Date of birth:

July 18th, 1915 (Wiener Neustadt/Lower-Austria, Austria)

Date of death:

January 23rd, 1954 (Aalen/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 49.371 // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Promotions:
20.02.1933: SS-Mann
01.08.1934: SS-Rottenführer
20.02.1935: SS-Unterscharführer
09.11.1935: SS-Scharführer
25.02.1936: SS-Hauptscharführer
20.04.1936: SS-Untersturmführer
30.01.1939: SS-Obersturmführer
20.04.1941: SS-Hauptsturmführer
01.09.1944: SS-Sturmbannführer

Career:
28.11.1932-01.08.1933: 1. Sturm, I. Sturmbann, 52. SS-Standarte
23.10.1934: 5. Sturm, SS-Standarte "Deutschland'
24.04.1935-00.04.1936: SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
01.04.1936-01.10.1936: SS-Ustuf, II. Sturmbann, SS-Standarte 'Deutschland'
01.10.1936-01.05.1938: SS-Ustuf, IV. Sturmbann, SS-Standarte 'Deutschland'
01.05.1938-01.06.1938: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, II. Sturmbann, SS-Standarte 'Deutschland'
01.06.1938-10.06.1939: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, IV. Sturmbann, SS-Standarte 'Deutschland'
01.09.1939-01.12.1939: SS-Ostuf, Ordonnanz-Offizier, SS-Artillerie-Regiment
01.12.1939-01.11.1940: SS-Ostuf, Kompanie-Führer, 3. Schwadron, SS-Kradschützen-Ersatz-Abteilung
01.10.1940-10.06.1942: SS-Ostuf, Chef, 3. Schwadron, SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5, SS-Division 'Wiking'
11.06.1942-01.11.1942: SS-Hstuf, Stab, SS-Panzer-Regiment 2, 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich'
01.11.1942-30.01.1943: SS-Hstuf, Stabskompanie, I. Abteilung, SS-Panzer-Regiment 2, 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich'
31.01.1942-30.04.1943: SS-Hstuf, Chef, 8.(s.) Schwadron,SS-Panzer-Regiment 2, 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich'
01.05.1943-31.10.1943: SS-Hstuf, Chef, 1. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Abteilung
01.11.1943-29.02.1944: SS-Hstuf, Führer, II. Abteilung, SS-Panzer-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Regiment
01.03.1944-04.08.1944: SS-Hstuf, Kdr., SS-Panzer-Unterführer-Lehr-Abteilung
15.05.1944-27.05.1944: Lehrgang, Panzertruppenschule Bergen
04.08.1944: SS-Hstuf, Ia, SS-Panzer-Brigade "Groß"
18.01.1945: SS-Stubaf, Kdr., schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503

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Awarded on:

1939

Awarded on:

1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 10th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 10th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 17th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 4th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)

Unit:

Ia, SS-Panzer-Brigade 'Groß'

Awarded on:

January 6th, 1945

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)

Unit:

Kommandeur, schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503, III. SS-Panzerkorps

Awarded on:

April 29th, 1945

During the final Soviet offensive operation against Berlin, the remaining tanks of the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503 were incorporated as part of the SS-Panzer-Regiment 11 for the fighting along the Berlin axis itself. Starting on the 16.04.1945, it would hold the lion’s share of the Regiment’s 400+ armour kills until resistance finally ceased on the 02.05.1945. For his Abteilung’s outstanding achievements during this time Herzig would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross.

• Photo 1:
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2009.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945