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Walter Brandt (Heer)

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Rank
  
Major

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Service/branch
  
Heer

Unit
  
Panzer Lehr Division

Name
  
Walter Brandt

Walter Brandt (Heer)
Died
  
12 May 1996(1996-05-12) (aged 84) Essen

Walter Albert Ernst Brandt (8 November 1911 – 12 May 1996) was a German Heer offiver and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)
  • Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle bar (28 September 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (22 July 1941)
  • General Assault Badge (7 January 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 14 March 1942 as Hauptmann in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 23
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 March 1943 as Major and commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 130

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