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Hessen-Kassel, Prinz von, Wolfgang Moritz

Date of birth:
November 6th, 1896 (Schloss Rumpenheim, German Empire)
Date of death:
July 12th, 1989 (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Buried on:
Burgkapelle Kronberg
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.: 1.794.944
Nationality:
German

Biography

April 1, 1933: Member of the NSDAP
1933: Member of the SA

Promotions:
August 1914: Fähnrich
November 1st, 1914: Leutnant
?: Oberleutnant
1939: Rittmeister der Reserve
?: Major

Military career:
?: Hauptkadettenanstalt Groß-Lichterfelde bei Berlin
August 1914: Thüringisches Ulanen Regiment Nr 6
November 1914: Generalkommando des XVIII. Armeekorps
1917-1920: Stab des Oberkommandos von Mackensen bzw.
1940-1941: Transfer to Oberquartiermeister des Oberkommandos Norwegen
1941-1943: Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland
1943: Discharged from the Army ("Prinzenerlass")
March 1945-1946: Prisoner of War.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
1943

Presented by Carl Mannerheim.
Vapaudenristin 3.luokka (VR 3)

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