Thun-Hohenstein, Graf von, Erwein Sigmund
- Date of birth:
- April 4th, 1896 (Wien/Wien, Austria)
- Date of death:
- February 12th, 1946 (Ödenburg (now Sopron)/Western Transdanubia, Hungary)
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
Son of Felix Leopold Graf von Thun und Hohenstein (1859–1941).
1912: Kavalleriekadettenschule - Mährisch Weißkirchen
1914: volunteered to the „Schwarzenberg-Ulanen"
1919: retired as Oberleutnant der Reserve
13.03.1920: took part in the Kapp-Putsch
1920-1939: farmer in Argentina
1940: reactivated as Oberleutnant in the Abwehr - Lehrregiment Brandenburg zbV 800
1943: Leiter - Abwehrstelle Rom
11.1944: Chef Abwehrgruppe 218 „Edelweiß" - Slovakia
05.1945: soviet POW
18.01.1946: sentenced to death
12.02.1946: executed
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Rittmeister der Reserve
- Unit:
- Abwehrtrupp 204, Abwehr, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 15th, 1943
Awarded for his advance warning of the upcoming Italian armistice and the planning of counter-measures.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Kampfgruppe "Edelweiß", Abteilung II, Abwehr, Heer
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Kampfgruppe “Edelweiß” = Frontaufklärungstrupp 218.
Ordine Militare di Savoia -Grande Ufficiale
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Scheibert, Horst. Die Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und der Waffen-SS/ Die Träger der Ehrentaffelspange der Kriegsmarine/ Die Inhaber des Ehrenpokals für Besondere Leistung im Lukftkrieg. Friedberg, Ger.: Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7909-0283-7
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
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