Adolf Peichl

Adolf Peichl
Oberscharführer Adolf Peichl (left)
Born	8 December 1917 Vienna, Austria
Died	4 June 1969(1969-06-04) (aged 51) Vienna, Austria
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Untersturmführer
Unit	2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Adolf Peichl (8 December 1917 – 4 June 1969) was a officer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron CrossI.

Awards

German Cross in Gold on 16 September 1943 as SS-Oberscharführer in the 12./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer"^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 October 1944 as SS-Hauptscharführer and platoon leader in the 12.(gepanzert)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"^[2]

References

Citations

↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 345.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 586.

Bibliography

Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Golden Close Combat Clasp

Karl Auer Johann Baichl Gregor Baunach Rudolf Becker Alfons Bialetzki Joachim Boosfeld Hermann Buchner Friedrich Buck Léon Degrelle (Oak Leaves) Siegfried Deutschmann Heinrich Dittlof Anton Donnhauser Franz Dutter Hans Eckert Alois Eisele (Oak Leaves) Karl-Heinrich Fink Heinz Finke Kurt Franke Erwin Frankenfeld Erich Friedrich Max Friedrich Franz Gössmann Ernst Grunau Franz Hack (Oak Leaves?) Martin Hackl Karl Hamberger Max Hansen (Oak Leaves) Lorenz Harthan Rüdiger Hertel Bruno Hinz (Oak Leaves) Franz Hofbauer Friedrich Holzer Fritz Jacobeit Hermann-Gustav Jochims Hans Juchem Franz Juschkat Vinzenz Kaiser Helmut Kämpfe Traugott Kempas (Oak Leaves) Kurt Klein Gustav Knittel Günther Konopacki (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Konopka Bernhard Kranz Helmut Kroeg Ernst Kutschkau (Oak Leaves) Josef Lainer Waldemar Lehmann Alfred Lex Friedrich Lindenberg Wilhelm Loos Alfred Lorenz Erich Lorenz (Oak Leaves) Heinz Macher (Oak Leaves) Rolf Mager Hermann Maringgele Helmut Meitzel Werner Meyer Walter Misera (Oak Leaves) Siegfried Moldenhauer Emil Möller Werner Möller Heinz Müller Alois Obschil Hans-Arno Ostermeier (Oak Leaves) Adolf Peichl Harry Phönix Michael Pössinger (Oak Leaves) Georg Preuß Karl Radermacher Emil Rentschler Franz Richter Hans-Heinrich Richter Erich Rudnick Alfred Rutkowski Johann Sauer Otto Sawatzki Kurt Schäfer Walter Schlags-Koch (Oak Leaves?) Heinrich Schmelzer (Oak Leaves) Ernst Schneck Gustav Schreiber Helmuth Schreiber Herbert Schulze Walter Schwanbeck Walter Seebach Herbert Singer Sylvester Stadler (Oak Leaves & Swords) Rolf Tittel Otto Vincon (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Volker Helmut Wandmaker Georg Wenzelburger Friedrich Wimmer Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny (Oak Leaves & Swords?) Werner Wolf Hermann Wulf (Oak Leaves)

in alphabetical order This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

Staff	Otto Baum¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Paul Hausser² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Matthias Kleinheisterkamp³ Walter Krüger⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Werner Ostendorff Herbert-Ernst Vahl

Units	Wilhelm Bittrich⁵ (Oak Leaves) Heinz Harmel⁶ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Heinz Macher (Oak Leaves) Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny (Oak Leaves) Fritz Witt⁸ (Oak Leaves) Helmut Kämpfe Georg Keppler Ludwig Kepplinger Otto Kumm⁹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Heinz Lammerding Adolf Peichl Sylvester Stadler¹⁰ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Ernst Barkmann Friedrich Holzer Dieter Kesten Fritz Langanke Karl Mühleck Adolf Reeb Albin Freiherr von Reitzenstein Willy Simke Johann Thaler Christian Tychsen (Oak Leaves) Johann Veith Karl-Heinz Worthmann Wolfgang Gast Karl Kreutz Hans Schabschneider Walter Kniep Wolfgang Röhder Erich Rossner Fritz Klingenberg Ernst Krag (Oak Leaves) Fritz Rentrop Heinrich Schmelzer (Oak Leaves) Alfred Siegling Felix Steiner⁷ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Otto Weidinger¹¹ (Oak Leaves) Fritz Vogt¹² (Oak Leaves)

¹Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with the SS Division Totenkopf). ²Oak Leaves with the II SS Panzer Corps, Swords with the 7th Army. ³Oak Leaves with the XI SS Panzer Corps. ⁴Knight's Cross with the SS Polizei Division, Swords with the VI Waffen-SS Army Corps. ⁵Oak Leaves with the II SS Panzer Corps, Swords with the SS Division Florian Geyer. ⁶Swords with the SS Division Frundsberg. ⁷Oak Leaves with the SS Division Wiking, Swords with the III SS Panzer Corps. ⁸Oak Leaves with the SS Division Leibstandarte). ⁹Oak Leaves with the SS Division Prinz Eugen. ¹⁰Swords with the SS Division Hohenstaufen. ¹²Oak Leaves with the SS Division Nordland).

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