Date of birth:

May 21st, 1908 (Großrosseln/Saarbrücken, Germany)

Date of death:

February 10th, 1999 (Saarbrücken, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)

Unit:

Kommandeur III./ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 / 11.SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland" / III.SS-Panzer-Korps

Awarded on:

May 9th, 1945

No original proposal existing, book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" and Karteikarte with note: income "16-3-1945", handed over "4-4-1945"; official HPA-VV #4979 unfinished at war's end. Statement of Bundesarchiv in 2004 that they cannot proof this award, case not treated by OdR Ordenskommission. Accepted by OdR in accordance with so-called "Dönitz-Erlass"; award date determined by Fellgiebel.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 20th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• - Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977