Peter Prien
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Peter Prien
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| Born | 9 June 1922 Altona |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Altona |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
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| Years of service | ?–1945 |
| Rank | Oberleutnant of the Reserves |
| Unit | Panzer-Regiment 3 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Peter Prien (9 June 1922 – 28 September 2006) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant of the Reserves 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.
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Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Silver
- Panzer Badge
- Crimea Shield
- 2 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
- Close Combat Clasp
- in Bronze
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1945 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and leader of the Stabskompanie in the 2. Panzer-Division[1][Note 1]
Notes
- ↑ Peter Prien was nominated twice for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The first nomination was made for actions before end of March 1945, a second nomination was submitted on 9 May 1945, presumably for a different deed. A contemporary file card for the first nomination still exists, which was created by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) for a nomination received from the troop on 28 March 1945. This nomination did not prevail. A Heerespersonalamt-Verleihungsvorschlag (HPA-VV—Army Staff Office Nomination Recommendation) was not created. He was also not listed in the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) for his first nomination. The first nomination was either left unfinished by the end of the war, or it was rejected. An argument supporting the rejection thesis is the fact that the nomination by the troop is no longer available. On the other hand, there is no rejection number or note on the file card.
The second nomination, presumably a teleprinter message, is also no longer available. Again no HPA-VV was created nor a file card. Major Joachim Domaschk noted this nomination in the first section of the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" with an entry Nr. 5101. This number was assigned twice, the second section of this book starts with Nr. 5100. Why Domaschk listed him there cannot be determined anymore. This entry states that this nomination by the troop was received by the HPA on 9 May 1945 and was forwarded (Scherzer assumes to General Ernst Maisel) and awarded the very same day. The presentation was unlawfully made, first because it is dated after 8 May 1945, secondly because neither General Maisel nor Major Domaschk had been authorized to do so. Prien was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[2]
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 2nd Panzer Division
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| Panzer-Regiment 3 |
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| Panzer-Regiment 4 (assigned until September 1940 then transferred to the 13th Panzer Division) |
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| Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 2 | ||
| Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 304 | ||
| Panzerartillerie-Regiment 74 | ||
| Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 2 | ||
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1 Knight's Cross with Schützen-Regiment 59 (20th Panzer Division), Swords with the XXXXVII. Panzerkorps 2 Oak Leaves with the 5th Panzer Division, Swords with the XXXIX Panzerkorps 3 Oak Leaves with Panzer-Regiment 8 (15th Panzer Division) 4 Oak Leaves with Panzer-Abteilung 104 5 Oak Leaves with the 13th Panzer Division
This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing. |
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