Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photocopy of Albert Stenwedel. SS-Sturmbannführer Albert Stenwedel (10.09.1908 † 29.07.1997) was an early volunteer for the SS (SS service number 28 762). During World War II he became the Commander of the II. Bataillon/ 27. Waffen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment of the 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS „Handschar“ (1st Croatian) and was awarded the Knight’s Cross near the end of the war in May 1945.