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Wolfgang Meinhold

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Wolfgang Meinhold

Years of service
  
1937–45

Service/branch
  
German Army, Waffen-SS

Rank
  
Major of the Reserves (Wehrmacht) Sturmbannfuhrer (Waffen SS)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942) Battle of the Caucasus Kuban bridgehead

Died
  
April 3, 1945, Uelzen, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Unit
  
Grenadier-Regiment „Konig Karl“ (5. Wurttembergisches) Nr. 123

Battles and wars
  
World War II, Invasion of Poland

Dr. Wolfgang Meinhold (8 October 1902 – 3 April 1945) was a highly decorated Major of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (3 July 1940)
  • 1st Class (2 August 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black or Silver
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Crimea Shield
  • Kuban Shield
  • German Cross in Gold (26 September 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 May 1943 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 123

    • References

    Wolfgang Meinhold Wikipedia
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