Seidensticker, August (schw. Panzer-Abteilung 504)

Date of birth:: September 4th, 1904 (Düsseldorf/Rhineprovince, Germany)
Date of death:: December 13th, 1975 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

01.07.1934: promoted to Oberleutnant
00.05.1935: Kdr, Panzer-Schwadron, Panzer-Regiment 3 - Kamenz
00.09.1939: Hauptmann, campaign in Poland
00.05.1940: Hauptmann, campaign in France
00.06.1940: Lehrgangsleiter, Panzerschießschule Putlos
01.07.1941-27.12.1942: Major, Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Panzer-Regiment 31, 5. Panzer-Division
27.12.1942: Major, Kdr, schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504
13.03.1943: sent from Sicilia to Tunisia
13.03.1943-10.05.1943: Major, Kommandeur, schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504 in Tunisia
10.05.1943: severely WIA in Tunisia
12.05.1943: captured and sent in the USA as POW
00.05.1945: released
00.00.1946-00.00.1950: Bombenräumdienst, Bezierksregierung, Arnsberg, Westfalen
01.10.1956: Oberstleutnant in the Bundeswehr
00.00.1960: Oberst, Gruppenleiter Panzer, Inseption der Kampftruppen
00.00.1963: retired

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: Kommandeur, schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504, Heer
Awarded on:: July 18th, 1943

For his outstanding actions in Tunisia, region Sfax Maknassy in the end of March 1943, and in the valley of Medjedra to the airport of Tunis from 10th April to 12th May 1943

Date according to Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis.

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Kdr, II. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 31, 5. Panzer-Division
Awarded on:: January 2nd, 1942

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Awarded on:: 1939

awarded for the campaign in Poland

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Awarded on:: 1939

awarded for the campaign in Poland

Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

in silver

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ärmelband Afrika

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Federico Peyrani
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis RK
- Mitteilungsblatt Kameradschaft der Wiener Panzer Division, Folge 65, November 1976