VAERST, von, Gustav Friedrich Julius
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Vaerst, von, Gustav Friedrich Julius Date of birth:  April 19th, 1894 (Meiningen/Saxony-Meiningen, Germany) Date of death:  October 10th, 1975 Nationality:  German       DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 4.KLASSE, 4 JAHRE Awarded on: October 2nd, 1936         DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 3.KLASSE, 12 JAHRE Awarded on: October 2nd, 1936         DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 2. KLASSE, 18 JAHRE Awarded on: October 2nd, 1936         DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 1.KLASSE, 25 JAHRE Awarded on: October 2nd, 1936         MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 13. MÄRZ 1938 Awarded on: November 8th, 1938         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberst (Colonel) Unit: Kommandeur 2.Schützen-Brigade Awarded on: July 30th, 1940         1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 1ER KLASSE 1914 Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 24th December 1916.         1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914 Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 25th September 1914.         EHRENKREUZ FÜR FRONTKÄMPFER         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher collection Information source(s):   - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9