SAUCKEN, von, Dietrich
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Saucken, von, Dietrich Date of birth:  May 16th, 1892 (Fischhausen-Samland/Eastern-Prussia, Germany) Date of death:  September 27th, 1980 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany) Nationality:  German       1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914 Awarded on: September 13th, 1939 Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 19th October 1914.         1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 1ER KLASSE 1914 Awarded on: October 3rd, 1939 Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 23rd May 1916.         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Generalmajor Unit: Führer 4.Panzer-Division / LIII.Armee-Korps / 2.Panzer-Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte Awarded on: January 6th, 1942 Details: 790th Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Generalleutnant Unit: Kommandeur 4.Panzer-Division / XXXXVI.Panzer-Korps / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte Awarded on: August 22nd, 1943 Details: 281st Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: December 3rd, 1943         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN Rank: Generalleutnant Unit: Kommandeur 4.Panzer-Division / XXXXVI.Panzer-Korps / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte Awarded on: January 31st, 1944 Details: 46th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: July 5th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ, EICHENLAUB, SCHWERTERN UND BRILLANTEN Rank: General der Panzertruppen Unit: Oberbefehlshaber Armeeoberkommando Ostpreußen Awarded on: May 8th, 1945 Details: 27th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: May 9th, 1945         PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN (OHNE ZAHLEN)         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer, The Netherlands Information source(s):   - Kursietis A.J., The wehrmacht at war 1939-1945 the units and commanders, ISBN 907532338-7 - 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