Werner Anton Explained

Werner Anton
Death Place:	Wolfsburg ---->
Allegiance:	(to 1918) (to 1920)
Branch:	Luftwaffe
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Battles:	World War I----World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Werner Rudolph Anton (3 April 1895 – 12 September 1948) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded the 6th Flak Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 February 1915) & 1st Class (22 August 1918)^[1]
Order of Albert the Bear, Knight's Cross 2nd Class with Swords Military Order of St. Henry (19 February 1916)^[1]
Military Order of St. Henry (20 November 1916)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (21 December 1934)^[1]
Anschluss Medal (16 December 1938)^[1]
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936) & 1st Class (22 August 1939)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class^[1]
Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge (12 September 1942)^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 29 April 1943 as Generalmajor and in the Flak-Division 6^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 June 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 6. Flak-Division^[3]

Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Book: 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 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.
Book: Thomas . Franz . Wegmann . Günter . 1991 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil V: Die Flugabwehrtruppen 1: A–K . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part V: The Air Defense Troops 1: A–K . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-1153-2.