Werner Meyer (SS officer)
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Werner Meyer | |
---|---|
File:WernerMeyer1.jpg | |
Born | Pasewalk |
18 September 1919
Died | 17 August 1996 Kirchbarkau near Kiel |
(aged 76)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Service/branch | ![]() |
Years of service | 1938–1945 |
Rank | Hauptsturmführer Oberstleutnant of the Reserves |
Unit | 1./SS-PzGrenRgt 9 "Germania" |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Close Combat Clasp in Gold |
Werner Meyer (18 September 1919 in Pasewalk – 17 August 1996 in Kirchbarkau near Kiel) was a highly decorated German Waffen-SS Captain.
He was one of 98 soldiers to have been awarded both the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Close Combat Clasp in Gold.
Awards
- Wound Badge in Gold
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold (21 November 1943)
- Close Combat Clasp in Gold
- Bronze (1 August 1943)
- Silver (30 January 1944)
- Gold (12 April 1945)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 May 1944 as SS-Obersturmführer and leader of the 1./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"[1][Note 1]
Notes
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Berger, Florian. Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold. Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2004. ISBN 3-9501307-3-X.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> - Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=
ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
External links
- "Werner Meyer". Ritterkreuzträger 1939–45 (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
![]() |
This biographical article related to the military of Germany is a stub. You can help Infogalactic by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages with citations using unsupported parameters
- CS1 maint: unrecognized language
- 1919 births
- 1996 deaths
- People from Pasewalk
- SS-Hauptsturmführer
- Recipients of the Close Combat Clasp
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- People from the Province of Pomerania
- Waffen-SS personnel
- All stub articles
- German military personnel stubs