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Wilhelm Niggenmeyer (9 May 1918 – 14 February 2008) was a German officer who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II and in the postwar Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He participated in making of ''Männer gegen Panzer'', 1943 German film, about different types of infantry anti-tank warfare. ==Awards and decorations== * Iron Cross (1939) * * 2nd Class (16 August 1941)〔Thomas 1998, p. 121.〕 * * 1st Class (8 September 1941)〔 * 4 Tank Destruction Badge * * 2 in Silver (25 August 1942)〔 * * 2 in Silver (31 January 1943)〔 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves * * Knight's Cross on 18 September 1942 as ''Leutnant'' of the Reserves and leader 2./Pionier-Bataillon 26〔Scherzer 2007, p. 570.〕 * * 241st Oak Leaves on 17 May 1943 as ''Oberleutnant'' of the Reserves and battalion adjutant of Pionier-Bataillon 26〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilhelm Niggenmeyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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