Bastian, Heinrich (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:: April 3rd, 1920 (Weißenfels/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: January 13th, 2002 (Darmstadt/Hesse, Germany)
Service number:: SS-Nr.: 383.550 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:: German

Biography

00.09.1940: joined the Waffen SS, SS-Artillerie-Regiment, Berlin
00.03.1942: SS-Oberjunker, SS-Regiment 'Deutschland'
00.08.1943: Stab, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 'Deutschland', 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich'
00.09.1943: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
00.11.1944: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer, Kdr, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 'Deutschland', 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich' - Ardennes / Bulge
00.02.1945: campaign in Hungary
08.05.1945: surrendered - POW
00.12.1947: released

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Führer, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"
Awarded on:: May 6th, 1945

Awarded for distinguishing himself during the last months of the war.

Award made on 6th May 1945 by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Dietrich, 6.SS-Panzerarmee. Unofficial award.

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1942

Sources

Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
Photo 2:
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, 1987.
- 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
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945