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Josef Brandner

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Years of service
  
1936–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Other work
  
Austrian Armed Forces

Name
  
Josef Brandner

Rank
  
Major

Born
  
1 September 1915 Hohenberg, Lower Austria (
1915-09-01
)

Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Unit
  
Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 912

Battles/wars
  
World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kursk Battle of Kiev (1943) Cherkassy Pocket Courland Pocket

Died
  
June 6, 1996, Vienna, Austria

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Josef Wilhelm Brandner (1 September 1915 – 6 June 1996) was a highly decorated German panzer ace in the Wehrmacht during World War II who was one of only 882 recipients who were awarded 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

  • Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (1 October 1938)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (14 October 1941)
  • 1st Class (16 January 1942)
  • Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (24 March 1942)
  • General Assault Badge (4 April 1942)
  • General Assault Badge (100) (20 October 1944)
  • German Cross in Gold on 14 September 1943 as Hauptmann in Sturmgeschutz-Abteilung 202
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 September 1944)
  • Armband Courland (4 May 1945)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 17 March 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 912
  • 846th Oak Leaves on 26 April 1945 as Major and commander of Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 912
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (11 April 1945)

    • References

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