Reiser, Sebastian

Date of birth:: August 14th, 1918 (Kutzenhausen/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: February 1st, 1943 (POW camp near Stalingrad, USSR)
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
Unit:: Richtkanonier, 1. Batterie, I. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 297, 297. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: October 11th, 1941

The following wartime excerpt describes why Reiser received the Knight’s Cross…

“Unteroffizier Sebastian Reiser… received the Knight’s Cross on the 11.10.1941 for his achievements as a cannoneer in an Artillerie-Abteilung. During an enemy armoured attack south of Radziechow he destroyed 14 Soviet tanks with a light field howitzer.”

Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Gefreiter (Lance Corporal)
Unit:: 1. Batterie, I. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 297, 297. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: July 12th, 1941

13th Award.
One of 40 soldiers cited in the Wehrmachtbericht or Armed Forces Communiqué but not named in the newly established Honor Roll of the German Army due to a change in award policy made effective 8 Aug 1941 (and beginning with award # 74). The soldiers in question, did, however, receive the Commendation Certificate.

Sources

Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
Photo: Death-cards.com
- HUß, JÜRGEN & SONDERMANN, HEINZ-WERNER, Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2009.
- Death-cards.com
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- Dörr, Manfred. Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres 1941-1945. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2426-3
- Unteroffiziere des Heeres mit dem Ritterkreuz - Sammelbilder