serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1934 -- 45 heer schwere-panzer-abteilung 509 ii . / panzer-regiment 2 bonn 25 january 2002 dresden nazi germany knight justice , order of saint john 's cross of the iron cross knight of world war ii 2 february 1915 major hannibal von lüttichau
 hannibal siegfried wolff curt von lüttichau
hannibal von lüttichau

hannibal siegfried wolff curt von lüttichau -lrb- 2 february 1915 -- 25 january 2002 -rrb- was a highly decorated major in the wehrmacht during world war ii .
he was also a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
at the end of the war , he is credited with persuading the ss troops occupying tegernsee to withdraw , saving the town from devastation .
