- Herbert-Ernst Vahl
Infobox Military Person
name=Herbert-Ernst Vahl
lived=birth date|1896|10|9|df=y — death date and age|1944|7|22|1896|10|9|df=y
placeofbirth=Posen ,Prussia
placeofdeath=car crash byThessaloniki ,Greece
caption=Herbert-Ernst Vahl, official portrait after beeing awarded the Knight's Cross
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German EmpireGerman Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|GermanyWeimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
branch=Heer Waffen-SS
serviceyears= 1914-1944
rank=SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
commands=2. SS-Division Das Reich
unit=
battles=World War I World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=Herbert-Ernst Vahl, (born
9 October 1896 inPosen ; died22 July 1944 inGreece ) was a German army officer and SS-Brigadeführer during WWII. He was also a commander of 2. SS-Division "Das Reich" and 4. SS-Polizei Division and a winner of theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross .ummary of his military career
Dates of rank
*
Leutnant :January 8 ,1915
*Oberleutnant :April 1 ,1925
*Rittmeister :February 1 ,1931
*Major :November 1 ,1936
*Oberstleutnant :February 1 ,1939
*Oberst :December 13 ,1941
* SS-Standartenführer :August 1 ,1942
* SS-Oberführer :February 10 ,1943
* SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS:April 1 ,1943 Notable decorations
*
Eastern Front Medal (1942)
* 1914Iron Cross Second (1915) and First (1918) Classes
* Clasp to the Iron Cross Second (1939) and First (1941) Classes
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1943)
*Wound Badge in Black (?) and Silver (?)
*Cross of Honor (1934)
* German Cross in Gold (1941)
*Panzer Badge in Silver (?)Notes
* Vahl was not member of the NSDAP.
* His SS # was 430 348 and he joined the SS on August 1, 1942.References
*Gordon Williamson - "The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror: The Full Story From Street Fighters to the Waffen-SS " - Motorbooks International, (March 1994), ISBN 0879389052, ISBN 978-0879389055.
* Yerger, Mark C. - "Waffen-SS Commanders: The Army, Corps and Divisiional Leaders of a
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