Date of birth:

December 19th, 1913 (Pasewalk/Pomerania, Germany)

Date of death:

July 5th, 1994 (Reinbek/Hamburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
January 1st, 1944: Major im Generalstab.

Career:
September 1st, 1939: Adjutant, Aufklärungs-Abteilung 36;
April 1st, 1940: O1 36. Infanterie-Division;
September 1st, 1940: Chef, Reiter-Lehr-Schwadron, Kavallerieschule;
January 9th, 1941: Chef, Reiter-Schwadron, Aufklärungs-Abteilung 129;
August 1st, 1941: Chef, 3. Kompanie, Reiter-Regiment 1 / Schützen-Regiment 21;
August 1st, 1942: Adjutant, Schützen-Brigade;
September 3rd, 1942: Lazarett;
March 1st, 1943: Generalstabsausbildung, 129. Infanterie-Division / Panzerarmee 1;
October 9th, 1943: Kriegsakademie;
March 1st, 1944: Ib, 24. Panzer-Division;
October 1st, 1944: Ia, 24. Panzer-Division.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

Adjutant, Aufklärungs-Abteilung 36, 36. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

October 24th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

O1, 36. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

July 4th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

Chef, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Schützen-Regiment 21, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

July 17th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Rittmeister

Unit:

Chef, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Schützen-Regiment 21, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

August 29th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Unit:

Adjutant, Schützen-Brigade, Heer

Awarded on:

December 30th, 1942

According to other source the awarding date is 30-11-1940.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major im Generalstab (Major to the General Staff)

Unit:

Ia, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

May 11th, 1945

Within the Bundesarchiv there is only known a written request form the Divisionskommandeur of 24.Panzer-Division to award the requested decorations. Any formal awarding is not known.

His original nomination for the Knight's Cross by his unit was either lost or not forwarded due to the military situation. A second nomination was made after the evacuation of East Prussia and the capitulation of Germany. This nomination was never processed. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) handled this case in 1982 and decided: "Knight's Cross yes, 8 May 1945". The presentation date was later changed by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.

• - 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.
  - Beurteilung Major iG.
  - Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2009, ISSN 1866-4709
  - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945