Max Chmel

Max Chmel
Born	3 May 1915(1915-05-03) Eiglau
Died	18 April 1945(1945-04-18) (aged 29) Müncheberg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1940–1945
Rank	Unteroffizier
Unit	8./Grenadier-Regiment 200 (mot.)
Battles/wars	World War II Italian Campaign Battle of the Seelow Heights
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Chmel (3 May 1915 – 18 April 1945) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier 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. Max Chmel was killed on 18 April 1945 in Müncheberg during the Battle of the Seelow Heights.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Knight's Cross on 18 November 1944 as Obergefreiter and Gruppenführer in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 200 (mot.)^[1]

References

Citations

1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 130.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• World War 2 Awards.com

Persondata
Name	Chmel, Max
Alternative names
Short description	German soldier and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	3 May 1915
Place of birth	Eiglau, German Empire
Date of death	18 April 1945
Place of death	Müncheberg, Germany