(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Carl Bründel
Born: 26 Dec 1888 in Hamburg
Died: 12 Sep 1957 in Ratzeburg
Promotions:
Gefreiter (02 Apr 1907); Unteroffizier (01 May 1908); Sergeant (18 Oct 1911); Feldwebel (01 Oct 1912); Offiziers-Stellvertreter (06 Feb 1915); Feldwebel-Leutnant (07 Sep 1918); Leutnant (20 Aug 1919); Oberleutnant (01 Jan 1921); Hauptmann (01 Jan 1926); Charakter als Major (31 Mar 1933); Major (01 Mar 1939); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1941); Oberst (01 May 1942); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Apr 1904)
Pupil at the Unteroffiziers-Preparatory-School in Neubreisach (15 Apr 1904-18 Apr 1906)
Pupil at the Unteroffiziers-School in Treptow, Riga (18 Apr 1906-02 Apr 1908)
Accepted into the 85th Infantry-Regiment (02 Apr 1908-01 Oct 1912)
Transferred into the 163rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-19 Nov 1914)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 163rd Infantry-Regiment (19 Nov 1914-16 May 1915)
Back with the 163rd Infantry-regiment in the Field (16 May 1915-29 Jun 1915)
Transferred into the Replacement-Battalion of the 163rd Infantry-Regiment (29 Jun 1915-13 Oct 1916)
Transferred into the 140th Infantry-Regiment (13 Oct 1916-13 Nov 1918)
Transferred back into the 163rd Infantry-Regiment (13 Nov 1918-12 Feb 1919)
In the 163rd Volunteer-Infantry-Regiment (12 Feb 1919-01 May 1919)
Company-leader in the 18th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 May 1919-20 Aug 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the II. Battalion and Leader of the Staff-Company of the 18th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (20 Aug 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Leader in the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1921)
Company-Officer in the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Feb 1926)
Company-Chief in the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1926-01 Apr 1927)
Welfare-Officer with the Staff of the Training-Battalion of the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1927-12 May 1927)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 14th Company of the 6th Infantry-Regiment (12 May 1927-01 Oct 1927)
Company-Chief in the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-31 Mar 1933)
Retired (31 Mar 1933)
Military Advisor of the National Chinese Government (01 Oct 1935-30 Nov 1938)
Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (01 Dec 1938)
Entered Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer (01 Mar 1939); Active-Officer (01 Jul 1941)
Major with the Staff of the Landwehr-Commander Lübben (01 Mar 1939-10 Feb 1941)
Commander of the 208th Panzer-Jäger-Battalion (10 Feb 1941-01 Jun 1942)
Commander of the 510th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Jun 1942-06 Mar 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (06 Mar 1943-01 Aug 1943)
Commander of the Grenadier-Regiment of Division E (01 Aug 1943-24 Sep 1943)
Commander of the 932nd Grenadier-Regiment (24 Sep 1944-00 Sep 1944)
In US captivity (00 Sep 1944-00 Jun 1946)
Released (00 Jun 1946)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 19.12.1941 als Oberstleutnant und Komm. Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 208
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- - Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- - Anerkennungsurkunde des OB. des Heeres: 20.08.1941
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”


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