Werner Buxa
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Werner Buxa
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Born | Memel, East Prussia (modern Lithuania) |
16 October 1916
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Ölbronn-Dürrn |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
Service/ |
Heer |
Years of service | 1938–45 1960's–70's |
Rank | Hauptmann (Wehrmacht) Oberstleutnant of the Reserves (Bundeswehr) |
Commands held | I./Grenadier-Regiment 44 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Werner Buxa (16 October 1916 – 20 May 1998) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberstleutnant of the Reserves 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
- Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle clasp (October 1938)
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (17 August 1941)
- 1st Class (14 November 1942)
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black (1 December 1939)
- in Silver (22 April 1943)
- Eastern Front Medal (14 August 1942)
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (1 November 1941)
- Close Combat Clasp
- in Bronze (8 June 1944)
- German Cross in Gold on 19 August 1944 as Hauptmann in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 44[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 March 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 44[2]
- Ärmelband Kurland
- Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) (1991)
- Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- Prussian Shield (East Prussia Country Association, 1991)
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Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1998 deaths
- People from Klaipėda
- People from East Prussia
- German military personnel of World War II
- German Army personnel
- Recipients of the Close Combat Clasp
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- German prisoners of war
- World War II prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom