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Zeiher, Robert |
| Date of birth: | November 1st, 1919 (Freiburg, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
June 13th, 2000
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EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
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Unit:
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Zugführer 6. / II. / Infanterie-Regiment 420 / 125.Infanterie-Division
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Awarded on:
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July 2nd, 1941
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EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
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Unit:
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Zugführer 6. / II. / Infanterie-Regiment 420 / 125.Infanterie-Division
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Awarded on:
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October 14th, 1941
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Regimentsadjutant Infanterie-Regiment 420 / 125.Infanterie-Division
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Awarded on:
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May 8th, 1943
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
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Führer I. / SS-Grenadier-Regiment "Radolfzell"
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Awarded on:
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January 16th, 1945
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Details:
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SS-Grenadier-Regiment “Radolfzell” was probably composed of staff and students from the SS-Unterführerschule in Radolfzell. Krätschmer lists Zeiher as receiving his Knight’s Cross as Kommandeur in der I./SS-Unterführerschule Radolfzell, which could have been in Kampfgruppe “Stattler” commanded by SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Stattler, who was awarded his Knight’s Cross on 16 January 1945 as Kommandeur, Kampfgruppe “Stattler”, part of 189.Volksgrenadier-Division, LXIV.Armee-Korps, 19.Armee, Armee-Gruppe “Opper Rhein”, Western Front.
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| Picture source: |
- Willi Schumacher Collection |
| 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
- Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945
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