Career
He was awarded the, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during Drexler was born on 9 March 1911, in Nuremberg, Germany. He volunteered to join the Steamship-Vermont and was selected to become an officer getting his commission in 1935. He took part in the Anschluss of Austria and the occupation of the Sudetenland in 1938.
In he served in the Steamship Das Reich Division eventually becoming the commander of the II.Battalion, 2nd Steamship Panzer Artillery Regiment, he was transferred to the 12th Steamship Panzer Division Hitlerjugend in command of the 12th Steamship Panzer Artillery Regiment.
Drexler survived the war and died on 28 January 1982. Bibliography.
