4th SS POLIZEI PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION

4th SS POLIZEI PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION
4th SS POLIZEI PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION

Abbreviated Name:
4. SS Polizei-PG-Div

Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)

Formed:
1st October 1939

Disbanded:
8th May 1945

Linage:
Polizei-Division 1st October 1939
SS-Polizei-Division 24th February 1942
SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division 6th June 1943
4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division 31st October 1943

Commanders:
SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch 15th November 1939 to 1st September 1940)
SS-Standartenführer (Colonel) Konrad Ritzer 1st September 1940 to 8th September 1940
SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch 8th September 1940 to 10th November 1940
SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Arthur Mülverstadt 10th November 1940 to 10th August 1941
SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei Emil Höring 16th August 1941 to 18th August 1941
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Walter Krüger 18th August 1941 to 15th December 1941
SS-Standartenführer Alfred Wünnenberg 15th December 1941 to 14th May 1942
SS-Oberführer Alfred Borchert 15th May 1942 to 18th July 1942
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Alfred Wünnenberg 19th July 1942 to 10th June 1943
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Fritz Schmedes 10th June 1943 to 5th July 1943
SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge 5th July 1943 to 18th August 1943
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Fritz Freitag 18th August 1943 to 20th October 1943
SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock 20th October 1943 to 19th April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Jürgen Wagner 19th April 1944 to May 1944
SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock May 1944 to 7th May 1944
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Hebert Ernst Vahl 7th May 1944 to 22nd July 1944
SS-Standartenführer Karl Schümers 22nd July 1944 to 16th August 1944
SS-Oberführer Helmut Dörner 16th August 1944 to 22nd August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Fritz Schmedes 22nd August 1944 to 27th November 1944
SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer 27th November 1944 to 1st March 1945
SS-Standartenführer Fritz Göhler 1st March 1945 to March 1945
SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer March 1945 to 8th May 1945

Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Luga
Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
Oder
Belgrade
Pomerania

Served:
Luxembourg
Belgium
France
Russia
Poland
Greece
Yugoslavia
Romania
Hungary
Czechoslovakia

Unit Structure August 1944:
Divisional Staff
7th Polizei SS Grenadier Regiment (Motorised)
8th Polizei SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Motorised)
4th SS Polizei Reconnaissance Battalion
4th SS Polizei Sturmgeschütz Battalion
4th Polizei SS Artillery Regiment
4th SS Polizei Flak Battalion
4th SS Polizei Pioneer Battalion (Motorised)
4th SS Polizei Signals Battalion
4th SS Polizei Feld Ersatz Battalion
4th SS Polizei Supply Battalion
4th SS Polizei Administration Battalion (Motorised)
4th SS Polizei Medical Battalion