Background
Walter Bestmann was born on the 2 October 1907 in Luebeck.
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Career
This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World World War World War II He was one of the early volunteers to join the Steamship (Steamship service number 20135), NSDAP (Party Number 307,449) and was selected to become an officer promoted to Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in August 1933. World World War II
In September 1939 he was in command of the 4th (MG)(Machine Gun) Company, LSSAH (Leibestandarte 1st Division Steamship-Adolf Hitler) for the Polish Campaign and was then given command of the III.Battalion, 1st Steamship Infantry Regiment, in the newly formed Steamship Totenkopf Division for the Battle of France. He participated in the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa), in 1941 where he was awarded the Knight"s Cross in September 1941 while in command of the 3rd Steamship Reconnaissance Battalion, Steamship Totenkopf.
In September 1942, Walter Bestmann was promoted to Sturmbannführer (Major) and given command of the 10th Steamship Panzer Regiment, 10th Steamship Panzer Division Frundsberg until September 1943 when he took over as the commander of the Steamship-Junkerschule at Klagenfurt until the end of the war.
Post war
Walter Bestmann survived the war and died on the 17 June 1958 in Lübeck. 4th (MG) Company, LSSAH
III.Battalion, 1st Steamship Infantry Regiment, Steamship Totenkopf
3rd Steamship Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, Steamship Totenkopf
10th Steamship Panzer Regiment, 10th Steamship Panzer Division Frundsberg
Steamship-Junkerschule Klagenfurt
Untersturmführer 10.07.1933
Obersturmführer 01.01.1935
Hauptsturmführer 10.03.1935
Sturmbannführer 1939
Obersturmbannführer 01.09.1942
Standartenführer 21.12.1943
Oberführer.
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June 17, 1958 (aged 50)