Walter Kuhn (soldier)

Hermann Kunz
Born	(1920-01-09)9 January 1920 Mehlsack, East Prussia, (now Poland)
Died	1 February 2010(2010-02-01) (aged 90) Gelsenkirchen
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1940–1945
Rank	Unteroffizier
Unit	Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Walter Kuhn (9 January 1920 – 1 February 2010) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
4 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 August 1943 as Obergefreiter and Richtschütze (gunner) in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1^[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.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 1st Infantry Division

Staff	Martin Grase (Oak Leaves) Philipp Kleffel Ernst-Anton von Krosigk² (Oak Leaves)

Units	Fritz Jacobeit Franz Juschkat Alfred Matern (Oak Leaves) Walter Kuhn Walter Lange (Oak Leaves) Otto Lasch⁵ (Oak Leaves) Franz Scheidies (Oak Leaves) Theodor Tolsdorff⁴ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Karl von Wohlgemuth

² Oak Leaves with the XVI Army Corps. ⁴ Diamonds with the 340th Volksgrenadier Division. ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 349th Infantry Division.

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