STEINER, Felix Martin Julius
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Steiner, Felix Martin Julius Date of birth:  May 23rd, 1896 (Ebenrode/Eastern Prussia, Germany) Date of death:  May 12th, 1966 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany) Nationality:  German       1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914 Awarded on: September 17th, 1939 Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 9th October 1914.         1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 1ER KLASSE 1914 Awarded on: September 26th, 1939 Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 3rd November 1917.         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Oberführer Unit: Kommandeur SS-Standarte “Deutschland” / “SS-Verfügungsdivision” / 18.Armee / Heeresgruppe B Awarded on: August 15th, 1940 Details: 166th Award.         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Gruppenführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Unit: 5.SS-Division "Wiking" Awarded on: April 22nd, 1942         VAPAUDENRISTIN 1.LUOKKA MIEKKOJEN KERA (VR 1 MK) Rank: SS-Gruppenführer / Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Awarded on: June 16th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: SS-Gruppenführer / Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Unit: Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Wiking” / Heersgruppe A Awarded on: December 23rd, 1942 Details: 159th Award.         VAPAUDENRISTIN 1.LUOKKA RINTATÄHTINEEN MIEKKOJEN KERA (VR 1 RT MK) Rank: SS-Gruppenführer / Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Awarded on: July 6th, 1943         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN Rank: SS-Obergruppenführer / General der Waffen-SS Unit: Kommandierende General III.SS-Panzer-Korps Awarded on: August 10th, 1944 Details: 86th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: August 1st, 1944         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X - Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977