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GÖRING, Hermann Wilhelm |
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PERSONALIA |
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Name: |
Göring, Hermann Wilhelm |
Date of birth: | January 12th, 1893 (Rosenheim)
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Date of death: |
October 15th, 1946 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
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Nationality: |
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GROßKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Generalfeldmarschall
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Reichsminister der Luftfahrt / Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe
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Awarded on:
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July 20th, 1940
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Action:
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In honor of the Luftwaffe's achievements in the Western Campaign of May/June 1940
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U-BOOT KRIEGSABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN
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Details:
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The awarding of this decoration is uncertain. Göring was supposed to have received it in an exchange, where Karl Dönitz was supposed to have received the Gemeinsames Flugzeugfuhrer-Beobachter Abzeichen mit Brillianten. In correspondence with Christopher Ailsby (Feldgrau.com), Karl Dönitz stated he had no recollection of the exchange.
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Provide alterations or additional information |
Picture source: |
- Wilco Vermeer, Netherlands |
Information source(s): |
- 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
- AdolfHitler.ws
- Axis Biographical Research
- Romanian Armed Forces in the Second World War
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