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Walser, Erwin (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
August 1st, 1910 (Metzingen)
Service number:
SS Nr.: 28.478 // NSDAP-Nr.: 568.963
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1931: joined the SS
13.09.1936: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
20.04.1938: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
20.04.1940: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer
promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer - head of logistics in KL- Dora and Stutthof punished to Ustuf for unrelaibility
00.00.1942: sentenced and demoted to SS-Mann and sent to Sonderkommando 'Dirlewanger'
00.00.1943: SS-Ostuf d.R., Adjutant, SS-Sonder-Regiment "Dirlewanger" in Slovakia
00.05.1943: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve
00.11.1943-00.01.1944: SS-Hstuf, Führer, SS-Sturmbrigade 'Dirlewanger'
00.04.1944: SS-Hstuf, SS-Hauptamt
21.06.1944: promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer der Reserve

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 29th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
Sonder-Kommando "Dirlewanger"
Awarded on:
May 1944
Bandenkampfabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern

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