MERTEL, Josef
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Mertel, Josef Date of birth:  October 15th, 1922 (Godlricht, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: July 9th, 1943         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: January 20th, 1944         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Unteroffizier (Junior Sergeant) Unit: Gruppenführer 2. / Grenadier-Regiment 62 Awarded on: December 5th, 1944         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Unteroffizier (Junior Sergeant) Unit: Gruppenführer 2. / Grenadier-Regiment 62 Awarded on: January 7th, 1945         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht. - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.