Wedel, von, Hermann
- Date of birth:
- July 27th, 1893 (Magdeburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 5th, 1944 (Dorpat, Estonia)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst
- Unit:
- Infanterie-Regiment 208
- Awarded on:
- October 18th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 590
- Awarded on:
- June 8th, 1943
“Oberst Herrmann von Wedel… was fighting in the defensive battle northwest of Orel when overwhelming enemy forces managed to achieve a dangerous penetration into friendly lines. However he placed himself at the head of just 25 Grenadiers from his Lower Saxonian Grenadier-Regiment and managed to eliminate this penetration via a deliberate counterattack.”
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Sorauer Tageblatt (Edition 141)
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