Wondering if Tappe received a very late-war promotion to SS-Obersturmbannführer (and if so, presumably Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei). It seems likely, as he was advanced to SS-Stubaf. on 09.11.1943, and rose to regimental command late in 1944. Maybe the sort of thing that would appear in a 4.SS-Pol.Pz.Gren.Div. Kriegstagebuch (KTB) entry...? The following is what I have on him at present:
Martin T a p p e
SS-Obersturmbannführer (?)
und Oberstleutnant (?) der Schutzpolizei
Born: 10.01.1910 in Löhne / Westfalen.
Died: 19.04.1969 in Wuppertal-Barmen.
NSDAP-Nr.: 2 731 434 (Joined 01.05.1933)
SS-Nr.: 279 457 (Joined 13.10.1935)
Promotions:
01.05.1933 -- SA-Mann
13.10.1935 -- SS-Rottenführer
30.01.1936 -- SS-Unterscharführer
01.10.1936 -- SS-Scharführer
16.02.1937 -- SS-Hauptscharführer
20.04.1937 -- SS-Untersturmführer
20.04.1937 -- Leutnant der Schutzpolizei
01.10.1937 -- Gefreiter d. R.
09.11.1938 -- SS-Obersturmführer
09.11.1938 -- Oberleutnant der Schutzpolizei
30.01.1940 -- SS-Hauptsturmführer
00.00.1940 (?) -- Hauptmann der Schutzpolizei
09.11.1943 -- SS-Sturmbannführer
00.00.1943 (?) -- Major der Schutzpolizei
00.00.1945 (?) -- SS-Obersturmbannführer (? Per Veit Scherzer, E. G. Krätschmer, and Jost Schneider, this was his final rank; Mark C. Yerger states he ended the was as an SS-Sturmbannführer)
00.00.1945 (?) -- Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei (?)
Decorations & Awards:
28.03.1945 -- Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Sturmbannführer und Major der Schutzpolizei and Kdr. II.Bataillon / SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 8 / 4.SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division / VII.Panzer-Korps / Armeeoberkommando 2 / Heeresgruppe Nord, Eastern Front (based on a recommendation dated 10.02.1945 and signed by Div. Kdr. Walter Harzer) (Veit Scherzer indicates his rank was SS-Obersturmbannführer at time of award; E. G. Krätschmer gives SS-Obersturmbannführer und Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei; Jost Schneider gives SS-Sturmbannführer und Major der Schutzpolizei)
24.03.1945 -- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as SS-Sturmbannführer and Fhr. SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 8 / 4.SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division (based on a recommendation dated 22.10.1944 and signed by his predecessor as Rgt. Kdr., Helmut Dörner)
03.10.1941 -- 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
20.08.1941 -- 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
29.07.1940 -- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
01.11.1941 -- Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber (Award date per document “Abschrift Personal-Nachweis für Führer der Waffen-SS” submitted by Tappe, providing basic data on his career, awards, etc.; Date given in his Ritterkreuz and Deutsches Kreuz recommendations is 27.06.1943)
00.00.194_ -- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber
30.09.1941 -- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
14.08.1942 -- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”
[01.12.1937] -- Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Bronze
[01.12.1937] -- SA-Sportabzeichen in Bronze
00.00.19__ -- Abzeichen der Deutschen Lebensrettungsgesellschaft- DLRG- in Bronze
[01.12.1937] -- Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
00.00.193_ -- SS-Zivilabzeichen (Nr. 166 041)
00.12.1937 (?) -- Julleuchter der SS
With thanks in advance for any help,
~ Mike
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Here is a bad photo of Martin Tappe from his SSO
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Re: Martin Tappe, RK/DKiG - Final Rank...?
Wolfgang Venohr (1925-2005), a former member of LSAH, writes in his book "Die Abwehrschlacht" (2002) about his internment after the war in the Neungamme camp: "Kommandant des Offizierslagers war Ritterkreuzträger SS-Obersturmbannführer Tappe." (p.229)
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