Reinecker, Wilhelm

Date of birth:: December 15th, 1926 (Münster/Westernphalia, Germany)
Date of death:: November 15th, 2016 (Münster/Westernphalia, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Wilhelm Reinecker was seriously injured towards the end of the war. His right leg was amputated below the knee when he was a prisoner of war in a hospital in Kreuzberg. He was discharged form imprisonment and the Waffen-SS on February 8th, 1946.

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Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Panzergrenadier
Unit:: 7. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "E"
Awarded on:: September 8th, 1944

Awarded for a single wound, received on August 11th, 1944.

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Panzergrenadier
Unit:: 5. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke"
Awarded on:: November 8th, 1944

Awarded for a wound received on August 12th, 1944.

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Panzergrenadier
Unit:: 10. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland"
Awarded on:: June 16th, 1945

Awarded for a triple wound received on April 19th, 1945.

According to the Besitzzeugnis awarded in a hospital after ending of the war. This makes is probably a non formal awarding.

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Panzergrenadier
Unit:: 10. / SS-Division "Westland"
Awarded on:: August 10th, 1945

According to the awarding document, awarded on August 10th, 1945 (?), according to "Verfügung OKH 900/45, 29 a 12/16, PA/P5 (b)" in the hospital in Kreuzberg. Therefore probably not a formal awarding.

Sources

Photo 1: Michael Purtell
- Besitzzeugnis Verwundeten Schwarz (2x), Silber
- Verleihungsurkunde EK2
- Certificate of Discharge form POW