Hans-Georg Graf von Oppersdorff,DKiG

[Edward L. Hsiao]

Gentlemen,

Are there anymore information about this German officer named Hans-Georg Graf von Oppersdorff who was awarded the German Cross In Gold on Feb.11,1945 when he was an Oberleutnant of 1/Panzer-Regiment 26. Did he survive WWII? If so what was his postwar fate?

Sincerely,

Edward L. Hsiao

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

his full name was Hans Georg Eduard Franz Eusebius Alexander Michael Hubert Karl Maria Graf von Oppersdorff
* 27. 11. 1920 Ober-Altwaltersdorf (Silesia)
+ 21. 1. 2003 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (Hesse)

oo in Braunfels (Hesse) 15. 8. 1950 (registry), 30. 8. 1950 (church) Maria Gabrielle Princess Solms-Braunfels
* Braunfels 23. 8. 1918
daughter of Georg Friedrich Prince Solms-Braunfels and Donna Beatrice Countess Saluzzo

The couple had two children:
a) Maria Victoria Beatrice Luise Mathilde Irene Hedwig Candida, * 3. 2. 1954 Frankfurt am Main
b) Hans Georg Franz Joseph Ferdinand Eduard Maria, * 11. 1. 1957 Frankfurt am Main

In 1969 he got the permission by the Hessian Ministery of the Interior to officially change his family name to Graf von Oppersdorff-Solms-Braunfels.

Sources:

Genealogisches Handbuch der adeligen Häuser.
Vol.28; Verlag C.A. Starke; Limburg/Lahn; 1962
p.344

http://www.myheritage.de/person-8102778 ... -braunfels

http://worldhistory.de/wnf/navbar/wnf.php?oid=2446&sid=

Best regards
Torsten

[Edward L. Hsiao]

Dear Sir,

Interesting background about his family,thank you. What kind of military service did he had in the Wehrmacht? I know that he served with the Panzers. What was his highest wartime rank before WWII ended for him. Did Hans-Georg served in the Bundeswehr after WWII?

Sincerely,

Edward L. Hsiao

[Heimatschuss]

Dear Edward,

Oppersdorff's final rank was Oberleutnant, per the GHdA volume quoted above. I've no information to answer your other questions.

BTW, his father Wilhelm Karl Hans Georg Matthias Eduard Anton Vinzenz Graf von Oppersdorff served as Hauptmann d. Res. in a tank regiment too around 1942. ( http://tinyurl.com/ncunma2 ) Anyone with a clue what regiment it might have been?

Best regards
Torsten