Martin Grase
Appearance
Martin Grase | |
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Born | 3 May 1891 Schlochau |
Died | 3 August 1963 Freiburg | (aged 72)
Allegiance | |
Service/ | Army |
Rank | |
Commands | 1st Infantry Division I Army Corps XXVI Army Corps |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Martin Grase (3 May 1891 – 3 August 1963) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (28 September 1914) & 1st Class (6 December 1916)[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 September 1939) & 1st Class (5 July 1940)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 18 October 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 1[2]
- Oak Leaves on 23 May 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 1. Infanterie Division[3]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
Categories:
- 1891 births
- 1963 deaths
- People from Człuchów
- Military personnel from West Prussia
- Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Prussian Army personnel
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- German prisoners of war in World War II
- Reichswehr personnel
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel
- German Army personnel stubs