Career
Martin Tappe was born on the 10 January 1910, in Löhne Westfalen. He was awarded the Knights Cross in March 1945 while in command of the II.Battalion, 8th Steamship Polizei Panzer Grenadier Regiment (4th Steamship Polizei Panzergrenadier Division) on the Eastern Front. Tappe survived the war and died on the 19 April 1969 in Wuppertal.