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~SOLD~SCHÄFER Max
Obersturmbannführer
Schäfer Max
*17.01.1907 Karlsruhe
+06.05.1987 Baden-Baden
Awarded Knights Cross: 12. Februar 1943
As: Obersturmbannführer Pz.Pi.Btl. 5
Schäfer’s Knight’s Cross recommendation reads as follows…
"SS-Sturmbannführer Schäfer was with his Battalion on the 19.01.1943 as they were heading southeastwards towards Prolekarskaja on a broad front. In the night, during a bad blizzard, they were attacked by the enemy. His objective was to capture a bridge at Manytsch on the main Prolekarskaja-Ssalsk road. The Division held the bridgehead at Prolekarskaja and they had to prevent the enemy from taking it. SS-Sturmbannführer Schäfer took the decision to become the cornerstone of the defenses here with his battalion. He launched an attack against the enemy that had broken into the bridgehead by advancing around it in their vehicles. Hard fighting followed and the fall of Manytsch was prevented long enough for the Division to pass through and evade heavy losses. Schäfer was at the focal point of this attack during the hard fighting."
Awarded Oakleaves as the 714th Recipient : 25.01.1945
As: Obersturmbannführer Korps-Pi.Fhr./II.(germ) PzKorps
Awarded for his achievements during the fighting near Dorpat in August 1944. He was able to prevent an enemy breakthrough that would have resulted in a friendly regiment becoming encircled. Later, during the retreat movements of German troops, the hard-pressing Soviet forces threatened to capture two bridges. On his own initiative Schäfer and a handful of troops under his command were able to blow up both structures, at a point when the first enemy tanks were only 15 m away from the bridges.
714th Award.
Postwar signed photo of drawing of Schäfer measuring 2 ¾” x 4” signed front and back
Schäfer joined the Elite in 1933, and became the head of the Elite training system. In 1934, he was a teacher in the Elite sports school at Fürth and later at Reutlingen.
Schäfer then commanded a platoon in the 2nd Company, Pioneer Battalion during the Polish Campaign and the Battle of France. Late in 1940, he was promoted to command the 2nd Company, 5th Pioneer Battalion, which from June 1941 was involved in the invasion of Russia (Operation Barbarosa). From October 1941, he was commander of the 5th Pioneer Battalion, which at the time was operating in the Don and the Caucasus regions.
Schäfer was awarded his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, for his command during the defence of the Stalinsky sector and the numerous battles his unit was involved in the period between January 1943 and early February 1943.
In May 1943, Schäfer became the commander of all pioneers in the III Panzer Corps serving with distinction at Leningrad and Oranienbaum. He was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross in January 1945.
Schäfer was made a prisoner of war by the advancing British forces on 14 May 1945 and released from captivity on 8 November 1948
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