title: August Dieckmann
text: # August Dieckmann
  
  August Hinrich Dieckmann (29 May 1912 – 10 October 1943) was a commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * SS Degen (13 September 1936)
  * Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (28 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 June 1940)
  * German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer in the I./SS-Regiment "Germania"
  * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
     * Knight's Cross on 23 April 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Regiment "Germania"
     * 233rd Oak Leaves on 16 April 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Germania"
     * 39th Swords on 10 October 1943 (posthumous) as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"
  