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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. Bibliography.
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Heinz Meyer
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Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (23 May 1940) 1st Class (21 June 1941) Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (20 September 1942) Cuff title "Kreta" (20 May 1943) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (20 February 1944) German Cross in Gold on 21 June 1943 as Oberleutnant in the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 8 April 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and chief of the 8./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 654th Oak Leaves on 18 November 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and leader of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15.
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September 22, 1987 (aged 71) -
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Germany -
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