List of Knight's Cross recipients 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

The 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg or 10.SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg was a German Waffen SS panzer division that saw action on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II. The honor title Frundsberg was chosen, which refers to 16th Century German landsknecht commander Georg von Frundsberg.

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of September 1, 1939 instituted the Iron Cross and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. As the war progressed some of the recipients distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of June 3, 1940. In 1941 two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of September 28, 1941 introduced the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. At the end of 1944 the last and final grade, the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of December 29, 1944 concluded the variants of the Knight's Cross.

Prerequisites

To qualify for the Knight's Cross, a soldier had to already hold the 1939 Iron Cross First Class, though the Iron Cross I Class was awarded concurrently with the Knight's Cross in rare cases. Unit commanders could also be awarded the medal for exemplary conduct by the unit as a whole.

Grades

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was divided into five grades, excluding the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross:

• Knights Cross
• Knights Cross with Oak Leaves
• Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and swords
• Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
• Knights Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

Knight's Cross with Swords

• Heinz Harmel, 15.12.1944 Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of Waffen-SS, Commander 10th SS Panzer Div Frundsberg

Knight's Cross with Oakleaves

• Otto Paetsch, 05.04.1945 Obersturmbannführer Commander 10th SS Panzer Rgt

Knight’s Cross

SS Panzer Regiment 10

• Erwin Bachmann, 10.02.1945 Obersturmführer Adjutant I./10th SS Panzer Rgt
• Otto Paetsch, 23.08.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 10th SS Panzer Rgt
• Leo Hermann Reinhold, 16.10.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander II./10th SS Panzer Rgt
• Franz Riedel, 28.03.1945 Obersturmführer Commander 7th Company, 10th SS Panzer Rgt
• Franz Scherzer, 28.03.1945 Obersturmführer Commander I./10th SS Panzer Rgt
• Ernst Tetsch, 28.03.1945 Sturmbannführer Commander I./10th SS Panzer Rgt

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 21

• Karl Bastian, 23.08.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II./21st SS Pz.Gren.Rgt
• Karl Keck, 23.08.1944 Hauptsturmführer und Hauptmann der Schupo Commander 15th Company, 21st SS Pz.Gren.Rgt
• Hans Reiter, 23.08.1944 Untersturmführer Commander HQ Company, 21st SS Pz.Gren.Rgt
• Friedrich Richter, 11.05.1945 SS-Sturmbannführer Commander III./21st SS Pz.Gren.Rgt

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 22

• Karl Heinz Euling, 15.10.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commanderr IV./22nd SS Pz.Gren.Rgt

SS Panzerjäger Battalion 10

• Erwin Franz Roestel, 03.05.1945 Obersturmbannführer Commander 10th SS Pz.Jäg.Btn

SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 10

• Erich Rech, 23.08.1944 Oberscharführer platoon commander 2nd Company, 10th SS Pz.Rec.Btn

See also

• 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

Footnotes

References

• SEEMEN, Gerhard von: Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas, 1976.
• SCHERZER, Veit: Knight's Cross Recipients 1939 - 1945 (Paperback) by Enid Blyton, 1999

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