Albert Frey (SS officer)

Albert Frey (16 February 1913 – 1 September 2003) was a mid-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH).

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (30 June 1940)
• German Cross in Gold on 17 November 1941 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in the III./Bataillon LSSAH
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment LSSAH
  • 359th Oak Leaves on 20 December 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 LSSAH

• Thomas 1997, p. 180.
• Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 122.
• ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 318.