serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1913 -- 18 1936 -- 45 1951 -- 53 heer bundesgrenzschutz 25 panzerkorps xxvi . armeekorps lxxii . armeekorps . infanterie-division 25 . panzergrenadier division lvi . stuttgart , baden-württemberg , west germany 3 november 1976 bossendorf alsace , france , alsace-lorraine , german empire now bossendorf , german to 1945 -rrb- west germany empire -lrb- to 1918 -rrb- nazi germany -lrb- knight leaves grand cross of the order of merit of the 's federal republic of germany cross of the iron cross with oak world war i world war ii 11 november 1891 general der infanterie -lrb- '' wehrmacht '' -rrb- anton grasser
 anton grasser
anton grasser

anton grasser -lrb- 3 november 1891 -- 3 november 1976 -rrb- was a highly decorated general der infanterie in the wehrmacht during world war ii who commanded several corps .
he was also a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross and its higher grade oak leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
anton grasser was captured by allied troops in 1945 and was released in 1947 .
anton grasser joined the bundesgrenzschutz -lrb- federal border guards -rrb- in 1951 , retiring in 1953 .
in the 1950s , grasser was involved in organizing an illegal underground army set up by nazi veterans in the event of a soviet invasion of west germany .
