OSTENDORFF, Werner
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Ostendorff, Werner Date of birth:  August 15th, 1903 (Königsberg/Easternprussia, Germany) Date of death:  May 1st, 1945 (Bad Aussee/Stiermarken, Austria) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Died on 1st May 1945 from his wounds inflicted on 9th March 1945 in Hungary.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: May 19th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: June 23rd, 1940         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Sturmbannführer Unit: Ia SS-Division "Reich" / XXXXVI.Panzer-Korps / Panzergruppe 2 / Heeresgruppe Mitte Awarded on: September 13th, 1941 Details: 488th Award.         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Standartenführer Unit: Kampfgruuppe SS "Reich" Awarded on: June 5th, 1942 Details: Award 129/1.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: July 29th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: SS-Gruppenführer / Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Unit: Kommandeur 2.SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" Awarded on: May 6th, 1945 Details: Non numbered awarding by SS-Oberstgruppenführer and Generaloberst der Waffen-SS Sepp Dietrich, Oberbefehlshaber 6.SS-Panzerarmee. No confirmation in the Bundesarchiv. Would probably have been the 861st Award.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X - Das Reich