Léon Degrelle
Military record
Degrelle, Léon Joseph Marie
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SS-Standartenführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
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- 15.06.1906 in Bouillon, Belgium.
+ 31.03.1994 in San-Antonio-Park Hospital, Malaga, Spain.
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SS-Nr.:
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Promotions:
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12.02.1942 Gefreiter (Heer)
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28.02.1942 Oberfeldwebel (Heer)
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01.05.1942 Leutnant d. R. (Heer)
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01.06.1943 SS-Obersturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
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01.01.1944 SS-Hauptsturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
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20.04.1944 SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
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01.01.1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
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20.01.1945 SS-Standartenführer d. R. der Waffen-SS
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Note: Degrelle was promoted directly to SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS d. R. by Heinrich Himmler on 02.05.1945; an entry to this effect appears in his Soldbuch, however this promotion cannot be considered official as Himmler had been stripped of all SS and Party posts by Führer order on 28.04.1945.
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Decorations & Awards:
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27.08.1944 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. and Kdr. 5.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Brigade ?Wallonien? / Kampfgruppe Wagner / Armee-Abteilung Narwa / Heeresgruppe Nord, Northeastern Front
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20.02.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer d. R., and Führer SS-Sturmbrigade
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?Wallonien? / 8.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd, Eastern Front
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09.10.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as SS-Sturmbannführer d. R. and Kdr. 5.SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade ?Wallonien? / 5.SS-Panzer-Division ?Wiking? / III.(germanische) SS-Panzer-Korps / Armee-Abteilung Grasser / Heeresgruppe Nord, Northeastern Front
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21.05.1942 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
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13.03.1942 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
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14.09.1944 Nahkampfspange III.Stufe (Gold)
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19.03.1944 Nahkampfspange II.Stufe (Silber)
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30.11.1943 Nahkampfspange I.Stufe (Bronze) (other documents indicate 23.12.1943 and 20 .02. 1944)
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25.08.1942 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
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19.03.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Gold
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20.02.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber (another document indicates 23.12.1943)
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15.08.1942 Medaille ?Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42? (Ostmedaille)
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(Mike Miller, Axis Biographical Research, http://www.geocities.com/~orion47, 10. VI. 2005)
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