Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

13. Kompanie, IV. Bataillon, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138, 3. Gebirgs-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

January 18th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

13. / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138 / 3. Gebirgs-Division

Awarded on:

January 26th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

Zugführer 13. / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138 / 3. Gebirgs-Division

Awarded on:

October 25th, 1943

The following newspaper article from the Trier press (dated 01.12.1943) describes why Wriedt received the Knight’s Cross…

"In June 1943, on the southern sector of the Eastern Front, Oberfeldwebel Wriedt took over the leadership of a Styrian Gebirgs-Jäger-Kompanie after the fall of his Kompanie commander. Acting on his own initiative, he stormed forward with his comrades. The Gebirgsjäger followed the brave Oberfeldwebel, eliminating the enemy in close combat, and even when the ammunition ran out they hung onto the height they had taken until reinforcements arrived. On the 05.08.1943 Oberfeldwebel Wriedt was wounded by a shrapnel shot on the right arm and came to the hospital in Trier."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)