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Mayer, Johannes
- Date of birth:
- September 6th, 1893 (Stepenitz-Ostpriegnitz/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 7th, 1963 (Hamburg/Lowersaxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
Biography
Johannes Mayer finally reached the rank of General der Infanterie.
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1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuzes 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1940
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 24th August 1915.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1940
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 16th December 1916.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 501 / 290.Infanterie-Division / X.Armee-Korps / 16.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
- Awarded on:
- September 13th, 1941
484th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 16th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 329.Infanterie-Division / VIII.Armee-Korps / 16.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
- Awarded on:
- April 13th, 1944
453rd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 329.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 23rd, 1944
89th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 18th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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