PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Behrend, Hermann-Heinrich
Date of birth: August 25th, 1898 (Perleberg/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:  June 19th, 1987 (Soltau/Lower Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Promotions:
16th April 1945: Generalmajor.
     
1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914
Unit: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 489
Awarded on: May 12th, 1940
Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 9th June 1917.
 
     
1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 1ER KLASSE 1914
Unit: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 489
Awarded on: June 10th, 1940
Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 4th November 1918.
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Major
Unit: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 489 / 1.Panzer-Division / XXXXI.Armee-Korps (motorisiert) / Panzergruppe 4 / Heeresgruppe Nord
Awarded on: July 15th, 1941
Details: 353rd Award.
 
     
RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
Rank: Oberst (Kolonel)
Unit: Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 154 / 58.Infanterie-Division / L.Armee-Korps / 18.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
Awarded on: March 6th, 1944
Details: 421st Award.
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Awarded on: April 18th, 1945
 
     
RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN
Rank: Generalmajor (Brigadier)
Unit: Kommandeur 490.Infanterie-Division / LXXXVI.Armee-Korps / 1.Fallschirm-Armee / OB Nordwest
Awarded on: April 26th, 1945
Details: 148th Award.
This awarding can not be verified in the Bundesarchiv. The awarding was supposed to have been radio transmitted.
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD
Rank: Oberst (Kolonel)
Unit: Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 154
 
 
 
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Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher collection
Information source(s):   - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- Prignitzlexikon
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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