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| rdfs:comment | - Max Wandrey (8 April 1910 – 21 February 1945) was a highly decorated Major der Reserve of the Brandenburgers in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Max Wandrey was wounded on 20 February 1945 after hitting a landmine. He died on 21 February 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 16 March 1945.
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| Commands | - II./Jäger-Regiment 1 "Brandenburg"
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| Battles | - World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Battle of France
*Operation Barbarossa
*Battle of Smolensk (1941)
*Battle of Moscow
*Battles of Rzhev
*Dodecanese Campaign
*Battle of Leros
*Battle of Memel
*Vistula–Oder Offensive
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| abstract | - Max Wandrey (8 April 1910 – 21 February 1945) was a highly decorated Major der Reserve of the Brandenburgers in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Max Wandrey was wounded on 20 February 1945 after hitting a landmine. He died on 21 February 1945 and was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 16 March 1945.
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