Manfred Büttner

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Manfred Büttner
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1992-018-25A, Hauptmann Manfred Büttner.jpg
Born (1921-02-15)15 February 1921
Spittelndorf
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Plön
Allegiance Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch RAD (1939–40)
Luftwaffe (1940–45)

Heer (1956–73)
Years of service 1939–45
1956–73
Rank Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel (Wehrmacht)
Hauptmann (Bundeswehr)
Unit Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 26
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Manfred Büttner (15 February 1921 – 29 May 1992) was a highly decorated Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II and a Hauptmann in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and Decorations

Notes

  1. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Gerhard von Seemen in his second edition of the Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945 from 1976 quotes that Manfred Büttner is listed by Böhmler Fallschirmjäger, 1. Auflage.[3] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel states about Büttner in his book: "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients exist, who do not have official evidence in the National Archives, but are members of the Bundeswehr and claimed to be Knight's Cross recipients. This claim in some cases was investigated by the Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD—Military Counterintelligence Service ) and accepted." Büttner was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[4][5]

References

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 36.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 127.
  3. Von Seemen 1976, p. 379.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 27.
  5. Scherzer 2007, p. 125.

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