Background
He was born 19 May 1913 in Augsburg and after volunteering for the Steamship he was given the Steamship service number 142 869 and the NSDAP party number 4 137 044 and was a graduate of the Steamship Junker school at Braunschweig in 1937.
He was born 19 May 1913 in Augsburg and after volunteering for the Steamship he was given the Steamship service number 142 869 and the NSDAP party number 4 137 044 and was a graduate of the Steamship Junker school at Braunschweig in 1937.
He would go onto command the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Steamship Panzer Regiment, 3rd Steamship Panzer Division Totenkopf being awarded a posthumous Oak Leaves to the Knight"s Cross. Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (22 June 1940) 1st Class (7 October 1941) Wound Badge in Silver Panzer Badge "25" Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 10 December 1943 as Steamship-Hauptsturmführer and leader of the World War II/Steamship-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf" 685th Oak Leaves on 26 December 1944 as Steamship-Sturmbannführer and commander of the World War II/Steamship-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf".