Description
WARTIME KNIGHTS CROSS WINNER PORTRAIT PHOTO & SIGNATURE – MAJOR WALTER MÜLLER
Wartime portrait photo & signature. 9x13cm.
Walter Müller (July 3, 1894 – April 1954) was a German Army officer who rose from a reserve lieutenant in First World War to Oberst (Colonel) during Second World War.
Career:
- Served in World War I, earning both classes of the Iron Cross and being wounded.
- Recalled to service in 1939, initially as a company commander, later holding battalion and regimental leadership roles.
- Commanded II./Grenadier-Regiment 272 and eventually the entire regiment.
Key Achievement:
- Awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross (October 1942) as a Major for successfully stopping a Soviet breakthrough attempt south of Leningrad through decisive leadership of an improvised battle group.
Later Service & Honors:
- Promoted steadily up to Colonel by 1944.
- Received numerous awards, including the German Cross in Gold-equivalent honors (via decorations), Infantry Assault Badge, and Wound Badge in Gold.
Knight’s Cross Citation:
The Führer has awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to the Pomeranian Major der Reserve Walter Müller, Bataillon commander in a Grenadier-Regiment.
Major d. R. Walter Müller was born in Mellen (located in Kreis Regenwalde, Gau Pommern) in 1894 as the son of farmer Julius Müller. At the beginning of this past September, in the area south of Leningrad, he and a hastily assembled Kampfgruppe were able to bloodily crush an enemy breakthrough attempt thanks to Major Müller’s swift initiative and ruthless devotion to duty. Major Müller’s civilian profession is a middle-school teacher at the Hindenburg intermediate school (Cottbus).”
