Otto Baum

Otto Baum, (15 November 1911 in Hechingen-Stetten – 18 June 1998 in Hechingen-Stetten) was an SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel/Brigadier General) of the Waffen-SS. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

 * Wound Badge in Silver (21 August 1943)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (25 September 1939)
 * 1st Class (15 June 1940)
 * Eastern Front Medal
 * Tank Destruction Badge
 * Infantry Assault Badge (3 October 1940)
 * German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941 as SS-Sturmbannführer in the III./SS-Infanterie-Regiment 3
 * Demyansk Shield (31 December 1943)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
 * Knight's Cross on 8 May 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the III./SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3
 * 277th Oak Leaves on 22 August 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf"
 * 95th Swords on 2 September 1944 as SS-Standartenführer and commander 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 29 July 1944