Hans Kreysing

Infobox Military Person
name= Hans Kreysing
lived=birth date|1890|8|17|df=y — death date and age|1969|4|14|1890|8|17|df=y


caption=
placeofbirth=Göttingen
placeofdeath=Oldenburg
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1909-1945
rank="General der Gebirgstruppen"
commands="3. Gebirgs-Division", 8. Armee
unit=
battles=World War I
* Battle of Verdun
World War II
awards= Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=Red Cross

Hans Kreysing (17 August 1890 – 14 April 1969) was a German general who commanded the "3. Gebirgs-Division". He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Awards

* House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with Swords
* Iron Cross (1914) II. and I. Class
* Hanseatenkreuz, Hamburg
* Bavarian Military Order of Merit IV. Class with Swords
* Wound Badge (1918) in Black
* Cross of Honor
* Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Class
* Clasp to the Iron Cross II. and I. Class (24 November 1939)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (29 May 1940)
** Oak Leaves (20 January 1943)
** Swords (13 April 1944)
* Order of the Cross of Liberty I. Class with Swords
* Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 18 February 1944

References

* Berger, Florian: "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges" (With oak leaves and swords: the highest decorated soldiers of World War II). Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5. de icon
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer: "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945" (The holders of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 1939–1945). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5. de icon
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit: "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II" (The German Cross 1930–1945: History and holders, vol. 2). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X. de icon

External links

* [http://www.historic.de/Militar/Personen/Kreysing/Kreysing.htm Hans Kreysing @ historic.de]
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/KreysingH-R.htm Hans Kreysing @ lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de]