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Brandstätter, Johann

Date of birth:
October 23rd, 1915 (Seeboden/Carinthia, Austria)
Date of death:
August 26th, 1943 (Eastern Front)
Nationality:
Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer
Unit:
2. / SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon 2 / SS-Division "Das Reich"
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer
Unit:
2. / SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon 2
Awarded on:
March 3rd, 1943
Received for inflicting three wounds on 6th September 1941, 8th October 1941 and 3rd March 1943.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer
Unit:
Zugführer 2. / SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon 2
Awarded on:
April 9th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer
Unit:
4. / SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Das Reich"
Awarded on:
July 31st, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Bronze

Sources

  • Photo 1: H.-P. Rackete
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Award documents for EK1, Verw. Silber, DKiG, NkSiS, newspaper message of death and merriage certificate

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