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Wolkerstorfer, Oskar

Date of birth:
November 2nd, 1919 (Linz/Upper-Austria, Austria)
Date of death:
January 11th, 1971 (Linz/Upper-Austria, Austria)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 353.112 // NSDAP-Nr.: 7.246.048
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

00.00.1933-00.00.1934: Hitlerjugend
00.00.1934-00.00.1937: SA
00.00.1936: entered the NSDAP
01.01.1937: entered the SS, 37. SS-Standarte
00.06.1937: entered Germany
30.06.1937: SS-VT, SS-Bataillon "N"
00.04.1939-00.11.1939: SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
00.11.1939-00.12.1939: course for platoon commanders
00.01.1940: SS Enlisted School "Totenkopf"
20.04.1940: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
00.06.1940: SS-Marschbataillon
00.07.1940: SS-Division "Reich"
01.12.1941: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
00.04.1942-00.05.1942: SS Reserve Motorcycle Battalion
00.05.1942: SS-Division "Das Reich"
09.04.1943: DKiG
00.05.1943: SS training and reserve tank reconnaissance battalion, Ellwagen
00.10.1943: V. SS-Gebirgs-Korps
09.11.1943: SS-Hauptsturmführer

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942

Bronze version.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942

Silver version.
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
SS-Ehrenring
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, 15. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer", 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich'
Awarded on:
April 9th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, 15. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment "Der Führer"
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1943
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
Chef, 1. Schwadron, SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 105, V. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Armeekorps
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1944

Directly received the silver version without having received the bronze one.
Nahkampfspange in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Red Krune Kralja Zvonimira III.Stupnja s Macevima
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

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