Date of birth:

December 1st, 1915 (Braunau am Inn/Upper Austria, Austria)

Date of death:

October 19th, 1985 (Braunau am Inn/Upper Austria, Austria)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 351.218 // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

Austrian

SS-Sturmbannführer und Major der Schutzpolizei

00.00.1943-07.08.1943: SS-Ostuf, Führer, 7. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Ausbildungs-und Ersatz-Bataillon 4, Nijmwegen , Ede, The Netherlands
Führer, SS-Gebirgs-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 13, 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Handschar" (kroat. Nr. 1)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Waffen-Gebirgs-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 13, 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS "Handschar" (kroat. Nr. 1), Waffen-SS

Awarded on:

May 3rd, 1945

No evidence in Bundesarchiv, not mentioned in the files of the OdR. According to von Seemen, supposedly awarded by General der Artillerie Maximilian de Angelis, OB 2. Pz.Armee, on the basis of the authorization granted on 3-5-1945. Fellgiebel later remarked: “A justification for the award was not available”.

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
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