Heinz Harmel

Infobox Military Person
name=Heinz Harmel
lived=birth date|1906|6|29|df=y — death date and age|2000|9|2|1906|9|29|df=y


caption=Heinz Harmel
placeofbirth=Metz
placeofdeath=Krefeld
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1926-1945
branch=Waffen-SS
rank=Brigadeführer
commands=
unit=SS-PzGrenRgt 3 "Deutschland"
10.SS-PzDiv "Frundsberg"
battles=World War II
Battle of Normandy
Operation Market Garden
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=

Heinz Harmel (29 June, 1906 in Metz, Lorraine (region) - 2 September, 2000 in Krefeld) was a highly decorated German Waffen-SS officer.

Awards

* Wound Badge in Black
* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
* Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
* German Cross in Gold
* Close Combat Clasp in Silver
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (31 March 1943)
** 296. Oak Leaves (7 September 1943)
** 116. Swords (15 December 1944)

References

* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.