Siegfried Scheibe was a Obersturmbannführer

Obersturmbannführer

Obersturmbannführer was a paramilitary Nazi Party rank used by both the SA and the SS. It was created in May 1933 to fill the need for an additional field grade officer rank above Sturmbannführer as the SA expanded. It became an SS rank at the same time...

 (Lieutenant Colonel) in the Waffen-SS

Waffen-SS

The Waffen-SS was a multi-ethnic and multi-national military force of the Third Reich. It constituted the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel or SS, an organ of the Nazi Party. The Waffen-SS saw action throughout World War II and grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions, and served alongside...

 during World War II

World War II

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. He was the commander of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 General Seyffardt, 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland and a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II.

Siegfried Scheibe was born on 25 May 1916, in Leipzig

Leipzig

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, Germany

Germany

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. During World War II he volunteered to join the Waffen SS. His first command was the 12th Company, SS Regiment Germania. He was awarded the Iron Cross

Iron Cross

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 II class in November 1939 for his actions during the Polish Campaign. The Iron Cross I class award followed in August 1940, for the Battle of France

Battle of France

In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and...

. In June 1942, he was awarded the German Cross

German Cross

The German Cross was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 17 November 1941 as an award ranking higher than the Iron Cross First Class but below the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross respectively ranking higher than the War Merit Cross First Class with Swords but below the Knight's Cross of the War Merit...

 in Gold while serving in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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.

In 1944, he was given command of the II.Battalion, SS Volunteer Regiment 23 Norge and then took over command of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 General Seyffardt in July 1944. He was killed in action between Baruth

Baruth

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 and Forsthaus Wunder, on the Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

 on 26 April 1945, and then awarded a posthumous Knight's Cross in May 1945, for his action while in command of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 General Seyffardt.

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
  
   on 11 May 1945 (posthumously) as SS-Obersturmbannführer
  Obersturmbannführer
  Obersturmbannführer was a paramilitary Nazi Party rank used by both the SA and the SS. It was created in May 1933 to fill the need for an additional field grade officer rank above Sturmbannführer as the SA expanded. It became an SS rank at the same time...
  
  and commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 48 "General Seyffard" (niederländische Nr. 1)