Walter Mix

Walter Mix
Born	(1917-12-21)21 December 1917 Deutsch-Krone
Died	17 November 2004(2004-11-17) (aged 86) Bad Bevensen
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Heer
Years of service	1937–45
Rank	Oberstleutnant of the Reserves
Commands	Grenadier-Regiment 266
Battles / wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Walter Mix (21 December 1917 – 17 November 2004) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II. 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.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 July 1941)
  • 1st Class (2 August 1941)
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (1944)
• Eastern Front Medal
• German Cross in Gold on 3 June 1942 as Leutnant of the Reserves in Infanterie-Regiment 4
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 18 December 1942 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 174
  • 405th Oak Leaves on 22 February 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 174

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht