Walter Kuhn (soldier)

Hermann Kunz
Born	(1920-01-09)9 January 1920
Died	1 February 2010(2010-02-01) (aged 90)
Place of birth	Mehlsack, East Prussia, (now Poland)
Place of death	Gelsenkirchen
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1940–1945
Rank	Unteroffizier
Unit	Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad East Prussian Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Walter Kuhn (9 January 1920 – 1 February 2010) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
• General Assault Badge
• 4 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 August 1943 as Obergefreiter and Richtschütze (gunner) in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) (in German). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches]. Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. 
• Scherzer, Veit (2007) (in German). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives]. Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 

External links

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht