MERTEN, Josef
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Merten, Josef Date of birth:  June 2nd, 1911 (Lienen/Westphalia, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: January 1st, 1943         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: April 21st, 1944         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Unteroffizier d.R. (Junior Sergeant) Unit: Gruppenführer 10. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73 Awarded on: November 4th, 1944         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Unteroffizier d.R. (Junior Sergeant) Unit: Gruppenführer 10. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73 Awarded on: January 20th, 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.