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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Xanten, Germany
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Krāslava, Latvia
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56 years
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Pour le Mérite
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Otto Lancelle (27 March 1885 – 3 July 1941) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of both the Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, highest military awards of German Empire and Nazi Germany, respectively. Lancelle was killed by a sniper on 3 July 1941 at the Krāslava Bridgehead on the Dvina near Krāslava, Latvian SSR. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant and awarded the Knight's Cross.
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- Pour le Mérite (9 October 1918)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 July 1941 (posthumously) as Generalmajor and commander of 121. Infanterie-Division
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