Franz Beyer (general)

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Franz Beyer
File:Dr.jur. Franz Beyer.jpg Franz Beyer
Born	27 May 1892 Bautzen, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Died	15 October 1968(1968-10-15) (aged 76) Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Kaiserliche Marine Heer
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands	XVII. Armeekorps LVII. Panzer-Korps V. Armeekorps XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps LXXX. Armeekorps
Battles / wars	---- World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Franz Beyer (27 May 1892 – 15 October 1968) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at the divisional and corps levels. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 October 1915) & 1st Class (16 June 1918)
• Friedrich August Cross 2nd Class with Swords (22 August 1916)
• Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th Class with Swords (20 December 1916)
• Albert Order 2nd Class with Swords (6 December 1917)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1 November 1934)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 September 1939) & 1st Class (1 October 1939)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 131

References

Bibliography

• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1987). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 1: A–Be [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 1: A–Be] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1153-2.
• Blätter für Deutsche und internationale Politik, 12/2006, p. 1462