Date of birth:

April 29th, 1919 (Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)

Date of death:

March 28th, 1970 (Köln, Germany)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 306.621 // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
06.09.1942: Unteroffizier
00.00.1943: Leutnant d. R.
19.10.1943: SS-Untersturmführer
00.00.1944: SS-Obersturmführer
00.00.1944: Oberleutnant d. R.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Zugführer, 11. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 58, 6. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

September 6th, 1942

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

“Unteroffizier Hans Walter Möller… received the Knight’s Cross on the 06.09.1942 while serving as a Zugführer in an Infanterie-Regiment. During August 1942 his Kompanie commander became a casualty during the fighting around Rzhev, and so he took over command of the unit. Over the next 2 weeks he and his men would successfully repulse all fierce Soviet breakthrough attempts, which were launched with overwhelming numbers of men.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo: MÖLLER, HANS-WALTER. : ARMY - KNIGHTCROSS HOLDERS : German Empire 1933 - 1945 - André Hüsken German Militaria
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