Werner Wolf

Werner Wolf
Born	27 October 1915(1915-10-27) Satzung, Germany
Died	25 July 2002(2002-07-25) (aged 86) Friedsmanndorf, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1935–1945
Rank	Hauptmann of the Reserves
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Kursk Operation Bagration Minsk Offensive East Prussian Offensive Heiligenbeil Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Werner Wolf (27 October 1915 – 25 July 2002) was a highly decorated Hauptmann 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 and was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was also awarded the very rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold one of only 631 awards.

Awards and decorations

Sudetenland Medal
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (22 June 1940)
- 1st Class (25 December 1941)
Wound Badge
- in Black
- in Silver
- in Gold
Eastern Front Medal
Close Combat Clasp
- in Bronze (8 March 1943)^[1]
- in Silver (1 July 1944)^[1]
- in Gold (7 May 1945)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 February 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of MG-Bataillon 420^[2]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Berger 2004, p. 558.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 366.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Berger, Florian (2004). Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold. Selbstverlag Florian Berger ISBN 3-9501307-3-X.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Golden Close Combat Clasp

Karl Auer Johann Baichl Gregor Baunach Rudolf Becker Alfons Bialetzki Joachim Boosfeld Hermann Buchner Friedrich Buck Léon Degrelle Siegfried Deutschmann Heinrich Dittlof Anton Donnhauser Franz Dutter Hans Eckert Alois Eisele Karl-Heinrich Fink Heinz Finke Kurt Franke Erwin Frankenfeld Erich Friedrich Max Friedrich Franz Gössmann Ernst Grunau Franz Hack Martin Hackl Karl Hamberger Max Hansen Lorenz Harthan Rüdiger Hertel Bruno Hinz Franz Hofbauer Friedrich Holzer Fritz Jacobeit Hermann-Gustav Jochims Hans Juchem Franz Juschkat Vinzenz Kaiser Helmut Kämpfe Traugott Kempas Kurt Klein Gustav Knittel Günther Konopacki Gerhard Konopka Bernhard Kranz Helmut Kroeg Ernst Kutschkau Josef Lainer Waldemar Lehmann Alfred Lex Friedrich Lindenberg Wilhelm Loos Alfred Lorenz Erich Lorenz Heinz Macher Rolf Mager Hermann Maringgele Helmut Meitzel Werner Meyer Walter Misera Siegfried Moldenauer Emil Möller Werner Möller Heinz Müller Adolf Obschil Hans-Arno Ostermeier Adolf Peichl Harry Phönix Michael Pössinger Georg Preuß Karl Radermacher Emil Rentschler Franz Richter Hans-Heinrich Richter Erich Rudnik Alfred Rutkowski Johann Sauer Otto Sawatzki Kurt Schäfer Walter Schlags-Koch Heinrich Schmelzer Ernst Schneck Gustav Schreiber Helmuth Schreiber Herbert Schulze Walter Schwanbeck Walter Seebach Herbert Singer Sylvester Stadler Rolf Tittel Otto Vincon Heinrich Volker Helmut Wandmaker Georg Wenzelburger Heinz Werner Friedrich Wimmer Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny Werner Wolff Hermann Wulf

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Persondata
Name	Wolf, Werner
Alternative names
Short description	German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	27 October 1915
Place of birth	Satzung, Germany
Date of death	25 July 2002
Place of death	Friedsmanndorf, Germany