Günther Brandt
Dr. med. Günther Brandt | |
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Born | Kiel | 1 October 1898
Died | 4 July 1973 Bayreuth | (aged 74)
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1921) Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
Years of service | 1915–21 1935–45 |
Rank | Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves |
Unit | SMS Freya SMS Elsaß SMS Zähringen SMS Schlesien SMS Kaiserin Augusta SMS Thüringen |
Commands held | 8. Vorpostenflottille 12. U-Jagdflottille 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]
- Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (1 October 1919)[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 on 23 December 1943 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves and chief of the 21. U-Jagd-Flottille[3][4]
- 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 978-3-7648-2453-2.
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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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External links
Template:Knight's Cross recipients of the Kriegsmarine surface fleet