Albert Frey (SS officer)
German SS Standartenführer

Albert Frey (SS officer)

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German SS Standartenführer
Gender:
Male
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Germany
Birth:
16 February 1913(Heidelberg)
Death:
1 September 2003(Heilbronn)
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Albert Frey (16 February 1913 – 1 September 2003) was a mid-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH).

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (30 June 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 17 November 1941 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in the III./Bataillon LSSAH
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
    • Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment LSSAH
    • 359th Oak Leaves on 20 December 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 LSSAH
  • Thomas 1997, p. 180.
  • Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 122.
  • ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 318.