Doctor Juris The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Franz Beyer was captured in 1945 and was released in 1947. In 1956 he was co-publisher of the political journal Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik (Papers for German and international politics).
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Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 October 1915) 1st Class (16 June 1918) Wound Badge (1914) in Black Friedrich August Cross 2nd Class with Swords (22 August 1916) Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th Class with Swords (20 December 1916) Albert Order 2nd Class with Swords (6 December 1917) Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1 November 1934) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 September 1939) 1st Class (1 October 1939) Eastern Front Medal Infantry Assault Badge Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 131.
