Career
Helmuth Schreiber was born in Giessen, Hessen on the 25 March 1917. He joined the Waffen Steamship and as part of the Steamship Standarte Deutschland participated in the Anschluss of Austria and the occupation of the Sudetenland in 1938. He was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class in December 1941.
He served as the Company commander of the 10th Company, 3rd Steamship Panzer Grenadier Regiment Deutschland, 2nd Steamship Panzer Grenadier Division Das Reich.
He was also awarded the Knight"s Cross in July 1943, while in command of the 10th Company. He was promoted to Sturmbannführer and assumed command of the Deutschland Regiment when he was awarded the in Gold, in May 1944.
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