SMGP-1809 Kurt Prinz Knights cross Winner signature Battle for Remagen
$45.00
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Description
A 3.5×5.5″ period photo card with post war signature in blue ball point dated 1997. His personal stamp is on the back.
From Traces of War:
Prinz, Kurt (Grenadier-Regiment 164)
- Date of birth:
- April 3rd, 1920 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 7th, 2009 (Kronach/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Kurt Prinz went into service on 3rd November 1937. During the second World War het functioned as Bataillons-Ordonnanz-Offizier with the rank Leutnant (since 1st June 1940) and as Kompanieführer and Kompaniechef with the rank of Oberleutnant (since 1st June 1942). From the spring of 1944 het served as Bataillonsführer and took part in the battles in South Russia. In 1944 he was also involved in the Ardennes offensive and became finally Führer of a Volksgrenadier-Bataillon within the 62.Volksgrenadier-Division with the rank of Hauptmann (since 1st June 1944). In April 1945 he became Prisoner-of-War with the Americans, but was transferred to Soviet imprisonment in February 1946, where he stayed until November 1949.
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- Awarded on:
- August 27th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 19th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 21st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 26th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 29th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Führer, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 164, 62. Volksgrenadier-Division
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1945
During the fighting for the Remagen bridgehead, on the 17.03.1945, Oberleutnant Prinz received the order to retake the Großen Ölberg, the highest point in the Siebengebirge. Along with elements of the Kampfbataillon 162 (consisting of troops from the Feldersatz-Bataillon 162), Prinz was able to accomplish this difficult task. After repelling an American counterattack he received and carried out the order to withdraw from the hill. For this action he was awarded the Knight’s Cross.
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