Trabandt, Paul (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:: October 24th, 1913 (Reinfeld/Holstein, Germany)
Date of death:: July 27th, 1991
Service number:: SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
00.00.1938: SS-Mann
00.00.1940: SS-Unterscharführer
00.00.1941: SS-Oberscharführer
00.00.1943: SS-Hauptscharführer

Career:
00.00.1938: SS-VT
01.01.1941: SS-PzJägAbt.5, SS-Div."Wiking"
00.00.1944: Zugführer, SS-PzJägAbt.5, SS-PzDiv."Wiking"

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SS-Dienstauszeichnung 4.Stufe (4 Jahre)

Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938

Awarded on:: 1939

Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938

Awarded on:: 1939

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Received in June 1940

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: November 5th, 1941

(Allgemeines) Sturmabzeichen (ohne zahlen), I.Stufe

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

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

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

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:: 2.Schwadron, SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung, 5. SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking”, 8. Armee, Heersgruppe Süd
Awarded on:: October 14th, 1943

On the 06.09.1943 Paul Trabandt and his self-propelled AT gun were part of a weak screen covering the railway line between Poltava and Kharkov, in position amongst corn and sunflower fields. Following an artillery preparation a group of Soviet tanks and infantry advanced on Germans. Trabandt's gun quickly dispatched two of the enemy tanks and stymied the enemy attack. The Soviets tried again two more times, and six tanks threatened to breakthrough the German lines. Trabandt and his subordinated troops knocked out all of them, the last one just 15 meters away from Trabandt's gun with the help of SMG's and grenades. Over the course of the whole action 17 enemy tanks were knocked out and the German position remained intact. For his actions this day Trabandt received the Knight's Cross.