Rolf Fromme

Rolf Fromme
Born	(1914-09-05)5 September 1914 Hanover
Died	29 June 1992(1992-06-29) (aged 77) Bad Pyrmont
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Heer Bundeswehr
Rank	Major (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rolf Fromme (5 September 1914 – 29 June 1992) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.^[1]

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 September 1941 as Leutnant and commander of the 3./Panzer-Regiment 1^[2]

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Hauptmann Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck	Commander of schweren Panzer-Abteilung 503 February 1944 - December 1944	Succeeded by Hauptmann Nordwin von Diest-Körber

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 1st Panzer Division

Staff	Friedrich Kirchner¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Walter Krüger (Oak Leaves) Werner Marcks³ (Oak Leaves) Eberhard Thunert

Units	Hermann Balck⁵ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Franz Graf von Bellegarde Erwin Bohlken Ernst-Joachim Bradel Josef-Franz Eckinger (Oak Leaves) Georg Feig Karl-Heinrich Fink Rudolf Holste (Oak Leaves) Rolf Fromme Peter-Ekhard Gilow Hermann Kunz Karl Neumeister Ernst Philipp⁴ (Oak Leaves) Hans Strippel (Oak Leaves) Wend von Wietersheim⁶ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Wilhelm Söth

¹ Oak Leaves and Swords with the LVII.Panzerkorps ³ Knight's Cross with Panzer Army Africa ⁴ Oak Leaves with the 8th Army ⁵ Oak Leaves and Swords with the 11th Panzer Division, Diamonds with the 4th Panzer Army. ⁶ Swords with the 11th Panzer Division

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