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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Herzog, Karl |
| Date of birth: | July 6th, 1906 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
January 25th, 1998 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
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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.
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EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Hauptmann (Captain)
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Unit:
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Kompaniechef 3. (motorisiert) / Pionier-Bataillon 27
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Awarded on:
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October 5th, 1939
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EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Hauptmann (Captain)
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Unit:
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Kompaniechef 3. (motorisiert) / Pionier-Bataillon 27
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Awarded on:
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June 18th, 1940
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Hauptmann (Captain)
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Unit:
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3. / Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 27
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Awarded on:
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May 18th, 1942
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Oberstleutnant
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Unit:
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Kommandeur Heeres Sturm-Pionier-Brigade 627 (motorisiert)
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Awarded on:
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April 17th, 1945
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Action:
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for operations on 18th January 1945.
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Details:
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Simultaneously promoted to Oberst.
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Provide alterations or additional information |
| 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
- Karl Herzog
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