Franz Staudegger

Franz Staudegger
Born	12 February 1921 Kärnten, Austria
Died	16 May 1995 (aged 74) Frankfurt, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Oberscharführer (staff sergeant)
Unit	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Eastern Front Medal
Relations	died childless
Other work	railway official insurance clerk

Franz Staudegger (12 February 1921 – 16 May 1995) was an Oberscharführer in the Waffen-SS. A Tiger I tank commander, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

War experience

For his actions in the Battle of Kursk, Staudegger was awarded the Knight's Cross.

Staudegger ended the war in the 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion which fought in the Battle of Normandy in 1944, and was later involved in the Battle of the Bulge.

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 July 1943 as SS-Unterscharführer and Panzer commander in the 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"^[1][2]

References

Citations

1. Scherzer 2007, p. 718.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 408, 505.

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.