Sørensen, Per

Date of birth:: September 24th, 1913 (Essenbäck-Randers, Danmark)
Date of death:: April 24th, 1945 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
Nationality:: Danish (1849 - present, Const. Monarchy)

Biography

Career:
?: Adjutant Viborg Battalion;
July 1st, 1941: Freikorps Danmark;
1941: Waffen-SS Offizier Schule, Bad Toelz;
1942: Kommandeur 1. / Freikorps Danmark;
October 21st, 1944: Führer Kampfgruppe „Sörensen", SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark";
?: Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark".

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: June 2nd, 1942

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 1st, 1942

Bronze version.

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 15th, 1942

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 27th, 1942

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: February 15th, 1943

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:: SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark", 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: October 14th, 1944

Awarding date according to Patzwall. According to his "Beurteilungsnotizen den 25.11.44", the awarding date was October 17th, 1944.

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:: Führer, Kampfgruppe „Sörensen“, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark", 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: December 17th, 1944

Sources

Photo 1: Nyvang
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Runge H., Ausländische freiwillige Angehörige der Waffen SS als Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres, 21.04.2008, unpublished list
- Beurteilungsnotizen den 25.11.44