RC/KC Recipient's ID needed...Looks like Obergefreiter BRINKFORIM
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Hubert Brinkforth
http://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Brinkforth,_Hubert
Hubert Brinkforth wurde am 15. April 1916 im westfälischen Marl geboren und war vor dem Krieg gelernter Bäcker.
Zweiter Weltkrieg
Hubert Brinkforth war Richtschütze bei der 14.(Panzerabwehr)/Infanterie-Regiment 25 bei der 2. Infanterie-Division. Am 27. Mai 1940 konnte er sechs Kilometer vor der Hauptkampflinie (HKL) innerhalb von 20 Minuten neun britische Panzer vernichten, einige davon auf nur 100 m. Dafür wurde er zum Gefreiten befördert und erhielt das Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse. Einen Tag später meldete der Wehrmachtbericht:
<dl><dd> „An der Südfront wurden einzelne mit Panzern geführte feindliche Angriffe an der unteren Somme abgewiesen. Dabei wurden dreißig feindliche Panzer vernichtet, allein neun hiervon durch den Schützen Brinkforth. [...]“ </dd></dl> Am 7. März 1941, die Panzerabwehr-Kompanie war nun eine Panzerjäger-Kompanie, wurde er als erster Soldat aus dem Mannschaftsdienstgrad mit dem Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes ausgezeichnet.
Tod
Am 1. Juli 1941 zum Unteroffizier befördert, fiel er am 5. Juni 1942 südwestlich von Pogostje durch Artillerievolltreffer. -
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Marl
Recklinghausener Landkreis
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Death: </td><td valign="top" align="left">Jun. 5, 1942
Leningrad Oblast, Russia</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top">
Knight's Cross Holder. He is most notable for being the first enlisted man to be awarded the Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross. Prior to the restoration of the Iron Cross in 1939, most awards of German major medals for bravery were made to officers and the nobility. This award was designed to be given without regard rank or position. He was awarded the medal for his actions as a Schuetze (equivalent to a Private) on April 27, 1940, during the Battle of France, when he destroyed nine British tanks near Huppy using his PAK 36 anti-tank gun. This action earned him mention in the Wehrmachtbericht: "On the southern front, lone enemy attacks with tanks were repulsed on the lower Somme. Here thirty enemy tanks were destroyed, nine of them by Schütze Brinkforth." Promotion to Gefreiter and the immediate award of the Iron Cross Second Class followed. Field Marshall von Manstein nominated him for the Knight's Cross, which was awarded on March 7, 1941 (received on April 1, 1941 from General Josef Harpe) along with the Iron Cross First Class and a promotion to Obergefreiter. He served in the 14th Tank Defense Company, 25th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, and was killed in action in Russia during a Soviet artillery attack near Pogostje. He was also awarded the Wound Badge in Black, the Panzer Assault Badge, the Winter War Medal, and the Eastern Front Medal and was promoted to Unteroffizier shortly before his death. (bio by: Kenneth Gilbert)
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Sologubowka German War Cemetery
Sologubovka
Leningrad Oblast, Russia
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