Friedrich Blümke
Appearance
Friedrich Blümke | |
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Born | 18 February 1898 Rahnwerder |
Died | 4 September 1944 Odessa, Ukraine | (aged 46)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | Heer |
Years of service | 1916–1944 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Commands | 257. Infanterie-Division |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Friedrich Blümke (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1944) 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. Friedrich Blümke was wounded in August 1944 and was captured by Soviet troops in September. He died on 4 September in a Soviet prisoner of war camp near Odessa.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Wound Badge (1914)
- in Black
- Cross of Honor
- 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
Notes
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 115.
References
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1944 deaths
- Wehrmacht generals
- German military personnel of World War I
- German military personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the Cross of Honor
- Recipients of the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross
- World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union
- German prisoners of war
- German people who died in prison custody
- German people who died in Soviet detention