Freikorps von Brandis
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- Published: 29 January 2011 29 January 2011
- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
Commanders
Hauptmann Cordt von BrandisFormed in the area of
Generalkommando III. Armeekorps Berlin (Provinz Brandenburg)Notable members
Cordt von Brandis (Pour le Mérite holder)SS-Sturmbannführer Werner Hahn
Reichstag deputy & Gauleiter Friedrich Hildebrandt
Konteradmiral Hans Karl Meyer
SS-Standartenführer und Oberst der Schutzpolizei Rudolf Pannier
SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann Priess
General der Fallschirmtruppe Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (Luftwaffe)
(the ranks are the highest ranks reached in the Third Reich era)
Insignia
A pair of metal elk’s antler collar badges.Sources used
Georg Tessin - Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939Robert G. L. Waite - Vanguard of Nazism: The Free Corps Movement in Postwar Germany 1918-1923
Mark C. Yerger - Waffen-SS Commanders: The army, corps and divisional leaders of a legend (2 vol)