Blond, Friedrich "Friedel" (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:: April 29th, 1920 (Braunau, Austria)
Date of death:: May 24th, 2009 (Wolfurt, Austria)
Service number:: SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:: Austrian

Biography

00.00.1938: SS-Standarte 'Deutschland'
00.09.1939: campaign in Poland
00.05.1940: campaign in France
00.04.1941: campaign in the Balkans - Operation Marita
00.06.1941: Barbarossa
00.07.1944: SS-Junkerschule Posen-Treskau
SS-Untersturmführer, Kommandeur, 12. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Bataillon 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler", Hagen
00.04.1945: fightings in Berlin with 23. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Nederland'
28.04.1945: WIA for the 4th time
00.00.1956: Oberst, Austrian Army

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

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

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

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Nahkampfspange in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:: Kommandeur, 12. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Bataillon 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
Awarded on:: April 28th, 1945

Awarding in the Halbe pocket and directly after the outbreak form that, by SS-Brigadeführer Wagner with approval of SS-Gruppenführer / Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Kleinheisterkamp. Although there is any evidence at hand,the Bundesarchiv shows no proof.

Sources

Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- 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
- Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977
- Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2009, ISSN 1866-4709