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Westphalen zu Fürstenberg, Graf von, Hermenegild

Date of birth:
March 10th, 1909 (Lüdingshausen/Westfalia, Germany)
Date of death:
May 28th, 1944 (Reval/Estonian SSR, USSR)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

He died at SS-Korpslazarett 1/103 in Reval of wounds sustained in fighting around the Kreenholm bridge on 9-4-1944. Gravesite: Kriegsgräberstätte in Tallin-Maarjamäe, Estonia.

NSDAP-Nr. 992582 (joined 1-4-1932).
SS-Nr. 44597 (joined 1-10-1932).

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark", 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
April 23rd, 1944

Vorschlag dated 23-3-1944 and signed by Div.-Kdr. Fritz von Scholz.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 28th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 28th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1941

Bronze version.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 28th, 1939
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Bronze version.
Dienstauszeichnungen der NSDAP
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Bronze version.
SA-Sportabzeichen

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