heer Hammerstein-Equord, Günther Freiherr von

[Dave Danner]

Hammerstein-Equord, Günther Edmund Werner Freiherr von
* 16. September 1877 in Forsthaus Hinrichshagen
† 17. Oktober 1965 in Kiel

 

Chef des Heeres-Personalamtes
Inspekteur der Infanterie
Kommandeur der Division z.b.V. 460 und Kommandant von Kopenhagen und den Dänischen Inseln
Kommandeur der 526. Infanterie-Division
Oberfeldkommandant 672

 

Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant

 

Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (DKiS) - 31.10.1943

 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Günther_von_Hammerstein-Equord

 

[Dave Danner]

As Oberfeldkommandant 672:

 

 

[Deutschritter]

On 28/10/2021 at 10:36, Dave Danner said:

Hammerstein-Equord, Günther Edmund Werner Freiherr von

 

 

Dave, according to Gotha: Günther Edmund Wilhelm Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord ... you don't happen to have a picture? Did he possibly receive the KVK in WWII?

Thanks,

Andreas

[Dave Danner]

Thanks. Werner was an error.

 

No personnel file in the archives, so I have no picture and no idea about any WW2 awards. Since he was not a front officer I seriously doubt he had the Spangen to the EK1&2, so I would think the KVK2X&1X were prerequisites for his DKiS. I do not think a 1914 EK1 was sufficient to get the DKiS; you needed either a 1939 EK1 (or Spange) or a 1939 KVK1X.