Original Postwar Signature of Werner Meyer. Werner Meyer (18.09.1919 † 17.08.1996) earned the Ritterkreuz on May 4, 1944 as SS-Obersturmführer und Führer of the 1. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 9 “Germania” of the 5. SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking”. He also earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on November 21, 1943 and Nahkampfspange in Gold on April 12, 1944 as SS-Obersturmführer und Führer of the 1. Kompanie/ SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 9 “Germania”. Measuring 8×12 cm.