Description
GERMAN KNIGHTS CROSS WINNER PRESS PHOTO –
-81. Infanterie-Division
Original wartime press photo with caption “slug” attached on reverse.
SULZER, RUDOLF
RITTERKREUZ:
Hauptmann der Reserve
Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 166, 81. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: January 11th, 1944
Awarded for his actions on the 25.11.1943 during the battles of the 81. Infanterie-Division to capture the village of Lugi and Hill 188.3.…
“Hauptmann Sulzer, commander of the I./G.R. 161, led the Grenadiers at the focal point of Kampfgruppe Meiners. With his troops he launched several assaults against the fanatically defending units of the 18th Guards Division, which occupied the hilltop massif near Lugi. During this combat Hauptmann Sulzer was badly wounded by a headshot. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross for his dutiful actions near Lugi.”
