Giselher Wilke

Giselher Wilke
Born	(1922-04-18)18 April 1922 Lüneburg, Germany
Died	18 February 2007(2007-02-18) (aged 84) Peine, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1940–45
Rank	Leutnant of the Reserves
Unit	Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 19
Battles/wars	World War II Eastern Front
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Giselher Wilke (18 April 1922 - 18 February 2007) was a highly decorated Leutnant of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
General Assault Badge
Eastern Front Medal
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 April 1945 as Leutnant of the Reserves and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1.(Jagdpanzer)/Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 19^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 362.

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.

External links

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 19th Panzer Division

Stab	Walter Denkert Hans Källner¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Otto von Knobelsdorff² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Gustav Schmidt ³ (Oak Leaves)

Panzer-Regiment 27	Alfred Kraft Günther Lehrter Walter Mecke Peter-Paul Plinzner Johannes Schmidt Paul Sonntag Wolfgang Thomale Thilo Graf und Herr von Werthern-Beichlingen

Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 73	Karl Baxmann Hans Källner¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Rudolf Köhler Alfred Nähring Walter Riedel Heinz Roland Rudolf Seyrl Heinrich Volker Heinrich Westhofen

Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 74	Gustav-Adolf Bruns Wilhelm Denk Josef-August Fitz⁴ (Oak Leaves) Walter Garz Rudolf König Karl-Richard Koßmann Hans Meier (Oak Leaves?) Wilhelm Schormann

Artillerie-Regiment 19	Günter Zugehör

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 19	Rolf Düe Heinz Pieper Giselher Wilke

Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 19	Werner Krei Othmar Kreuzinger (Oak Leaves) Helmut von Moltke

Panzerpionier-Bataillon 19	Heinz Grimberg Gerhart Nemnich Fritz Pliska Heinz Steinbach Rudolf Weinelt

Heeres-Flakartillerie-Abteilung 272	Hermann Rienäcker

Lehr-Regiment 901	Alfred Müller⁵ (Oak Leaves)

¹Knight's Cross with Schützen-Regiment 73, Oak Leaves and Swords with the Stab. ²Oak Leaves with the XXXXVIII. Panzer-Corps, Swords with the XXXX. Panzer-Corps. ³Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 742 (702nd Infantry Division). ⁴Oak Leaves with Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring" (Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring). ⁵Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 191 "Büffel". This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

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