Oberst der Reserve Dr.Ing. Rudolf Flinzer (Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 317 / 211.Infanterie-Division) posed for the camera after Eichenlaub award ceremony with Hitler at Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze, Rastenburg, September 1944. Flinzer received the Eichenlaub #575 on 5 September 1944 for the sum of his achievements during the first defensive battle of Vitebsk, battles in the Pripet marshes, the retreat to the Bug and during the fighting in Eastern Poland.
Rudolf Flinzer joined the 105th Infantry Regiment on March 1, 1909 as an ensign, was promoted to lieutenant on January 21, 1910 and fought in World War I as a platoon commander, company commander and regimental adjutant. On August 2, 1917 he was promoted to captain and served on the staff of the 45th Landwehr Division at the end of the war. On August 25, 1919 he was discharged from the army and then studied chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden. Ing. and then went into the chemical industry. In 1936 he became head of the Landwehr officers' community in Cologne at Army Office 9, which developed into the 211th Infantry Division in August 1939. Promoted to major on August 26, 1939, he became commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment 317. In May 1940 he took part in the French campaign with his battalion and came to Russia in early 1942. On June 1, 1942, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the reserve, became commander of the 211th Field Training Battalion and took command of the 317th Grenadier Regiment on January 28, 1943. He distinguished himself in the heavy defensive fighting south of Orel in early 1943 The regiment was particularly distinguished, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross on April 6, 1943. Promoted to colonel in the reserve on September 1, 1943, he earned the German Cross in Gold during retreat fighting in autumn and winter 1943, which he was awarded on January 27, 1944. After the Russian summer offensive in 1944, he led his regiment during heavy defensive fighting, for which he was awarded the Oak Leaves on September 5, 1944. From September 29, 1944 he was commander of the sea fortress Hoek van Holland, where he was taken prisoner at the end of the war.
Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2011/07/album-foto-berwarna-perwira-dan.html
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/F/FlinzerR.htm
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