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Bruhn, Johannes (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:
July 10th, 1898 (Neumünster/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:
November 20th, 1955 (Lübeck/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

1915 Kriegsfreiwilliger
1916 Gefreiter
1917 Vizewachtmeister
1918 Leutnant d.R.
1920 Leutnant der Polizei
1921 Oberleutnant der Polizei
1923 Hauptmann der Polizei
1933 Major der Polizei
1936 Major
1939 Oberstleutnant
1942 Oberst
1944 Generalmajor

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
June 25th, 1916
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1918
Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber (1918)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1918
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Awarded on:
May 16th, 1919
Baltenkreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major der Schützpolizei (Major)
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Stab, s.Art.Abt.602
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
December 8th, 1939
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 9th, 1940
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kdr, Artillerie-Regimentsstab z.b.V. 818
Awarded on:
November 17th, 1941
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Art. Kdr. 149, Arko 149
Awarded on:
August 3rd, 1943
other sources give 26.07.1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Artillerie Kommandeur 149
Awarded on:
December 20th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

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  • Photo 2:
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945

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