Karl Rettlinger

Military Person

1913 – 1990

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Who was Karl Rettlinger?

Karl Rettlinger was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on the 20 December 1943, for personally destroying 30 Russian tanks on the Eastern Front, including 6 in one attack. He was also awarded the wound badge in Gold for being wounded 5 times in action.

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Born
Feb 8, 1913
Gunzenhausen
Died
1990
Gunzenhausen

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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