Karl-Maria Demelhuber

Infobox Military Person
name=Karl-Maria Demelhuber
lived=26 May, 1889 - 18 March, 1988


caption=Karl-Maria Demelhuber
placeofbirth=Freising, Bavaria
placeofdeath=Seeshaupt, Bavaria
nickname="Tosca"
allegiance=Bavaria, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany
branch=Waffen-SS
serviceyears=1914-1945
rank=SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS
commandsSS-Standarte Germania, 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord", XII. SS-Armeekorps, XVI. SS-Armeekorps
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battles=
awards="Deutsches Kreuz in Silber"
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Karl-Maria Demelhuber (May 26, 1889 - March 18, 1988) was an "Obergruppenführer" in the Waffen-SS and a Heer officer who served in both World War I and II. During World War II, Demelhuber commanded the SS-Standarte Germania, 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord", XII. SS-Armeekorps and XVI. SS-Armeekorps. He was also winner of "Deutsches Kreuz in Silber" and the prestigious Finnish "Vapaudenristin ritarikunta".

ummary of his military career

Dates of rank

* Leutnant: 1916
* Oberleutnant: 1919
* Hauptmann der Schupo: June 01, 1933
* SA-Standartenführer: May 01, 1934
* SS-Obersturmbannführer: March 15, 1935
* SS-Standartenführer: October 01, 1936
* SS-Oberführer: January 30, 1940
* SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS: November 09, 1941
* SS-Gruppenführer und Generaleutnant der Waffen-SS: April 20, 1942
* SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS: June 21, 1944

Notable decorations

* Eastern Front Medal (1942)
* Iron Cross Second () and First (?) Classes
* Clasp to the Iron Cross Second (1940) and First (1940) Classes
* German Cross in Silver (1943)
* SS-Honour Ring (?)
* Sudetenland Medal (?) with Prague Castle bar (?)
* Anschluss Medal (?)
* Wound Badgein Black (1918)
* Cross of Honor (1934)
* Finnish Cross of Liberty First Class (1943)
* Bavarian Military Merit Order 4. Class (?)
* Bavarian Military Merit Cross 3. Class (?)
* War Merit Cross with Swords in Bronze (?) and Silver (?)
* Nuremberg Party Day Badge (1929)

References

*Gordon Williamson - "The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror: The Full Story From Street Fighters to the Waffen-SS " - Motorbooks International, (March 1994), ISBN-10: 0879389052, ISBN-13: 978-0879389055.
* Yerger, Mark C. - "Waffen-SS Commanders: The Army, Corps and Divisional Leaders of a

Holder of the SS Führerdegen