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Eckart Afheldt

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Years of service
  
1939–451956–81

Name
  
Eckart Afheldt

Service/branch
  
German Army


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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany

Rank
  
Hauptmann (Wehrmacht)Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
II./Jager-Regiment 2 "Brandenburg"

Battles/wars
  
World War IIBalkans CampaignEastern Front

Died
  
December 3, 1999, Munich, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Balkan Campaign, Eastern Front, World War II

Eckart Afheldt (15 August 1921 – 3 December 1999) was a soldier of the Brandenburgers in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a Brigadegeneral in the Bundeswehr of West Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1981 as a Brigadegeneral.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 May 1941) & 1st Class (16 October 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 March 1945 as Oberleutnant and commander of II./Jäger-Regiment 2 "Brandenburg"

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