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Fedor Apelt

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Years of service
  
1922–45

Name
  
Fedor Apelt

Rank
  
Oberst

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 102

Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Uman Battle of Kiev (1941) Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942) Siege of Leningrad Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive

Died
  
April 15, 1988, Buckeburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Fedor Johannes Alfred Apelt (14 October 1904 – 15 April 1988) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd Class (2 October 1936)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (27 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (8 June 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (29 September 1942)
  • in Silver (23 January 1945)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (20 October 1941)
  • Eastern Front Medal (7 August 1942)
  • Crimea Shield (30 December 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 12 March 1942 as Major in the III./Infanterie-Regiment 32
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 February 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 102

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