PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Herzog, Karl
Date of birth: July 6th, 1906 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:  January 25th, 1998 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Karl Herzog was in a row the commander of 3.(motorisiert) / Pionier-Bataillon 27, 3.(Panzer) / Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 27 (both between 1938 and 1942), Füsilier-Pionier-Bataillon 42 (1942), Pionier-Bataillon 48 (motorisiert) (from 1942 till 1944 with the rank of Major), Pionier-Bataillon 617 (1944), Sturm-Pionier-Regiment Herzog (1944), Sturm-Pionier-Brigade 627 (from 1944 till 1945 with the rank of Oberstleutnant). Hij was Soviet Prisoner-of-War from May 1945 till October 1955. From 16th August 1957 until 30th September 1966, Karl Herzog served with the Bundeswehr, where he finally reached the rank of Generalmajor.
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
Rank: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit: Kompaniechef 3. (motorisiert) / Pionier-Bataillon 27
Awarded on: October 5th, 1939
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Rank: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit: Kompaniechef 3. (motorisiert) / Pionier-Bataillon 27
Awarded on: June 18th, 1940
 
     
DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit: 3. / Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 27
Awarded on: May 18th, 1942
 
     
MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE)
Awarded on: November 17th, 1942
 
     
NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN BRONZE
Rank: Major
Unit: Kommandeur Pionier-Bataillon 48 (motorisiert)
Awarded on: August 21st, 1943
 
     
EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS
Awarded on: May 5th, 1944
 
     
ORDINUL CORONA ROMANEII KNIGHT
Awarded on: May 15th, 1944
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ
Awarded on: June 25th, 1944
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Oberstleutnant
Unit: Kommandeur Heeres Sturm-Pionier-Brigade 627 (motorisiert)
Awarded on: April 17th, 1945
Action: for operations on 18th January 1945.
Details: Simultaneously promoted to Oberst.
 
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Picture source:   - Norbert Beyerlein
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
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