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Revision as of 17:19, 21 August 2014
Dr. med. Günther Brandt | |
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Born | Kiel | 1 October 1898
Died | 4 July 1973 Bayreuth | (aged 74)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Kriegsmarine |
Rank | Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves |
Commands held | 21. U-Jagdflottille |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Dr. med. Günther Rudolf Wilhelm Brandt[Note 1] (1 October 1898 – 4 July 1973) was a Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was also with a Costal Raider Unit (Küstenjäger) of the Brandenburgers in 1943.
Brandt was also an SS officer with the final rank of Obersturmbannführer. He joined the Nazi Party with membership #2,579,863 and the SS as member #107,079.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (8 December 1917)[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (9 January 1940)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 1st Class (30 August 1940)[1]
- Minesweeper War Badge (29 October 1940)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 26 November 1942 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves in the 12. U-Jagd-Flottille[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (23 December 1943)
- Wound Badge in Black (9 June 1944)[1]
Notes
- ^ In German a Doctor of Medicine is abbreviated as Dr. med. (Doctor medicinae).
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine, Band 1: A-K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2453-0.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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