Georg le Coutre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Georg le Coutre

German paratrooper and Knight's Cross recipient

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1912

Place of Birth: Klaipėda, Klaipėda County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2009

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Georg le Coutre

  • The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
  • The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry.
  • A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945.
  • This number is based on the acceptance by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).
  • Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reich Labour Service, and the Volkssturm (German national militia).
  • There were also 43 foreign recipients of the award.These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945].
  • Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR.
  • In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients.
  • Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings.
  • The majority of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.Listed here are the 82 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name starts with "C".
  • The recipients are initially ordered alphabetically by last name.
  • The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.

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