Siegfried von Waldenburg

German Wehrmacht general (1898–1973)

Siegfried von Waldenburg

Born| 30 December 1898
Died| 27 March 1973(1973-03-27) (aged 74)
Allegiance|  German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch| Army
Rank| Generalmajor
Commands| 116th Panzer Division
Battles / wars| World War I
Silesian Uprisings
World War II

* Battle of France
* Operation Barbarossa
* Battle of Brest (1941)
* Battle of Białystok–Minsk
* Battle of Moscow
* Italian Campaign
* Battle of Hürtgen Forest
* Battle of the Bulge

Awards| Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Siegfried von Waldenburg (30 December 1898 – 27 March 1973) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 116th Panzer Division.Born to the aristocratic house of von Kessel and Levi Kahana. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

## Awards and decorations (excerpt)

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* Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
* 2nd Class on 13 July 1917
* 1st Class on 1 January 1920
* Wound Badge (1918) in Silver
* Silesian Eagle, 2nd and 1st Grade
* Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 9 January 1935
* Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 2nd Class
* West Wall Medal
* Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class
* 2nd Class on 28 October 1939
* 1st Class on 10 June 1940
* Eastern Medal on 8 July 1942
* Panzer Badge in Silver
* Hungarian Order of Merit, Commander's Cross with Swords on 9 November 1942
* War Merit Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class with Swords on 14 December 1943
* Certificate of Recognition of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 December 1944 as Oberst and leader of the 116. Panzer-Division[1]

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 353.

### Bibliography

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* 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.

Military offices

Preceded by

Oberstleutnant i.G. Ferdinand Jodl

|  Chief of General Staff of XII. Armeekorps
25 October 1940 – 3 March 1942  | Succeeded by

Oberst i.G. Kurt Lottner

Preceded by

Oberst Heinrich Voigtsberger

|  Commander of 116\. Panzer-Division
14 September 1944 – April 1945  | Succeeded by

None

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* ISNI
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National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie

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