Georg Bleher

Georg Bleher (4 February 1919 in Langenau-Ulm – 25 February 2013) was a German Oberleutnant of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 October 1941) & 1st Class (17 October 1942)
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (10 February 1942)
• Eastern Front Medal (12 July 1942)
• Close Combat Clasp in Bronze (1 August 1944)
• German Cross in Gold on 9 March 1945 as Leutnant of the Reserves in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 358^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 May 1945 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and adjutant of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 358.^[2]

References

Citations

1. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 45.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 225.

Bibliography

• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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 Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.