SMGP-1493 Adolf Weitkunat Knights Cross Winner Signature
$35.00
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Description
A 3.25×5″ photo copy with authentic post war signature in blue ink. The “Adolf” is tough to read. The Creases are copies from the original photo.
Weitkunat, Adolf
- Date of birth:
- February 7th, 1895 (Grünfließ, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 28th, 1988 (Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Rittmeister der Reserve
- Unit:
- Commander Aufklärungs-Schwadron 206
- Awarded on:
- November 4th, 1941
Rittmeister der Reserve Weitkunat received the Knight’s Cross mainly for his swift capture of the bridge over the Beresa at Mostowaja on the 10.10.1941. The importance of this achievement was that the retreating Soviets in front of the XXIII. Armee-Korps were unable to occupy fortified bunker positions along the Volga, saving the Germans a tough slog through well-built positions. He also made possible the rapid capture of the heavily-defended town of Rzhev against a superior hostile defense shortly afterwards.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Kampf-Battalion 488
- Awarded on:
- December 5th, 1943
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