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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 1890 Grosspelken 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 War Second World War Operation 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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