KNIGHTS CROSS CLOSE COMBAT CLASP IN GOLD WALTER SEEBACH SIGNED NOTE & ENVELOPE

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KNIGHTS CROSS CLOSE COMBAT CLASP IN GOLD WALTER SEEBACH SIGNED NOTE & ENVELOPE:
$5.00

Hauptsturmführer

Walter Seebach

5th SS Division Wiking

11th SS Volunteer

Panzergrenadier Division “Nordland”

5 Nov 1918-4 July 2004

He was awarded the Knight\'s Cross and was also one of only 631 men awarded the very rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold.

Awards include:

Iron Cross I Class

Iron Cross II Class

Close Combat Clasp in Gold

(with 75 days in close combat one of the highest records for the awarding of the CCC Gold)

Wound Badge in Gold (Jan ’43 (Narwa)

(4 times severly wounded)

Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze

Eastern Front Medal

Knight\'s Cross of the Iron Cross

In November 1939, Seebach was selected to become an officer and sent to the SS-Junkerschule at Bad Tölz and then on to the SS-Junkerschule in Braunschweig in April 1940. He was promoted to Untersturmführer in November 1941 and posted to the 9th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Germania, 5th SS Division Wiking. In February 1942, he was made the adjutant of the II. Battalion and given command of the 2nd Company in December 1942.

In May 1943, he was transferred to the 24th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Danemark as the adjutant. He was awarded the Knight\'s Cross for his actions around 31 January 1944, as the commander of the 5th Company, 24th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Danemark (11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland). His company had fought off eight attacks by superior Russian forces, when Seebach decided to launch an attack of his own. This tactic succeeded, but Seebach was wounded during the assault. Refusing to leave his men, he remained on the front line leading further counterattacks. When ordered to withdraw, he discovered that seven wounded men had been left behind. Ordering an immediate attack, he managed to retrieve his lost men and then withdraw to safety at Narva. The efforts of his company made it possible for the division to withdraw from the Luga bridgehead.

Sent to hospital to recover from his wounds, he was given command of the SS Reconnaissance Training and Reserve Battalion between April and June 1944, and command of the SS Panzergrenadier Training and Reserve Regiment until November 1944. He ended the war as the regimental adjutant of the 9th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Germania. (5th SS Panzer Division Wiking)

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