Here is a small but interesting group of docs to a member Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13. My research was helped by the fine gentlemen over at the AHF.
Hugo Clos held the rank of Gefreiten as part of 1. Company, Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13. His unit served primarily with 13 Panzer Division (1. Panzerarmee) in the fighting in the south during the first year of operation Barbarossa . He was awarded the General Assualt Badge on 27. March 1942 for fighting in the area of the Mius River. As Army Group South split into Groups A and B following the start of part of Operation Blue, Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13 moved into the Caucuses fighting its way southeast in the direction of the Caspian Sea. Clos was promoted to Obergefreiten and transferred to 2./ Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13. As the tide turned at Stalingrad further to the North, Heeresgruppe A retreated to the areas of Rostov and the Kuban. Probably while covering the retreat of 1. Panzerarmee, Clos was wounded on 27 December. 1942.
In February/ March 1943 the unit was disbanded (unofficially, only on division level) and the personal were used in other units. Only 1st Company remained intact and was attached to 50th Infantry Division. Clos returned to action around this time and was awarded for bravery with Iron Cross 2nd Class on 10. April. His award was administered by 50th Infantry Division and his document was signed by Generalleutnant Friedrich Schmidt. This award, however, may have been the result of the actions Clos participated in at the time of his wound in December.
By June, Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13 (possibly back with 13th Panzer Division) was rebuilt as a full combat unit with the arrival of 17 Marder II. By July, the battalion reported having 3 companies with a total of 25 Marder II. The unit went on to fight on the Kuban bridgehead, east of the Kerch Peninsula.. As 17 Armee was involved with retreating from the Kerch to the Krim Peninsula, Clos was again wounded, this time seriously. His wound came on 10 September and we was eventually evacuated to Germany. He received his silver Wound Badge on 29. February 1944 at the reserve hospital in Saarbrucken. He never saw action again.
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