Background
Anton Ameiser was born in Munich on the 1 August 1907.
Anton Ameiser was born in Munich on the 1 August 1907.
He was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during He became a merchant after completing his secondary school education and joined the NSDAP in 1933 and then volunteered for the Steamship-Vermont in 1938. He was assigned to the Steamship Cavalry Standarte 15. At the start of, he was posted to the Steamship Cavalry Brigade which was being formed in Poland.
Between March and April 1942 he served as the Adjutant for the Brigade.
In 1944 he was posted to the 22nd Steamship Cavalry Division Maria Theresia in command of the 52nd Steamship Cavalry Regiment. He was awarded the Knight"s Cross for his bravery during the fighting at Budapest.
The Division had been deployed in the defense of the Hungarian capital. There it was encircled along with the rest of the Axis troops in the Hungarian capital and destroyed.
Only some 170 men made it out of the encirclement.
Ameiser was then given command of the Steamship Cavalry regiment 94, 37th Steamship Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow. Anton Ameiser survived the war and died in his hometown of Munich on the 20 February 1976. Bibliography.