PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Brunk, Edgar
Date of birth: December 1st, 1921 (Belgard/Pommerania, Germany)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Edgar Brunk finally reached the rank of Hauptmann. After the Second World War he served with the Western German Bundeswehr, where he finally reched the rank of Oberstleutnant.

Promotions:
1st October 1940: Unteroffizier;
1st April 1941: Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel;
30th April 1941: Leutnant (2160) with the entry date of 1st April 1940, preliminary;
30th May 1941: Leutnant (2710- RDA 1st April 1941 (989));
10th March 1943: Oberleutnant (1810- with the entry date of 1st January 1943, RDA 1st January 1943(46b));
20th July 1944: Hauptmann (210- with the entry date from 1st May 1944, RDA 1st April 1944(208a));
Bundeswehr:
?: Hauptmann (Bw);
?: Major (Bw);
?: Oberstleutnant (Bw).
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ
Awarded on: June 20th, 1941
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
Awarded on: July 12th, 1941
 
     
INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN
Awarded on: January 12th, 1942
Details: Silver version.
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Awarded on: March 7th, 1942
 
     
PANZERVERNICHTUNGSABZEICHEN IN SILBER
Awarded on: August 16th, 1942
 
     
MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE)
Awarded on: August 26th, 1942
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SILBER
Awarded on: February 27th, 1943
 
     
NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN BRONZE
Awarded on: October 20th, 1943
 
     
DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit: 2. / Füsilier-Regiment 202
Awarded on: October 29th, 1943
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD
Awarded on: January 29th, 1944
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit: Chef 2. / Füsilier-Regiment 202 / 75.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: July 3rd, 1944
 
 
 
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Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- 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
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