ZEHENDER, August Friedrich
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Zehender, August Friedrich Date of birth:  April 28th, 1903 (Aalen/Württemberg, Germany) Date of death:  February 11th, 1945 (near Budapest, Hungary) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain) Unit: Chef 4./SS-Regiment "Deutschland" Awarded on: September 14th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain) Unit: Chef 4./SS-Regiment "Deutschland" Awarded on: June 18th, 1940         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Sturmbannführer (Major) Unit: Kommandeur SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 2 / SS-Kavallerie-Division Awarded on: October 16th, 1942 Details: Award 211/30.         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-colonel) Unit: Kommandeur SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 2 / SS-Kavallerie-Division / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte Awarded on: March 10th, 1943 Details: 1586th Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: SS-Brigadeführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Brigadier) Unit: Kommandeur 22.SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division "Maria Theresia" / Festung Budapest Awarded on: February 1st, 1945 Details: 722nd Award.         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SILBER         INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN         DRL SPORTABZEICHEN IN GOLD         GOLDENES SA-SPORTABZEICHEN         EHRENDEGEN DES REICHSFÜHRERS-SS         SS-EHRENRING         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, 2001 - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003 - Yerger, Mark C., Waffen-SS Commanders – The Army, Corps and Divisional Leaders of a Legend; Krüger to Zimmermann, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1999 - Williamson, G., The Waffen-SS (3) – 11. to 23. Divisions, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Great Britain, 2004 - Axis Biographical Research