Otto Binnig

Otto Binnig
Born	18 December 1923 Mittelschefflenz
Died	27 May 2005(2005-05-27) (aged 81) Mittelschefflenz
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1942–1945
Rank	Unteroffizier
Unit	3./Grenadier-Regiment 463
Battles/wars	World War II Siege of Leningrad Baltic Offensive Riga Offensive (1944) Courland Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Farmer

Otto Binnig (18 December 1923 – 27 May 2005) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Binnig was captured by Soviet troops in the Courland Pocket in May 1945, he was released in 1949.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 March 1943)
  • 1st Class (15 March 1944)
• Wound Badge
  • in Black (6 November 1943)
  • in Silver (20 September 1944)
• Infantry Assault Badge (10 March 1944)
• Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants (3 March 1944)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Knight's Cross on 5 October 1944 as Obergefreiter and messenger in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 463^[1]

References

Citations

1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 113.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945

Persondata
Name	Binnig, Otto
Alternative names
Short description	German soldier and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	18 December 1923
Place of birth	Mittelschefflenz, Germany
Date of death	27 May 2005
Place of death	Mittelschefflenz, Germany