in May 1945. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (26 June 1940) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight' Cross on 6 April 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer" 303rd Oak Leaves on 16 September 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer" Swords in 1945 as commander of the SS Division Hohenstaufen (?) No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Stadler claimed that Sepp Dietrich proposed him on 22 March 1945, even though the SS Division Hohenstaufen was not subordinated to the 6th Panzer Army. References Citations Bibliography 1910 births 1995 deaths Austrian Nazis SS-Brigadeführer Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Waffen-SS personnel People from Murtal District