Walter von Unruh

Walter von Unruh
Walter von Unruh as Major during WWI
Born	30 December 1877 Gut Klein Tillendorf near Fraustadt, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	16 September 1956(1956-09-16) (aged 78) Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1896–1945
Rank	General of Infantry
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Pour le Mérite

Walter von Unruh (30 December 1877 Gut Klein Tillendorf bei Fraustadt – 16 September 1956 in Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge) was a Prussian officer, and later General during World War II. Also, he was a recipient of Pour le Mérite.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914), 1st and 2nd class
• Pour le Mérite (21 April 1918)
• Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire) ("Iron Crescent")
• Honorary Knights of St. John
• Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
• Prussian Service Award
• Military Merit Order, 3rd class (Bavaria)
• Knight's Cross, First Class of the Albert Order with swords
• Knight's Cross of the Military Merit Order (Württemberg)
• General Honour Decoration for Bravery (Hesse)
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
• Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the White Falcon with swords (Weimar)
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold with War Decoration (Austria)
• Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria)
• Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary)
• Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (1943)

References

• Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite des I. Weltkriegs, Band 3: P–Z, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3, S. 451-453
• Hanns Möller: Geschichte der Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite im Weltkrieg, Band II: M–Z, Verlag Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1935, S. 442-444

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Walter von Unruh in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

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