Bern Oskar von Baer (20 March 1911 – 27 November 1981) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr of West Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (29 May 1940) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 13 January 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) and Ia (operations officer) of the 16. Panzer-Division 761st Oak Leaves on 28 February 1945 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab and chief of Stab/Fallschirmjäger-Panzer-Korps "Hermann Göring" Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (20 March 1968)

Bern von Baer

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1911 births

1981 deaths

Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union

Military personnel from Berlin

Military personnel from the Province of Brandenburg

Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Major generals of the German Army

Bern von Baer