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Herbert Kundiger

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Years of service
  
1929–45

Name
  
Herbert Kundiger

Died
  
February 1945 (age 34) Budapest, Hungary

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Unit
  
271. Volksgenadier-Division

Herbert Kundiger (3 August 1910 – February 1945) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (3 November 1941)
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • German Cross in Gold on 21 October 1943 as Hauptmann in the III./Grenadier-Regiment 261
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 9 December 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 978
  • 708th Oak Leaves on 21 January 1945 as Oberstleutnant and leader of Kampfgruppe of the 271. Volksgenadier-Division in the fortress Budapest

    • References

    Herbert Kundiger Wikipedia
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