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Post by Richard van Kempen » 27 Apr 2002, 14:55

hi all..

when i was reading c ailsby book
i decided to collect the awards earned by the commanding officer of the 10th ss panzergrenadiers regiment Westland

can anyone help me with :

who was the C.O.???
what awards did he recieve ??

i'm trying to collect in a bit more controlled collecting area.
so i won't just buy everything i like :mrgreen:

so any help is very much welcome

thank you all

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Post by MICHAELM82 » 27 Apr 2002, 20:19

HI,
Well SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment Westland was commanded by SS-Ostubaf.August Dieckmann 31.07.43-10.10.43 and the awards he recieved were the following,
I.C.2nd Class on Sept.28, 1939
I.C.1st Class on June 3, 1940
R.K. on April 23, 1942 as SS-Stubaf. and CO of I./SS-Pz.Gre.Rgt.Germania
Oakleaves on April 20, 1943 as CO of 10 SS-Pz.Gre.Rgt.Westland
Swords on Oct.10, 1943 as CO of same unit.
Hope this helped.
Mike


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Post by Richard van Kempen » 28 Apr 2002, 10:57

thank you very much for all info given

i see it,s going to cost me alot of money :)

thank you
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Post by Richard van Kempen » 04 May 2002, 14:08

where there other badges he was awarded like ...woundbadge...general assault badge ..................?




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Post by Juha Hujanen » 04 May 2002, 16:48

In Panzergrenadiere der 5.SS-Panzerdivision Wiking im Bild is picture of Dieckmann wearing black woundbadge and and general assaultbadge.

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thank you

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Post by Richard van Kempen » 17 May 2002, 21:12

thank you juha

could you post the picture???

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