Joachim von Amsberg (colonel)
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Joachim von Amsberg
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Born | 18 December 1903 Posen |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hamburg |
Allegiance | Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Heer |
Years of service | 1924–45 |
Rank | Oberst |
Commands held | Grenadier-Regiment 502 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Joachim von Amsberg (18 December 1903 – 27 May 1981) was a highly decorated Oberst 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. Joachim von Amsberg was captured in the Courland Pocket in May 1945 by Soviet forces and was held until 1955.
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Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Infantry Assault Badge
- Eastern Front Medal
- War Merit Cross with Swords
- 2nd class
- 1st Class
- German Cross in Silver on 13 April 1943 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) and authorised transport officer with the German liaison staff to the Hungarian AOK 2[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1945 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 502[2][Note 1]
- Ärmelband Kurland
Notes
- ↑ The nomination by the troop was rejected on 9 May 1945 by the commanding officer of the Außenstelle of the Heerespersonalamt (HPA/A—Branch of the Army Staff Office)—Oberst Goecke—because the intermittent commanding officers of Joachim von Amsberg had not approved the nomination. The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed the case in 1981 and decided: "Knight's Cross yes, 6 May 1945". The presentation date was later changed again by Fellgiebel to 9 May 1945. Von Amsberg was a member of the AKCR.[3]
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Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1981 deaths
- People from Poznań
- People from the Province of Posen
- German military personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Silver German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the War Merit Cross, 1st class
- German prisoners of war
- World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union