BESCHWITZ, Freiherr von, Werner
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Beschwitz, Freiherr von, Werner Date of birth:  January 19th, 1915 (Dresden/Saxony, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: September 22nd, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: May 28th, 1940         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (Lieutenant) Unit: 7. / Panzer-Regiment 3 Awarded on: December 15th, 1941         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Major Unit: Kommandeur schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 / 5.Panzer-Division / 4.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte Awarded on: July 27th, 1944 Details: Submitted on July 18th 1944. Preliminary document dated on August 3rd 1944.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher collection Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000 - 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