Wernig, Emil
- Date of birth:
- March 28th, 1920 (Idar-Oberstein, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 20th, 1943 (Near Tscherkassy, Soviet-Union)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Emil Wernig finally reached the rank of Oberleutnant.
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Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter (Corporal)
- Unit:
- 12. / Infanterie-Regiment 105
- Awarded on:
- May 1st, 1941
Silver version
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter (Corporal)
- Unit:
- 12. / Infanterie-Regiment 105
- Awarded on:
- September 15th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Obergefreiter (Corporal)
- Unit:
- 12. / Infanterie-Regiment 105
- Awarded on:
- February 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- 12. / Infanterie-Regiment 105
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- 12. / Infanterie-Regiment 105
- Awarded on:
- August 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- 12. / Infanterie-Regiment 105
- Awarded on:
- August 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 4. / Grenadier-Regiment 105
- Awarded on:
- June 25th, 1943
“… The Führer has furthermore awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to Feldwebel Emil Wernig, Zugführer in a Grenadier-Regiment. Feldwebel Wernig served as a Zugführer in a Trier Grenadier-Regiment during the fighting for the city of Ssewsk. In this time he managed to defeat a powerful enemy counterattack by climbing onto the roof of a house with a machine-gun. From here (and undeterred by the strong enemy fire) he shot up the oncoming Bolsheviks one after another from an open firing position.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Valentin Fetzer
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Internationale Militaria Magazine, Nr 110, November/Dezember 2003, Verlag Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2003
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Der Führer: Das Hauptorgan der NSDAP Gau Baden
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