10. SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg was mainly formed from conscripts, many them from the RAD.

It first saw action at Tanopol Apr 1944 where it took part in rescuing German troops from the Kamenets-Podolsk pocket. It was sent to Normany to fight the Allied landings. It retreated into Belgium before being sent to rest near Arnhem where they soon had to fight the Allied paratroopers who landed there.

After rebuilding it fought in the Alsace in Jan 1945 before being sent to the Eastern front where it fought the Red Army in Pomerania and later in Saxony.

Honor titles
Georg von Frundsberg (24 Sept. 1473 – 20 August 1528), somewhat one of the forefathers of modern infantry, was an Imperial military commander and leader of the Landsknechte under Maximilian I. and Karl V, who led his troops against the French, the Swiss, the Venetians and in the Low Countries. After having distinguished himself through bravery in the battle at Regensburg in 1504, the Emperor knighted him on the scene. Among others, von Frundsberg achieved victories at Bicocca (1522) and Pavia (1525).

From April 1943 to early November 1943, the division was named “Karl der Große” (Charles the Great, see 33rd division), but due to objections from Hitler, who did not count this emperor among his favorite historical personalities, it was re-named on 20 November 1943.

Holders of high awards
Holders of the German Cross in Gold (20)
Holders of the German Cross in Silver (2)
  Rösch, Georg-Waldemar, 18.04.1945, SS-Sturmbannführer, Ib 10. SS-Pz.Div. “Frundsberg”
  Schill, Gerhard, 24.11.1944, SS-Sturmbannführer, Div.Int. (IVa) 10. SS-Pz.Div. “Frundsberg”
Holders of the Honor Roll Clasp of the Heer (3)
  Gebhardt, Rolf, 00.00.1945, Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel, 1.(I.Zg)/SS-Pz.Rgt. 10
  Hummelberger, Hans, 27.06.1944, SS-Untersturmführer, 6./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 21
  Küffner, Gottfried, 25.08.1944, SS-Hauptscharführer, 2./SS-Pz.Aufkl.Abt. 10
Holders of the Knight's Cross (15, including two unofficial/unconfirmed)
Unit-Level Commendation Certificate of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army for Shooting Down Aircraft (1)
  SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 10
  Date/Place of Downing: 06.04.1944 bei Kurdwanowka
  Award Date: 01.08.1944 (517)

Order of battle

SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21

SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 22

SS-Panzer-Regiment 10

SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 10

SS-Kradschützen-Regiment 10

SS Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 10

SS Panzerjäger-Abteilung 10

SS Flak-Abteilung 10

SS Pionier-Abteilung 10

SS Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 10

SS-Verwaltungs Truppen 10

SS-Instandsetzungs Abteilung 10

SS-Sanitäts-Abteilung 10

SS-Nachschub Truppen 10

SS-Feldpostamt 10

SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 10

SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 10

Notable members

Hermann Behrends (SS-Gruppenführer, Reichstag deputy, deupty head of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, VOMI, Höhere SS und Polizeiführer Serbien, Sandschack und Montenegro 1944)

Günter Grass (author and playwright (The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, Dog Years, Crabwalk, Peeling the Onion, etc.); winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999; served as a tank gunner in the division in 1945)

Sven-Erik Olsson (the only Swedish volunteer to recieve the German Cross in Gold making him the one to recieve the highest award)

Franz Riedel (usually credited with 40+ destroyed tanks but the exact number is unknown)

Officers serving in the Einsatzgruppen and Concentration Camps
Concentration Camps 20
(includes officers serving in the Einsatzgruppen or Concentration Camps either prior to or after service in this unit)

Insignia

The "Frundsberg" cuff title was authorized for this unit Oct 1943.

Photo © Relics of the Reich

In fiction

The 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far", based on the book by Cornelius Ryan, directed by Richard Attenborough tells the story of Operation Market-Garden.

The 2009 board game "Panzerblitz: Hill of Death" designed by Darren Emge and published by Multi-Man Publishing covers the fight for Hill 112 in Normandy (Operation Jupiter).

Otto Paetsch (note "Frundsberg" cuff title), Heinz Harmel and Karl-Heinz Euling in 1945

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany)

Published sources used

John R. Angolia - Cloth insignia of the SS

Roger James Bender & Hugh Page Taylor - Uniforms, Organization and History of the Waffen-SS, vol 3

Georges M. Croisier - Waffen-SS (PDF)

Terry Goldsworthy - Valhalla's Warriors: A history of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1941-1945

Lars Gyllenhaal & Lennart Westberg - Svenskar i krig 1914-1945

Dr. K-G Klietmann - Die Waffen-SS: eine Dokumentation

Marc J. Rikmenspoel - Waffen-SS Encyclopedia

George H. Stein - The Waffen-SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War 1939-1945

Gordon Williamson & Thomas McGuirl - German military cuffbands 1784-present

Gordon Williamson - The Waffen-SS: 6. to 10. Divisions

Mark C. Yerger - Waffen-SS Commanders: The Army, corps and divisional leaders of a legend (2 vol)

Reference material on this unit

Stepahne Cazenave - Chronique de la SS-PZ-AA10

Ewald Klapdor - Die Entscheidung: Invasion 1944

Jean-Luc Leleu - 10. SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg

Rolf Michaelis - Die 10. SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg"

Rolf Michaelis - Frundsberg

Roman Ponomarenko - Пономаренко Р.О. 10-я танковая дивизия СС "Фрундсберг" (10 SS-Panzer Division "Frundsberg") (Moscow, 2009)

Wilhelm Tieke - In the Firestorm of the Last Years of the War