Hans Andres

Hans Andres
Born	11 April 1922 Darmstadt-Arheiligen
Died	25 March 1944(1944-03-25) (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

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.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 23rd Panzer Division

Staff	Joseph von Radowitz (Oak Leaves) Nikolaus von Vormann

Regiments	Robert Alber Hans Andres Rudolf Behr Fritz Fechner Gerd Ruge (Oak Leaves) Joachim Sander¹ (Oak Leaves) Karl Schuster Paul Stoll Karl Zierhofer

¹ Oak Leaves with 5th Panzer Division

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