Military Hero - Waffen SS soldier and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in World War II. Blond was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria. His father had been an Officer in the Austrian Army and at some point the family moved to Voralberg where Blond would grow up. He volunteered for the SS-Standarte "Deutschland" after the Anschluss of Austria in 1938. Blond participated in the Polish Campaign of 1939, the Battle of France and subsequent occupation, Operation Marita (the invasion of the Balkans) and Operation Barbarossa (the invasion of the Soviet Union). In the Summer of 1944 he was selected to become an SS officer and was posted to the SS-Junkerschule at Posen-Treskau. After Graduation he was promoted to Untersturmführer ("Storm Leader" or 2nd Lieutenant) and given command of the 12th Company in the SS Training and Reserve Battalion, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. In the closing days of the war, Blond and his battalion were moved to Berlin with orders to reinforce the German Army and Luftwaffe Flak units battling the advancing Soviet Army. In April 1945, his company was attached to the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland". On April 18, 1945, Blond was in command of a composite group of approximately 200 men which formed a defensive line towards the center of Berlin. After several days of fiercely fighting a successful defensive battle position against the large onslaught of Soviet infantry and artillery, the company was down to only about thirty men due to death, wounds and desertion. On April 28, 1945, Blond was wounded for the fourth time in the war by bomb splinters. The German radio broadcast from the Fuhrer Bunker stated that he was being awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (roughly equivalent to the United States Medal of Honor) for his bravery and leadership during the Battle of Berlin, but Blond did not receive the decoration as there were none available to issue. There are no documents to record the award of the Knight's Cross to Blond in the German Federal Archives. While there is no definitive proof that the award of the Knight's Cross to Friedrich Blond actually occurred, it has been widely accepted by most historians that he did, in fact, receive official notice via the radio and that it was an award he greatly deserved. Friedrich Blond earned the following badges and decorations for his service in World War II:
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German Cross in Gold
-Iron Cross 1st Class
- Iron Cross 2nd Class
- Close Combat Badge in Bronze
- Wound Badge in Silver
- Infantry Assault Badge.

After the war, Blond returned to Austria and joined their army (Österreichisches Bundesheer). He obtained the rank for colonel before he retired.