Meierdrees Receives Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross
October 5, 1943: Sturmbannführer-SS Hubert-Erwin Meierdrees receives the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross from Adolf Hitler personally for his many battle exploits. Meierdrees served with the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and the SS-Verfügungs-Division before joining the SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf, with which he served until he was KIA in January 1945 when his Panther tank exploded following a direct hit.
