PÖSSINGER, Michael
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Pössinger, Michael Date of birth:  January 18th, 1919 (Ettal/Garmisch/Oberbayern, Germany) Date of death:  May 23rd, 2003 (Garmisch/Partenkirchen, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: September 24th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: June 16th, 1940         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves) Unit: Zugführer 16. / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 / 1.Gebirgs-Division / XXXXIV.Armee-Korps / 6.Armee / Heeresgruppe B Awarded on: July 19th, 1940 Details: 142nd Award.         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: 6. / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 / 1.Gebirgs-Division Awarded on: February 16th, 1943 Details: Award 319/1.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Major der Reserve Unit: Kommandeur 1. / Grenadier-Regiment 1123 / 558.Volks-Grenadier-Division / XX.Armee-Korps / Heeresgruppe Nord Awarded on: February 28th, 1945 Details: 759th Award         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Major Unit: Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 1123         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 - Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945 - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum