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Erwin Kressmann - Signed Military Art
Cranston Fine Arts  Military Art and Artists World War Two Veteran Signatures German Veterans Surnames I to O  Kressmann, Erwin |
[UP] - Kerscher, Albert - Kressmann, Erwin - Kufner, Ernst Wilhelm - Kujacinski, Norbert - Kumm, Otto - Lochmann, Franz-Wilhelm - Lutz, Hans - Metelmann, Henry - Nehring, Walther - Neigl, Ludwig - Niehoff, Hermann |
Erwin Kressmann
Erwin Kressman fought in the assault on Poland as company commander and Platoon leader. He was also invovled in the Western campaign and was promoted to Staff Sergeant. In June 1941 he was transferred to Russia and saw action in the Demjansk pocket and in May 1942, Kressmann was sent to the Crimea with Panzerjaeger Abt. Kressmann participated in the assault on Sevastopol. He was sent to the northern Russian front - the Battle of Leningrad as well as trench warfare at the Wolchow. In July 1943, Kressmann became the commander of 1st company of the new heavy Panzerjaeger Abteilung 519, From December 13th to February 18th, 1944, Kressmann was part of two Battles of Witebsk under the 3rd Panzerarmee. Kressmann was decorated with the German Cross in Gold for bravery on January 25, 1944. On June 22, 1944 Kressman was involved in the third battle of Witebek, his unit sustaining very heavy casualties. Kressman got the Knight's cross for actions in Schmidt and Kommerscheidt from November 4th to November 7th, 1944. Kressmann also fought in the Battle of the Bulge. At the beginning of May 1945 and after he destroyed two T-34 Russian tanks with T-mines, Kresmmann was severely wounded by mortar. He was able to cross the Elbe river and became a US P.O.W. He died on 19th March 2017.
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