Werner Buxa

Werner Buxa (16 October 1916 – 20 May 1998) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberstleutnant der Reserve in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

 * Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle clasp (October 1938)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (17 August 1941)
 * 1st Class (14 November 1942)
 * Wound Badge (1939)
 * in Black (1 December 1939)
 * in Silver (22 April 1943)
 * Eastern Front Medal (14 August 1942)
 * Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (1 November 1941)
 * Close Combat Clasp
 * in Bronze (8 June 1944)
 * German Cross in Gold (19 August 1944)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 March 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 44
 * Ärmelband Kurland
 * Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) (1991)
 * Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
 * Prussian Shield (East Prussia Country Association, 1991)