Friedrich Blümke
Friedrich Blümke | |
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| Born | 18 February 1898 |
| Died | 4 September 1944 (aged 46) |
| Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Heer |
| Service years | 1916–1944 |
| Rank | Generalmajor |
| Commands | 257. Infanterie-Division |
| Conflicts | World War I
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Friedrich Blümke (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1944) was a highly decorated general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Friedrich Blümke was wounded in August 1944 and was captured by Soviet troops in September. He died on 4 September 1944 in a Soviet prisoner of war camp near Odesa.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 1st and 2nd classes
- Wound Badge (1914) – black
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Sudetenland Medal
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (17 September 1939)
- 1st Class (20 October 1939)
- Eastern Front Medal
- Crimea Shield
- Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 October 1943)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 November 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 347[1]
Notes
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 115.
References
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. 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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. 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.