Meisel, Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- November 4th, 1891 (Zwickau, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 7th, 1974 (Mülheim, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitän zur See (Navy Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandant Schwerer Kreuzer "Admiral Hipper"
- Awarded on:
- February 26th, 1941
“Kapitän zur See Meisel, operating as the captain of a German cruiser on the high seas, has sunk a total of 86000 GRT worth of enemy shipping. The courage and drive of the captain as well as his exemplary crew are to be credited for this notable success.”
Kyuokujitsu sho, 2nd Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1915
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 26th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 8th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 1st, 1941
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
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