Date of birth:

September 10th, 1908 (Altona/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

August 29th, 1997 (Hamburg/Lower Saxony, Germany)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 28.762 // NSDAP-Nr.: 471.358

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

01.03.1932: SS-Anwärter, SS-Verfügungstruppe
3. Kompanie, Leibstandarte SS 'Adolf Hitler'
23.10.1939: SS-Ustuf, Zugfûhrer, 3. Ausb.Kompanie, SS-Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon „Der Führer", Graz - Stralsund
SS-Hauptfürsorge- und Verwaltungsamt
00.00.1943: SS-Panzer-Ersatz-Bataillon, Leibstandarte SS 'Adolf Hitler'
00.07.1943: kroatischen SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division then 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS 'Handschar'
SS-Sturmbannführer, Kdr, II. Bataillon, Waffen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment der SS 27

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Awarded on:

1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)

Unit:

Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Waffen-SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 27, 13. SS-Freiwilligen-Waffen-Gebirgs-Division "Handschar"

Awarded on:

May 3rd, 1945

On the 01-02.04.1945 Sturmbannführer Stenwedel and his Bataillon distinguished themselves while holding a crossing over the Murr river. Despite a lack of support from heavy weapons they were able to defend their positions successfully against overwhelming enemy forces, and by doing so they secured the safe passage of the rest of the 13. SS-Freiwilligen-Waffen-Gebirgs-Division "Handschar" over the Murr river. Stenwedel was recommended for the Knight's Cross as a result.

Not substantiated in the German Federal Archives.

• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1993.
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9