Theodor Wisch

Theodor Peter Johann Wisch (13 December 1907 – 11 January 1995) was a German Waffen-SS general and a member of the Nazi Party of Nazi Germany. He was a commander of 1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) during World War II. He held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS and was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. After having been badly wounded in combat in the Falaise Pocket on 20 August 1944, Wisch was replaced as commander of the LSSAH Division by SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke.

Awards

 * Anschluss Medal
 * Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (24 September 1939)
 * 1st Class (8 November 1939)
 * Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
 * Wound Badge in Silver
 * Order of the Crown of Romania
 * German Cross in Gold on 25 February 1943 as SS-Standartenführer in the 2. Panzergrenadier-Regiment SS-Panzergrenadier-Division LSSAH
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
 * Knight's Cross on 15 September 1941 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./LSSAH
 * 393rd Oak Leaves on 12 February 1944 as SS-Brigadeführer and commander of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH
 * 94th Swords on 30 August 1944 as SS-Brigadeführer and commander of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 31 December 1943