Hans Andres

Hans Andres
Born	11 April 1922 Darmstadt-Arheiligen
Died	25 March 1944 (aged 21) In a field hospital in Troppau
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1941–44
Rank	Feldwebel of the Reserves
Unit	23rd Panzer Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans Andres (11 April 1922 – 25 March 1944) was a German Feldwebel of the Reserves (posthumous promotion) in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (13 January 1943)^[1]
  • 1st Class (5 February 1944)^[1]
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (1943)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 May 1944 (posthumously) as Obergefreiter and MG-Schütze (1st machine gunner) in the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 128^[2][3]
• Eastern Front Medal

References

Citations

1. Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 76.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 116.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 192.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1987). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 1: A–Be [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 1: A–Be] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1153-2.

External links

• http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rk/a/A068Andres-Hans.pdf
• http://en.ww2awards.com/person/28108
• http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index_search_db.php4?modul=search_result_det&wert1=72