Richard Koll

Richard Koll
Born	7 April 1897
Died	13 May 1963(1963-05-13) (aged 66)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	1. Panzer-Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Richard Koll (7 April 1897 – 13 May 1963) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 1st Panzer Division. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 July 1941 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Regiment 11^[1]

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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Walter Krüger	Commander of 1. Panzer-Division 1 January 1944 - 19 February 1944	Succeeded by Generalmajor Werner Marcks

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 6th Panzer Division

Staff	Walther von Hünersdorff (Oak Leaves) Werner Kempf² (Oak Leaves) Rudolf Freiherr von Waldenfels (Oak Leaves)

Units	Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck Erhard Raus⁴ (Oak Leaves) Franz Bäke (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hans-Günther Bethke Ludwig Bloos Richard Koll Hans Stern Erich Löwe⁵ (Oak Leaves) Otto Bittorf Johann von Ravenstein (Pour le Mérite) Martin Unrein⁷ (Oak Leaves) Paul Stahl (Oak Leaves) Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff Hermann Danzer Gustav Reimar⁶ (Oak Leaves)

² Oak Leaves with XXXXVIII Panzer Corps. ⁴ Oak Leaves with the XI Army Corps. ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion. ⁷ Oak Leaves with the 14th Panzer Division.

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