Adolf Peichl

Adolf Peichl
Oberscharführer Adolf Peichl (left)
Born	8 December 1917 Vienna, Austria
Died	4 June 1969 (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 German Cross in Gold Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Close Combat Clasp in Gold Tank Destruction Badge in Gold x 2 Infantry Assault Badge in Silver Wound Badge in Gold

Adolf Peichl (8 December 1917 – 4 June 1969) was a Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant), in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II. He was also one of only 631 men awarded the Close Combat Clasp in Gold.

Adolf Peichl was born in Vienna on the 8 December 1917. He volunteered to join the SS and was posted to the SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Der Führer. Peichl survived the war and died in his home town of Vienna on the 4 June 1969.^[1][2]

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 August 1941)
  • 1st class (28 October 1941)
• Tank Destruction Badge
  • in Silver (6 September 1943)
  • in Silver (6 September 1943)
  • in Silver (20 September 1943)
  • in Silver (5 November 1943)
  • in Silver (5 November 1943)
  • in Gold (5 November 1943)^[1][2]
• Wound Badge in Gold^[3]
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver^[3]
• Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (22 October 1943)
  • in Silver (22 October 1943)
  • in Gold (26 October 1943)^[3]
• German Cross in Gold on 16 September 1943 as SS-Oberscharführer in the 12./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer"^[4]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 October 1944 as SS-Hauptscharführer and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12.(gepanzert)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"^{[5][Note 1]}

Notes

1. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12.(gepanzert)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4.^[6]

References

Citations

1. "ww2awards".
2. "fronkjemper".
3. Berger 2004, p. 349.
4. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 345.
5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 334.
6. Scherzer 2007, p. 586.

Bibliography

• Berger, Florian (2004). Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold [Knight's Cross Bearers with the Close Combat Clasp in Gold] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-3-7.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.
• 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.

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