pep Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 looking for info about this officer. mainly concerning his awards as I own a tunic from him and would like to display it properly. all info I have is this ... 31.01.1895: Born in Altona 01.04.1938: Major 01.04.1941: Oberstleutnant 01.10.1942: Oberst 04.08.1943: Died as a resultant of wounds sustained in combat Service Details 2.10.1937 - 05.10.1942: Commander Pz.Abw.Abt.2 (Stettin). This unit was part of the 12th Panzer Division. Becker won the DKiG 22.11.41 as an Oberstleutnant during Operation Barbarossa. 15.03.1943 - 31.03.1943: Commander Pz.Reg.2 (16.PzDv) 01.04.1943 - 04.08.1943: Commander Pz.Reg.27 (19.PzDv) 04.08.1943 bei Tomarowka (gefallen)/Operation Zitadelle/Battle of Kursk. the tunic features, taking aside the 1914 EK1 and the 1939 clasp, three pair of loops. I know one pair is for the WWI silver wound badge. the other 2 remaining, would guess that one of them is for the allgemeines strumabzeichen as he was commander of a panzerabwehr unit for a long time ... It makes sense. so, a pair of loops are waiting ... concerning his ribbon bar, the length of loops need minimum a 9 places bar. I just can asure that 1914 EK2, ostmedaille and WWI hindenburg cross are in. perhaps, as born in altona, a hanseatic from hamburg it's possible. 2 ribbons from long service awards are possible too. if these are correct, it needs (at least) 3 extra ribbons to finnish the bar. anyway, I just can speculate with. perhaps I'm lucky and a fellow member of this forum has a database or just the info I need to display the tunic as it deserves. advanced thanks for kind cooperation. enclosed comes a pic from the tunic and a pic of him with panzer wrap in field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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