Cross on 15 August 1940 as SS-Oberführer and commander of SS-Standarte "Deutschland". 159th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS and commander of 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking" 86th Swords on 10 August 1944 as SS-Obergruppenführer and general of the Waffen-SS and commanding general of III. germanischen SS-Panzerkorps Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st class with Breast Star, Oak Leaves and Swords (Finland) [10] Commands Commander of the SS-Regiment "Deutschland" 1 June 1936 to 1 December 1940 1 December 1940 to 1 January 1943 Commander of SS-Germania Division (mot), On 31 December 1940 SS-Germania Division renamed SS-Wiking Division On 9 November 1942 SS-Wiking redesignated 5.SS-Wiking Panzergrenadier Division (I), 10 May 1943 to November 9, 1944 Commander of the III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps 26 November 1944 to March 5, 1945 Commander of the XI SS Panzer Army Command of the III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps a corps in the Third Panzer Army On 21 April 1945 what remained of Steiner's command redesignated Army Detachment Steiner See also Operation Solstice Waffen-SS in popular culture References Citations Bibliography Further reading . 1896 births 1966 deaths People from Nesterov People from East Prussia German Army personnel of World War I SS-Obergruppenführer Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with a Star 20th-century Freikorps personnel Prussian Army personnel Waffen-SS personnel Nazis convicted of war crimes Members of HIAG German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States