Mortimer von Kessel
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Mortimer von Kessel | |
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Mortimer von Kessel (25 May 1893 – 8 January 1981) was a German
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany
.
Biography
Kessel joined the
20th Panzer Division
.
On 28 December 1943, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions in the Vitebsk region on the Eastern Front. Then for his actions during the Soviet 1944 summer offensive, Operation Bagration, he was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross. In December 1944, he was appointed commander of the VII Panzer Corps in East Prussia with which he surrendered at the end of the war.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 March 1915) & 1st Class (25 September 1917)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Second Class of the Order of the White Falcon with Swords
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (5 July 1943) & 1st Class (23 July 1943)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 28 December 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of 20. Panzer-Division[2]
- 611th Oak Leaves on 16 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 20. Panzer-Division
References
Citations
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 20th Panzer Division | |
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