Möws, Gerhard (Kradschützen-Bataillon 22)

Date of birth:: July 7th, 1915 (Krangen/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:: April 16th, 2011 (Meisenheim/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Dienstauszeichnung für den Reichsarbeitsdienst 4 Jahre

Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

in silver

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: Chef, 3. Kompanie, Kradschützen-Bataillon 22, 2. Infanterie-Division (mot.)
Awarded on:: November 1st, 1942

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 13.11.1942) describes why Möws received the Knight’s Cross…

“During the middle of this past September, in the area south of Lake Ladoga, Oberleutnant Möws stormed a Bolshevik mortar position at the head of an assault unit. Afterwards he and his men rolled up the enemy defenses in the sector. This bold action enabled the other assault groups in the area to reach their assigned objectives.”

Sources

Photo: Todd Foster
- Ritterkreuz Archiv Nr. II/11, Scherzer Militaer-Verlag, 2011, Ranis, ISSN 1866-4709
- Kösliner Zeitung (Edition 314)