Career
The Pour le Mérite was the highest military order of the German Empire. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Lancelle was killed by a sniper on 3 July 1941 at the Krāslava Bridgehead on the Dvina near Krāslava, Latvia.
He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant and awarded the Knight"s Cross.
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