Hans Weiß – SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 “Das Reich”
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Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Hans Weiß. SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Weiß (28.08.1911 † 23.10.1978) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes on April 6, 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 “Das Reich” and the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on April 23, 1944 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Führer of the I. Abteilung/ SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 “Das Reich” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich”. Measuring: 9×12,5cm. Condition as seen.
On 18 August 1944, while serving as an SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102, attached to the 9. SS-Panzer-Division “Hohenstaufen” within the II. SS-Panzer-Korps, he was severely wounded near Trun in the Falaise Pocket. His injuries included bullet wounds to the head, lung, and pelvis. He was subsequently captured by British forces on 19 August 1944 and became a prisoner of war. He survived the war but tragically died in a car accident in Tyrol on 2 October 1978.
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Original Scarce Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Hans Weiß. SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Weiß (28.08.1911 † 23.10.1978) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes on April 6, 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmführer und Kommandeur of the SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 “Das Reich” and the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on April 23, 1944 as SS-Sturmbannführer und Führer of the I. Abteilung/ SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 “Das Reich” of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich”. Measuring: 9×12,5cm. Condition as seen.
On 18 August 1944, while serving as an SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102, attached to the 9. SS-Panzer-Division “Hohenstaufen” within the II. SS-Panzer-Korps, he was severely wounded near Trun in the Falaise Pocket. His injuries included bullet wounds to the head, lung, and pelvis. He was subsequently captured by British forces on 19 August 1944 and became a prisoner of war. He survived the war but tragically died in a car accident in Tyrol on 2 October 1978.
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