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Werner Meyer
File:WernerMeyer1.jpg
Born (1919-09-18)18 September 1919
Died 17 August 1996(1996-08-17) (aged 76)
Place of birth Pasewalk
Place of death Kirchbarkau near Kiel
Allegiance Flag of German Reich (1935–1945) Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Flag of Germany West Germany
Service/branch Flag Schutzstaffel Waffen-SS
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[]

Notes[]

  1. According to Scherzer as leader of the 1./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9.[2]

References[]

Citations
  1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 310.
  2. Scherzer 2007, p. 542.
Bibliography
  • Berger, Florian. Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold. Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2004. ISBN 3-9501307-3-X.
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.

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