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Kühbandner, Erich Georg (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
October 21st, 1921 (Rosenheim / Bayern)
Date of death:
October 9th, 1991 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 421.069 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German

Biography

00.00.1931: Hitlerjugend
15.09.1939: joined the SS-VT
00.10.1939: SS-Schütze, 4. (E) Sturm, SS-Standarte "Deutschland", SS-VT
00.05.1940-00.07.1940: campaing in Holland and France
00.05.1941-00.09.1941: SS-Junker, SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
00.09.1941: SS-Standartenoberjunker, Zugführer, 6. Kompanie, SS-Regiment (mot.) "Deutschland", SS-Division 'Reich'
14.10.1941: WIA and evacuated to a Lazarett in Germany
09.11.1941: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
12.12.1943-15.12.1943: Führer, 4. Kompanie, SS-Karstwehr-Bataillon, shot 22 men and burnt down several houses in Cergneu, north of Udine - Italy
00.08.1944: SS-Ostuf, KZ Dachau
00.11.1944: SS-Ostuf, Führer, III. Bataillon, Waffen-Gebirgs-(Karstjäger)-Regiment 59, 24. Waffen-Gebirgs-(Karstjäger) Brigade der SS - Italy
00.02.1945: SS-Ostuf, 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen"
11.02.1945: awarded the Bandenkampfabzeichen by Heinrich Himmler personally at his HQ at Birkenwald

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Goldenes Hitlerjugend Ehrenabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
SS-Ehrenring
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 14th, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 20th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Nahkampfspange in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1944
signed by Globocnik
Bandenkampfabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Führer, III. Bataillon, Waffen-Gebirgs-(Karst)Jäger-Regiment der SS Nr. 1, 24. SS-Karstjäger-Division, Adriatisches Küstenland
Awarded on:
February 15th, 1945
awarded and signed by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler for registered 100 combat days against partisans
Bandenkampfabzeichen in Gold

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