Date of birth:

October 4th, 1920 (Lichtentanne/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

March 28th, 1984 (Schiltach/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Service number:

423 802 (SS-Nr.)

Nationality:

German

Werner Metz was buried at the Stadtfriedhof in Schiltach.

Promotions:
June 21st, 1942: SS-Untersturmführer;
June 21st, 1944: SS-Obersturmführer.

Career:
May 1st, 1933 - January 30th, 1938: Hitlerjugend;
February 1st, 1938 - March 31st, 1939: S.A.;
October 25th, 1938: Eintritt SS;
April 1st, 1939 - September 10th, 1939: Reichs Arbeitsdienst;
November 1st, 1941 - March 30th, 1942: SS-Schule Tölz;
June 21st, 1942 - March 1st, 1943: SS- Division "Wiking"'
March 1st, 1943 - June 6th, 1943: SS-Pionier-Ausbildungs und Ersatz Bataillon 1;
June 6th, 1943 - September 15th, 1943: Pionier-Bataillon / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking";
September 15th, 1943 - January 27th, 1944: SS-Pionier-Ausbildungs und Ersatz Bataillon 1;
January 27th, 1944 - December 11th, 1944: SS-Pionierschule;
December 11th, 1944 - December 9th, 1944: Führer Lehrschule;
December 10th, 1944: SS-Pionier-Ausbildungs-Bataillon 2.

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• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
• Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection
  
• - DÖRR, M., Die Träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer - Luftwaffe - Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Bisendorf, 2006.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
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