FRANKE, Kurt
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Franke, Kurt Date of birth:  June 13th, 1913 (Wurzen/Saxony, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: June 22nd, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: May 7th, 1943         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Hauptscharführer (Warrant Officer) Unit: 11. / SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 6 / 3. SS-Division Awarded on: October 3rd, 1943         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Untersturmführer (Second-lieutenant) Unit: Kompanieführer 11. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 Awarded on: December 18th, 1944         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant) Unit: III. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf" Awarded on: March 6th, 1945         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006 - Divisionstagesbefehl Nr. 17/45