Date of birth:

April 15th, 1913 (Burg an der Wupper/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

February 27th, 1943 (Sabotje, Russia)

Nationality:

German

Died with Sankp. 2/208 m. H.V.Pl. in Sabotje (Russia).
Konrad Saul was posthumously promoted to Feldwebel.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Gruppenführer, 1. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 337, 208. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

April 9th, 1943

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

“Unteroffizier Konrad Saul… received the Knight’s Cross on the 09.04.1913. While serving as a squad leader in a Grenadier-Regiment during the fighting northwest of Orel, he plunged into an enemy attack that was being launched against his Kompanie on a broad front. By doing so he created a wedge into the enemy’s attacking front, and thereby enabled the position to be held through this bold deed.”

Awarded poshumous.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 23rd, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

March 20th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 27th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 23rd, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 13th, 1940

• Photo 1: Andrew Straube
• Photo: Andrew Straube via Death-cards.com
  
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Vorschlag für die Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes
  - Andrew Straube via Death-cards.com
  - Unteroffiziere des Heeres mit dem Ritterkreuz - Sammelbilder