Bio of Major Kurt Sunkel (1913-1997)

Kurt Sunkel

Date of Birth: 27.02.1913
Date of Death: 23.05.1997

Promotions:
00.00.194_ Major

Career:
00.00.194_ Chef 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 107 / 34.Infanterie-Division

Awards and Decorations:
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
00.00.19__ Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
00.00.19__ Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz
00.00.194_ Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber
00.00.194_ Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold
00.00.194_ Nahkampfspange in Bronze
14.05.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as Oberleutnant and Chef 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 107 / 34.Infanterie-Division
20.04.1945 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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* Kurt Sunkel belongs to a group of soldiers who have "credibly proven" ("glaubhaft nachgewiesen") to have been awarded the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold in 1945. The "Nachauflage" (1992) [addendum/2nd ed.] of the book by Horst Scheibert lists 50 recipients like that. 11 of them have been listed in the new standard work by Patzwall/Scherzer (2001,2003,2007) in the meatime and therefore can be regarded as confirmed.

Source :
Jim Haley photo collection
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=73773
https://reibert.info/threads/fotografii-voennosluzhaschix-vermaxta-s-rycarskim-krestom-zheleznogo-kresta.319758/page-90
http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rk/s.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/28202/Sunkel-Kurt.htm