Gerhart Schirmer
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Gerhart Schirmer
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Born | (1913-01-09)9 January 1913 Chemnitz |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Lauf-Aubach |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
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Luftwaffe |
Years of service | 1935–45, 1956–71 |
Rank | Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr) |
Commands held | Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5 Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 16 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Gerhart Schirmer (9 January 1913 – 5 September 2004) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Gerhart Schrimer was captured by British troops in 1945 and then handed over to Soviet troops. He was held until 1956; later that year he joined the Bundeswehr and served until retirement in 1971.
Awards and decorations
- Fallschirmschützenabzeichen
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (5 July 1940)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 25 June 1943 as Hauptmann in the III./Jäger-Regiment "Hermann Göring"[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 14 June 1941 as Hauptmann and leader of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2[3]
- 657th Oak Leaves on 11 November 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 16[4]
- Armelband Crete
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Commander of Luftlandebrigade 25 May 1957 – December 1962 |
Succeeded by Oberst Hans-Gotthard Pestke |
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Categories:
- 1913 births
- 2004 deaths
- German police officers
- Fallschirmjäger of World War II
- People from the Kingdom of Saxony
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- German military personnel of the Bundeswehr
- World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union
- German prisoners of war
- People from Chemnitz
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