COLLANI, Hans
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Collani, Hans Date of birth:  December 13th, 1908 (Stettin, Pomerania, Germany) Date of death:  July 29th, 1944 (near Narva, Estonia) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: September 25th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: October 18th, 1942         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-colonel) Unit: Kommandeur SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 49. "de Ruyter"/ 4. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Brigade "Nederland" Awarded on: April 24th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-colonel) Unit: Kommandeur SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 49. "de Ruyter"/ SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Brigade "Nederland" Awarded on: August 19th, 1944 Details: This medal was posthumously awarded. He was also promoted posthumously to SS-Standartenführer (Colonel).         SS-EHRENRING         EHRENDEGEN DES REICHSFÜHRERS-SS         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Pierik, P., From Leningrad to Berlin: Dutch Volunteers in the German Waffen-SS 1941-1945, Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg, Nederland, 2000 - Finns of the Wiking - Axis Biographical Research