Anton Bayer

Anton Bayer
Born	30 May 1914 Hamburg
Died	7 July 1996(1996-07-07) (aged 82) Hohenwarth
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1936–45
Rank	Oberfeldwebel
Unit	Grenadier-Regiment 19
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Battle of Smolensk (1943) Operation Bagration Lublin–Brest Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Anton Bayer (30 May 1914 – 7 July 1996) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Anton Bayer was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 and was held until April 1948.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (28 October 1940)
- 1st Class (17 October 1941)
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- in Silver (7 April 1945)
Infantry Assault Badge (5 November 1941)
Close Combat Clasp
- in Bronze (14 November 1943)
Eastern Front Medal
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 October 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14.(Panzer-Jäger) / Grenadier-Regiment 19^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 107.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 7th Infantry Division

Stab	Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz Fritz-Georg von Rappard (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 19	Anton Bayer Xaver Beilhack Alois Eding Rupert Forstner Georg Geiger Jakob Goldbrunner Josef Käs Ruprecht Kral Eugen Kugler Johannes Meder Max Reinwald (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Tummer Hans Vohburger Alois Weber¹ (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 61	Alois Eisele (Oak Leaves) Ernst Falk Harald Geßner Otto Hafner Hugo Laubereau Jakob Pelzer Josef Pfattischer Willi Schaffner Konrad Scharf Ludwig Streil Alois Weber¹ (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 62	Hermann Ammer Eduard Brunner (Oak Leaves) Franz Degl Johann Eisgruber Karl Hamberger Fritz Jaquet Heinz Oehl Emil Pross Georg Ritter Christian Roßfeld Johann Schmidt Wilhelm Specht

Artillerie-Regiment 7	Benedikt Fürguth Hartmut von Hößlin Ludwig Lang

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 7	Michael Lechermann Johann Straub

Aufklärungs-Abteilung 7 / Füsilier-Bataillon 7	Theodor Hotzy Alfred Konrad Karl-Heinrich Lülfing Kurt Nöbel

¹Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 19, Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 61

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