Gustav Schreiber

Gustav Schreiber

Born	25 December 1916(1916-12-25) Selm, Germany
Died	5 March 1995(1995-03-05) (aged 78) Schwelm, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–1945
Rank	Hauptscharführer
Unit	SS-VT 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class German Cross in Gold Close Combat Clasp in Gold Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze

Gustav Schreiber was a Hauptscharführer (Master Major) in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II. He was also one of only 631 men to be awarded the Close Combat Clasp in Gold for 50 days of hand to hand combat.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Berger 2004, p. 6.
^ "axis.biographical.research". Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20091027084643/http://geocities.com/~orion47/.
^ "frontkjemper". http://www.frontkjemper.info/show_person.php?P_ID=831.

Berger, Florian (2004), Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold, ISBN 3-9501307-3-X
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Mitcham, Jr.Samuel (2007). Retreat to the Reich. Stackpole books. ISBN 081173384X
Henschler Henri & Fay Will (2003). Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS 1943-45. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0811729052
Mitcham Samuel (2007). The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45. Stackpole Books. ISBN 0811733718

Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Golden Close Combat Clasp

Karl Auer Johann Baichl Gregor Baunach Rudolf Becker Alfons Bialetzki Joachim Boosfeld Hermann Buchner Friedrich Buck Léon Degrelle Siegfried Deutschmann Heinrich Dittlof Anton Donnhauser Franz Dutter Hans Eckert Alois Eisele Karl-Heinrich Fink Heinz Finke Kurt Franke Erwin Frankenfeld Erich Friedrich Max Friedrich Franz Gössmann Ernst Grunau Franz Hack Martin Hackl Karl Hamberger Max Hansen Lorenz Harthan Rüdiger Hertel Bruno Hinz Franz Hofbauer Friedrich Holzer Fritz Jacobeit Hermann-Gustav Jochims Hans Juchem Franz Juschkat Vinzenz Kaiser Helmut Kämpfe Traugott Kempas Kurt Klein Gustav Knittel Günther Konopacki Gerhard Konopka Bernhard Kranz Helmut Kroeg Ernst Kutschkau Josef Lainer Waldemar Lehmann Alfred Lex Friedrich Lindenberg Wilhelm Loos Alfred Lorenz Erich Lorenz Heinz Macher Rolf Mager Hermann Maringgele Helmut Meitzel Werner Meyer Walter Misera Siegfried Moldenauer Emil Möller Werner Möller Heinz Müller Adolf Obschil Hans-Arno Ostermeier Adolf Peichl Harry Phönix Michael Pössinger Georg Preuß Karl Radermacher Emil Rentschler Franz Richter Hans-Heinrich Richter Erich Rudnik Alfred Rutkowski Johann Sauer Otto Sawatzki Kurt Schäfer Walter Schlags-Koch Heinrich Schmelzer Ernst Schneck Gustav Schreiber Helmuth Schreiber Herbert Schulze Walter Schwanbeck Walter Seebach Herbert Singer Sylvester Stadler Rolf Tittel Otto Vincon Heinrich Volker Helmut Wandmaker Georg Wenzelburger Heinz Werner Friedrich Wimmer Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny Werner Wolff Hermann Wulf

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Name	Schreiber, Gustav
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Date of birth	25 December 1916
Place of birth	Selm, Germany
Date of death	5 March 1995
Place of death	Schwelm, Germany

Gustav Schreiber

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