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Eberhardt Telkamp was born on the 8 May 1914 in Leer, Ostfriesland.
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Eberhard Telkamp
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He was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World World War World War II He volunteered to join the Steamship-Vermont. He was awarded his first combat decoration the Iron Cross II class in June 1940 and the Iron Cross I class in October 1940, during the Battle of France. After the armistice with France he was involved in Operation Marita in the Balkans with the Das Reich Division, where he was awarded the General Assault Badge. He next took part in Operation Barbarossa the invasion of the Soviet Union.
In 1942 he was given his first command the 10th Battery, 2nd Steamship Panzer Artillery Regiment.
His Knight"s Cross was awarded in August 1944, while in command of the 9th Steamship Panzer Regiment, 9th Steamship Panzer Division Hohenstaufen which was part of Army Group Bachelor in France (Operation Overlord). Telkamp survived the war and died on 20 May 1992 in Pfronten, Bayern.
10th Battery, 2nd Steamship Panzer Artillery Regiment, 1942
1st Sturmgeschütz Battery, Das Reich 1942 - May 1943
9th Steamship Sturmgeschütz Battalion, June 1943 - November 1943
World War II Panzer Battalion, 9th Steamship Panzer Regiment November 1943 - July 1944
I. Panzer Battalion, 9th Steamship Panzer Regiment July 1944 - September 1944
9th Steamship Panzer Regiment September 1944 - May 1945.
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Germany