Walter Mattern

Walter Paul Mattern

Born	27 February 1920 Braunschweig, Germany
Died	4 October 1974 (1974-10-05) (aged 54) Braunschweig, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Hauptsturmführer
Unit	3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Walter Paul Mattern (27 February 1920 — 4 October 1974) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain), 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.

Mattern was awarded the Knight's Cross on the 20 October 1944, while he was the commander of the 7th Company, 3rd SS Panzer Regiment, 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf ^[1]

References

Citations

↑ "ritterkreuz".

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf

Stab	Hellmuth Becker¹ (Oak Leaves) Erich Eberhardt Theodor Eicke (Oak Leaves) Hermann Prieß² (Oak Leaves & Swords)

SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"	Fritz Biermeier (Oak Leaves) Walter Mattern Hubert-Erwin Meierdress³ (Oak Leaves) Waldemar Riefkogel Rudolf Säumenicht

SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf"	Christian Bachmann Otto Baum⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hermann Buchner Ernst Häußler Hermann Lang Josef Rölleke Lothar Swierzinski

SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Totenkopf"	Walter Reder Joachim Schubach

SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1	Eduard Deisenhofer Hans Hirning Ludwig Köchle Max Simon⁵ (Oak Leaves) August Zingel

SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke"	Hellmuth Becker¹ (Oak Leaves) Hans Endreß Johann Fiedler Kurt Franke Kurt Launer Heinz-Fritz Müller Karl Ullrich⁶ (Oak Leaves)

SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3	Otto Baum⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords)

SS-(Panzer-)Artillerie-Regiment 3	Walter Gerth Hermann Prieß² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Ernst Stäudle Josef Swientek

SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3	Georg Bochmann⁷ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Fritz Christen Boris Kraas Adolf Pittschellis

SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung(-Batterie) 3	Ernst Dehmel Berndt Lubich von Milovan Hubert-Erwin Meierdress³ (Oak Leaves) Felix Przedwojewski Wilfried Richter

SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Totenkopf"	Walter Bestmann

SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon "Totenkopf" later SS-Krad-Schützen-Regiment "Thule"	Georg Bochmann⁷ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Kleffner

SS-(Panzer-)Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3	Lino Masarie Alfred Titschkus

SS-Pionier-Bataillon 3	Max Seela Karl Ullrich⁶ (Oak Leaves)

SS-Flak-Abteilung 3	Otto Kron

¹Knight's Cross with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke", Oak Leaves with the Stab. ²Knight's Cross with SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3, Oak Leaves and Swords with the Stab. ³ Knight's Cross with the SS-Sturmgeschütz-Batterie, Oak Leaves with the SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf". ⁴Knight's Cross with SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3, Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf" and Swords with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. ⁵Oak Leaves with the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS. ⁶Knight's Cross with SS-Pionier-Bataillon 3, Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke". ⁷Knight's Cross with the SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung "Totenkopf", Oak Leaves with the SS-Krad-Schützen-Regiment "Thule" and Swords with the 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel.

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