Willy Marienfeld

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Years of service 1914–44 Name Willy Marienfeld		Commands held Grenadier-Regiment 658 Service/branch German Army
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Rank Oberstleutnant der Reserves Battles/wars World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942) Battle of the Caucasus Kuban bridgehead Crimean Offensive (1944) Died June 7, 1944, Constanta, Romania Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Willy Marienfeld (1 October 1895 – 7 June 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant der Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Willy Marienfeld died from wounds on 7 June 1944 in Constanta, Romania.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)

2nd Class

1st Class

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (16 September 1939)

1st Class (3 July 1940)

Eastern Front Medal

Crimea Shield

Kuban Shield

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 17 August 1942 as Major der Reserves and commander of II./Infanterie-Regiment 123

482nd Oak Leaves on 25 May 1944 as Major der Reserves and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 123

References

Willy Marienfeld Wikipedia

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