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Karl Neumeister

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Years of service
  
1922–45

Died
  
October 2, 1990, Austria

Rank
  
Oberst

Name
  
Karl Neumeister

Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Siege of Leningrad Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Cherkassy Pocket Hube's Pocket Battle of Debrecen

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Karl Neumeister (15 August 1903 – 2 October 1990) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II and 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

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • in Gold
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (5 October 1944)
  • German Cross in Gold (16 August 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 June 1944 as Oberst and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1

    • References

    Karl Neumeister Wikipedia
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