Hund, Willi (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:: February 23rd, 1923 (Wiesbaden/Hessen, Germany)
Date of death:: April 30th, 2002 (Meerbusch, Germany)
Service number:: SS-Nr.: 391.949 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
03.04.1939: SS-Anwärter
02.09.1940: SS-Junker
01.01.1941: SS-Standartenjunker
00.00.1941: SS-Standartenoberjunker
20.04.1941: SS-Untersturmführer der Waffen-SS
30.01.1944: SS-Obersturmführer der Waffen-SS

Career:
01.04.1933-01.04.1939: Hitlerjugend
03.04.1939: joined the SS-Totenkopfstandarte "Brandenburg"
02.09.1940-10.04.1941: SS-Junker, SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
20.04.1941: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, SS-Regiment "Deutschland", SS-Division "Reich"
11.11.1941-01.09.1942: SS-Ustuf, SS-Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon, SS-Regiment "Deutschland", SS-Division "Reich"
00.00.1942: SS-Ustuf, Bataillons-Adjutant, SS-Regiment "Deutschland"
01.09.1942: SS-Ustuf, SS-Unterführerschule Radolfzell
02.03.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Unterführerschule Posen-Treskau
06.04.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Unterführerschule Lauenburg, Pommern
12.06.1944: SS-Ostuf, Führer, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (norwegisch Nr. 1), 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland", III. SS-Panzer-Korps
23.09.1944: SS-Ostuf, WIA to the upper right arm near Vecildas
00.00.1945: SS-Ostuf, Führer, Kampgfruppe, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (norwegisch Nr. 1), 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland", III. SS-Panzer-Korps
Qualified for the Nahkampfspange III. Stufe (Gold), amassing 64 close combat days, but the war ended before he could receive the award

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Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:: SS-Unterführerschule Lauenburg (Pommern)
Awarded on:: April 20th, 1944

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 “Norge”, 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”, III. SS-Panzer-Korps
Awarded on:: August 6th, 1944

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 “Norge”, 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”, III. SS-Panzer-Korps
Awarded on:: August 24th, 1944

Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 “Norge”, 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”, III. SS-Panzer-Korps
Awarded on:: October 1944

Received in October 1944

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 “Norge”, 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”, III. SS-Panzer-Korps
Awarded on:: October 5th, 1944

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 “Norge”, 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”, III. SS-Panzer-Korps
Awarded on:: December 17th, 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 7. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 “Norge”, 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”, III. SS-Panzer-Korps
Awarded on:: April 20th, 1945

Sources

Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977
- Axis Biographical Research