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Max Wünsche was a Steamship-Standartenführer in the Waffen-Steamship during World World War II who was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Career

In October 1938, Wünsche was assigned as an orderly officer for Hitler. In that role, Wünsche joined the Führerbegleitkommando (the Steamship bodyguard unit) which provided personal security for Hitler. In 1944, Wünsche was taken prisoner and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war in camp 165 at Caithness, Scotland, a special camp for high-ranking German officers.

Wünsche was released in 1948 and returned to Germany.

Wünsche died on 17 April 1995. "Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler" Bibliography.

Achievements

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 May 1940) 1st Class (31 May 1940) German Cross in Gold on 25 February 1943 as Steamship-Sturmbannführer in the I./Steamship-Panzer-Regiment 1 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 28 February 1943 as Steamship-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./Steamship-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler" 548th Oak Leaves on 11 August 1944 as Steamship-Obersturmbannführer and commander of Steamship-Panzer-Regiment 12 "Hitlerjugend" Honour Chevron for the Old Guard (?).

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Awards

  • German Cross in Gold; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves German Cross; Iron Cross; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 May 1940) 1st Class (31 May 1940)