Willi Hund

Willi Hund was an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Obersturmführer Willi Hund was one of the last members of the German armed forces to be awarded the Knight's Cross on the 20 April 1945, when in command of a battle group consisting of, among other things the 6th and 7th Companies, 23rd SS Panzergrenader Regiment Norge in the defence of Berlin.