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CARIUS, Otto |
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PERSONALIA |
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Name: |
Carius, Otto |
Date of birth: | May 27th, 1922 (Zweibrücken/Palatinate, Germany)
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Date of death: |
Unknown (Herschweiler/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
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Nationality: |
German |
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BIOGRAPHY: In service from April 1st 1940. |
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EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Zugführer 10./Panzer-Regiment 21
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Awarded on:
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July 19th, 1942
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EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Zugführer 2. / schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502
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Awarded on:
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November 23rd, 1943
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Zugführer 2. / schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 / 61.Infanterie-Division / / XXXXIII.Armee-Korps / Armeegruppe Narwa / Heeresgruppe Nord
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Awarded on:
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May 4th, 1944
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Details:
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3066th Award.
Sublitted on April 26th 1944.
Preliminary document and decoration on May 10th 1944 to Heeresgruppe Nord.
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PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN II STUFE
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Rank:
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Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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2. / schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502
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Awarded on:
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July 15th, 1944
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Führer 2. / schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 / II.Armee-Korps / 16.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
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Awarded on:
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July 27th, 1944
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Details:
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535st Award.
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PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN III STUFE
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Rank:
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Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Führer 2. / schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502
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Awarded on:
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September 1st, 1944
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Action:
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Awarded for 50 days of battle.
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VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Führer 2. / schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502
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Awarded on:
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September 11th, 1944
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Action:
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Awarded in accordance with his on July 8th 1941, December 9th 1942, December 2nd 1943, April 20th 1944 and July 24th 1944 received wounds.
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Provide alterations or additional information |
Picture source: |
- Willi Schumacher Collection |
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, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
- Wikipedia.org
- Achtungpanzer.com
- Onderzoek via Panzer-Archiv Forum
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