Josef Brandner
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Josef Brandner
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Born | Hohenberg, Lower Austria |
1 September 1915
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Vienna |
Allegiance | First Austrian Republic (to 1938) Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Heer |
Years of service | 1936–45 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Other work | Austrian Armed Forces |
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.
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Awards and decorations
- Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (1 October 1938)
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942)[1]
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black (24 March 1942)[1]
- General Assault Badge (4 April 1942)[1]
- General Assault Badge (100) (20 October 1944)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 14 September 1943 as Hauptmann in Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 202[3]
- Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 September 1944)[1][2]
- Armband Courland (4 May 1945)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Close Combat Clasp
- in Bronze (11 April 1945)[1]
Notes
- ↑ According to Scherzer as commander of Heeres-Sturmartillerie-Brigade 912.[5]
- ↑ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Josef Brandner's own account he received the Oak Leaves from the commanding general of the XXXVIII. Armeekorps, General der Artillerie Kurt Herzog in the Courland Pocket. He didn't mention a date for the presentation. Presumably pictures showing him with Oak Leaves exist. The Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) assumes a direct presentation from Berlin. The presentation date is also an assumption by the AKCR. A presentation of the Oak Leaves only four to five weeks after the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is very unlikely. The German Federal Archives holds numerous records of nominations which have been rejected on the grounds that a high-ranking military award had just been presented. Brandner was a member of the AKCR.[7]
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Categories:
- 1915 births
- 1996 deaths
- People from Lilienfeld District
- Recipients of the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Recipients of the Close Combat Clasp
- Austrian military personnel of World War II
- Austrian prisoners of war