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Werner Freiherr von Beschwitz

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Years of service
  
1936–45 1956–73

Died
  
May 25, 2011

Rank
  
Major, Oberst

Name
  
Werner von

Service/branch
  
German Army


Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Commands held
  
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505

Battles/wars
  
World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Bobruysk Offensive

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Anschluss, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Maximilian Richard Hans Christoph Werner Freiherr von Beschwitz (19 January 1915 – 25 May 2011) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst (colonel) 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. Beschwitz joined the postwar Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1973 as an Oberst.

Awards and decorations

  • Anschluss Medal (8 November 1938)
  • Sudetenland Medal (25 October 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (22 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (27 May 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (9 November 1943)
  • Panzer Badge
  • in Silver (24 June 1940)
  • II Class (10 December 1943)
  • III Class (5 December 1944)
  • Eastern Front Medal (30 July 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 15 December 1941 as Oberleutnant in the 7./Panzer-Regiment 3
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 July 1944 as Major and commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505

    • References

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