HÖRSTERMANN, Johann
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Hörstermann, Johann Date of birth:  May 30th, 1911 (Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen/Westernphalia, Germany) Date of death:  March 25th, 1992 Nationality:  German       DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (Lieutenant) Unit: 6. / Infanterie-Regiment 473 / 253.Infanterie-Division Awarded on: November 13th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Major Unit: Kommandeur Kampfgruppe / Grenadier-Regiment 473 Awarded on: March 28th, 1945         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Andrew Straube via www.Death-Cards.com 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 - Scheibert, H., Die Träger des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold (Das Heer), Podzun-Pallas Verlag, Friedberg, Germany, 1983