940         INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN Awarded on: July 3rd, 1941 Details: Bronze version.         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ Awarded on: July 30th, 1941         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SILBER Awarded on: November 20th, 1941         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer Unit: SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon "Das Reich" Awarded on: February 12th, 1942         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer Unit: SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon "Das Reich" Awarded on: May 30th, 1942 Details: Award 115/2. Date according the "Vorschlag" to the Ritterkreuz, in the "Vorschlag" to the Eichenlaub the date for the DKiG states May 13th 1942.         MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE) Awarded on: August 20th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Sturmbannführer (Majoor) Unit: Kommandeur II. / SS-Panzer-Regiments 2 / SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Das Reich" / Armeeabteilung "Kempf" / Heeresgruppe Süd Awarded on: March 31st, 1943 Details: 1627th Award. Submitted on March 1st 1943. Preliminary document and decoration on April 3rd 1943 to Heeresgruppe Süd. The "Vorschlag" for the Eichenlaub, states as the award date for the Ritterkreuz April 1st 1943.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) Unit: Kommandeur II. / SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 / 2.SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" / Heeresgruppe Süd Awarded on: December 10th, 1943 Details: 353rd Award. Submitted on December 2nd 1943.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - 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 - Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000 - Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945 - Das Reich - Lexikon der Wehrmacht - Axis Biographical Research