Otto Binnig

Otto Binnig
Born	18 December 1923 Mittelschefflenz
Died	27 May 2005 (aged 81) Mittelschefflenz
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1942–45
Rank	Unteroffizier
Unit	3./Grenadier-Regiment 463
Battles/wars	World War II Siege of Leningrad Baltic Offensive Riga Offensive (1944) Courland Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Farmer

Otto Binnig (18 December 1923 – 27 May 2005) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier 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. Otto Binnig was captured by Soviet troops in the Courland Pocket in May 1945, he was released in 1949.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 March 1943)^[1]
  • 1st Class (15 March 1944)^[1]
• Wound Badge
  • in Black (6 November 1943)^[1]
  • in Silver (20 September 1944)^[1]
• Infantry Assault Badge (10 March 1944)^[1]
• Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants (3 March 1944)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 October 1944 as Obergefreiter and messenger in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 463^[2]

References

Citations

1. Thomas & Wegmann 1992, p. 49.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 113.

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.
• Huß, Jürgen (2009). Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941 - 1945. Zweibrücken: VDM Nickel. ISBN 978-3-86619-042-9.
• 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.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1992). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 2: Bi–Bo [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 2: Bi–Bo] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1734-3.

External links

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945