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Friedrich August Graf von Bruhl

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Name
  
Friedrich-August von

Years of service
  
1934–45 1956–69

Died
  
5 November 1981(1981-11-05) (aged 68) Werl

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major of the Reserves (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
II. Abteilung im Panzer-Regiment 16

Friedrich-August Graf von Bruhl (1 May 1913 – 5 November 1981) was a highly decorated Major of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberstleutnant in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (7 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (6 July 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (?)
  • Panzer Badge
  • Eastern Front Medal (?)
  • German Cross in Gold (2 July 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 November 1942 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and chief of the 8./Panzer-Regiment 2

    • References

    Friedrich-August Graf von Bruhl Wikipedia
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