Wagner, Adolf (Gauleiter)
- Date of birth:
- October 1st, 1890 (Algringen/Lothringen, German Empire)
- Date of death:
- April 12th, 1944 (Bad Reichenhall/Bavaria, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Adolf Wagner was Gauleiter of the Traditionsgau Munich-Upper Bavaria since 1930 and State minister for Education since 1936. In 1933 he already became a member of the Reichstag (German parliament). He was a member of NSDAP since 1923 and had the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
Ehrenzeichen des 9. November 1923 (Blutorden)
- Rank:
- SA-Gruppenführer
- Awarded on:
- November 9th, 1933
No. 43
- Rank:
- SA-Gruppenführer
- Awarded on:
- 1933
- Rank:
- SA-Gruppenführer
- Awarded on:
- 1933
- Rank:
- SA-Gruppenführer
- Awarded on:
- February 1934
- Rank:
- SA-Gruppenführer
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Rank:
- Gauleiter, Gau München-Oberbayern
- Awarded on:
- 1939
Danziger Kreuz I.Klasse
- Rank:
- Gauleiter, Gau München-Oberbayern
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Gauleiter, Gau München-Oberbayern
- Awarded on:
- April 17th, 1944
Awarding not confirmed.
Presumably awarded Posthumous.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Grand Cross to the Order of the Slovakian Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Order of St. Sava
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Vapaudenristin ritarikunta (VR)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
- - Thies A., 25. Auktion, Auktionshaus Andreas Thies, Sammlungsgegenstände des 20. Jahrhunderts , Russische Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Militaria, Historische Sammlungsgegenstände, Orden und Ehrenzeichen, 10. Dezember 2004
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