Emil Seibold entered the SS in April 1940 with the SS-Totenkopf-Standarte and experienced his first combat in the infantry. In November 1940 he was t transferred to the division and joined the 3/Pz-Jager Abteilung as a motorcycle driver and became a gun commander in the same Kompanie. In March 1943 the remnants of the Abteilung were given T-34's and formed into the III. Abteilung. Seibold scored many kills in his T-34 and went on to become one of the divisions most successful Tank Aces. He was awarded one of the last KC of Das Reich after scoring his 65th kill.