Gusztáv Vitéz Jány | |
Birth Date: | 21 October 1883 |
Death Cause: | Executed by firing squad |
Birth Place: | Rajka, Austria-Hungary |
Death Place: | Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic |
Allegiance: | (1905-1918) Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1943) |
Branch: | |
Serviceyears: | 1905–43 |
Rank: | Colonel General |
Unit: | I Corps Second Army |
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Colonel General Vitéz Gusztáv Jány (born Gusztáv Hautzinger; 21 October 1883 – 26 November 1947) was a Hungarian military officer during the Second World War who commanded the Hungarian Second Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. After the war, he was found guilty of war crimes and executed by firing squad. He was posthumously exonerated in 1993 by the Supreme Court of Hungary.[1]
1st row | Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross on war ribbon with swords | Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Grand Cross | Golden Military Merit Medal on military peacetime ribbon | Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Commander's Cross with Star |
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2nd row | Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary Officer's Cross | Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with war decoration and swords | Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with war decoration and swords | Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords |
3rd row | Silver Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords | Bronze Military Merit Medal on war ribbon with swords | Fire Cross 2nd class with wreath | National Defence Cross |
4th row | Hungarian World War I Commemorative Medal | Long Service Crosses for Officers 1st class | Transylvania Commemorative Medal | 1908 Jubilee Cross |
5th row | Mobilization Cross 1912/13 | Iron Cross 2nd Class (1939–1945) | Order of the Crown of Italy Knight Grand Cross | Order of the German Eagle with star |
6th row | Order of the Crown of Italy Commander's Cross | Iron Cross 2nd Class (1914, with 1939 clasp) | Gallipoli Star | War Commemorative Medal (Austria) |
Neck Badge | align=center colspan="4" | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | ||
Badge | align=center colspan="4" | Badge of the Order of Vitéz |
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded March 31, 1943.