Alfred Siegling was a Untersturmführer

Untersturmführer

Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. The rank can trace its origins to the older SA rank of Sturmführer which had existed since the founding of the SA in 1921...

 (Second Lieutenant), in the Waffen SS during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

. This award recognizes extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Alfred Siegling was born on 15 March 1918 at Erlau

Erlau

Erlau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen in Saxony in Germany....

. He volunteered to join the SS and was posted to the 2nd SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, Das Reich Division. He was awarded the Knights Cross in December 1943.
Siegling survived the war and died in West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

in September 1984.