Balthasar Woll

Balthasar Woll
Nickname(s)	Bobby
Born	1 September 1922 Wemmetsweiler, Germany
Died	18 March 1996 (aged 73) Wemmetsweiler
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1941–45
Rank	Oberscharführer
Unit	3rd SS Division Totenkopf 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 101st SS Heavy Panzer Detachment
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Eastern Front Medal Tank Destruction Badge Wound Badge in Black

Balthasar "Bobby" Woll (1 September 1922 – 18 March 1996) was an Oberscharführer in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Biography

Woll was born in Wemmetsweiler on 1 March 1922, (died 18 March 1996). Woll volunteered for service in the Waffen-SS on 15 August 1941 and served with the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class in July 1942.

At the end of 1942 Woll was posted to a heavy tank company of 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, under tank commander Michael Wittmann. Following Operation Citadel, in September 1943, Woll was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class. Woll was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in January 1944. In October 1944 he was promoted to Oberscharführer.

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 January 1944 as SS-Rottenführer and Richtschütze (aiming gunner) in the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"^{[1][Note 1]}

Notes

1. According to Scherzer as Richtschütze (aiming gunner) in the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1.^[2]

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 452.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 797.

Bibliography

• 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.
• 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.