Johannes Mayer

Infobox Military Person
name=Dr. rer. pol. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Mayer
lived =birth date|1893|9|6|df=y — death date and age|1963|8|7|1893|9|6|df=y
placeofbirth=Stepenitz, Province of Brandenburg
placeofdeath=Hamburg


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1914-1945
rank=General der Infanterie
commands= Infanterie-Regiment 501
329. Infanterie-Division
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=Engineer

Dr. rer. pol. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Mayer (6 September 1893 – 7 August 1963) was a German General of the Infantry, serving during World War II.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1914)
** 2nd Class (24 August 1915)
** 1st Class (16 December 1916)
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (6 June 1940)
** 1st Class (9 June 1940)
* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (13 September 1941)
** 453. Oak Leaves (13 April 1944)
** 89. Swords (23 August 1944)
* Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (16 March 1944, 18 July 1944)

References

* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/M/MayerJ.htm Johannes Mayer @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]