Wilhelm Meisel

Infobox Military Person
name=Wilhelm Meisel
born=birth date|1893|11|4|df=y
died=dda|1974|9|7|1893|11|4|df=y
placeofbirth=Zwickau
placeofdeath=Mülheim


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1919)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|German Empire
navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1914-1945
rank=Admiral
commands=heavy cruiser "Admiral Hipper"
unit=SMS "Hertha"
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Wilhelm Meisel (4 November 1893 – 7 September 1974) was a Admiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1914)
** 2nd Class (17 March 1915)
** 1st Class (15 April 1917)
* Spanish Cross in Silver (6 June 1939)
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (26 October 1939)
** 1st Class (8 May 1940)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (26 February 1941)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.