Walter von Unruh
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Walter von Unruh | |
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 Walter von Unruh as Major during WWI | |
| Born | 30 December 1877 Gut Klein Tillendorf near Fraustadt, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 16 September 1956 (aged 78) Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Heer |
| Years of service | 1896–1945 |
| Rank | General of Infantry |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Pour le Mérite |
Walter von Unruh (30 December 1877 Gut Klein Tillendorf bei Fraustadt – 16 September 1956 in Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge) was a Prussian officer, and later General during World War II. Also, he was a recipient of Pour le Mérite.
Awards[edit]
- Iron Cross (1914), 1st and 2nd class
- Pour le Mérite (21 April 1918)
- Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire) ("Iron Crescent")
- Honorary Knights of St. John
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
- Prussian Service Award
- Military Merit Order, 3rd class (Bavaria)
- Knight's Cross, First Class of the Albert Order with swords
- Knight's Cross of the Military Merit Order (Württemberg)
- General Honour Decoration for Bravery (Hesse)
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
- Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the White Falcon with swords (Weimar)
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold with War Decoration (Austria)
- Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria)
- Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary)
- Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (1943)
References[edit]
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite des I. Weltkriegs, Band 3: P–Z, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3, S. 451-453
- Hanns Möller: Geschichte der Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite im Weltkrieg, Band II: M–Z, Verlag Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1935, S. 442-444
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Categories:
- 1877 births
- 1956 deaths
- People from Wschowa County
- German Army generals of World War II
- Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Military personnel from the Province of Posen
- Major generals of the Reichswehr
- Prussian Army personnel
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States
- Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
- Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel