Franz Scheidies

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Years of service 1905–42 Unit 12th Infantry Division Service/branch German Army		Died April 7, 1942 Name Franz Scheidies
Born 22 December 1890Grosspelken near Tilsit, East Prussia ( 1890-12-22 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Rank Generalmajor (posthumously promoted) Battles/wars First World WarSecond World WarOperation Barbarossa Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Operation Barbarossa, World War II Commands held Infantry Regiment 9 Potsdam, 61st Infantry Division

Franz Scheidies (22 December 1890 – 7 April 1942) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Scheidis was killed by a Soviet sniper on 7 April 1942.

Awards

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment "C" (Divisions Stab z.b.V. 444)

43rd Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 22

References

Franz Scheidies Wikipedia

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