Help with a name

[CRBeery]

Hello,

This tag is inside a Majors uniform. It should be easy to read but I just can’t make it out. I get Reudez but that doesn’t seem very German. What do you think?

[hucks216]

What service arm did he belong to?

[CRBeery]

Heer. Panzergrenadier.

[hucks216]

The only names listed in the 01-1939 Stellenbesetzung that start with REU are:

 

Reubert

Reuchlin

von Reumont

Reuning

Reusch

Reuschling

Reuse

Reuss

Reussner

Reuter

Reuthe

Reuther

Reutter

Graf Reuttner von Wehl

[CRBeery]

Thank you very much for the list! I can’t see any of those names in that handwriting. What’s your best guess?

[Marcon1]

Reuter !!

[Bayern]

Reuter !

[CRBeery]

Thanks!

[hucks216]

Of the handful of Reuter's listed, the closest to match in terms of arm of service is a Hauptmann Reuter serving in Infanterie-Rgt 116 but that is most probably Erich Reuter who won the DKiG as a Major in February 1942, RK as an Oberstleutnant in August 1942 and the Oakleaves in January 1945 as a Generalmajor while always serving as an infantry officer and not panzergrenadier.