Franz Beyer (general)

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|name=Franz Beyer

|birth_date=27 May 1892

|death_date={{death date and age|1968|10|15|1892|5|27|df=y}}

|birth_place=Bautzen, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire

|death_place=Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, West Germany

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|caption=Franz Beyer

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|rank=40px General of the Infantry

|commands=XVII. Armeekorps
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XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps
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World War II

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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)Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 467.
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 131Scherzer 2007, p. 220.

References

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{{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=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

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

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