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Bünau, von, Rudolf (WH-General der Infanterie)
- Date of birth:
- August 19th, 1890 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 14th, 1962 (Kirchheim an der Teck/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
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Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 15th, 1935
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 9th September 1914.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 14th November 1914.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst
- Unit:
- Infanterie-Regiment 133 / 45.Infanterie-Division / 2.Armee
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1940
206th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 15th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 73.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 23rd, 1943
Award 280/1.
Medalia "Cruciada Impotriua Comunismului"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 19th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 19th, 1943
Magyar Érdemrend Tisztikeresztje
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1944
On war ribbon, with swords and star.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie
- Unit:
- Kommandierende General XI.Armeekorps / 17.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- March 5th, 1945
766th Award.
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- 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
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