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Friedrich Karl Nokel

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Commands held
  
II./Panzer-Regiment 31

Years of service
  
1939–45 1956–75

Name
  
Friedrich-Karl Nokel

Born
  
2 June 1917 Langenberg (
1917-06-02
)

Died
  
17 October 1998(1998-10-17) (aged 81) Neumunster

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Oberst (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr)

Friedrich-Karl Nokel (2 June 1917 – 17 October 1998) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr. 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

  • Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (5 November 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (25 February 1942)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (18 March 1943)
  • in Silver
  • Eastern Front Medal (15 August 1942)
  • Panzer Badge
  • I Class (26 May 1940)
  • II Class "25" (11 July 1944)
  • III Class "50" (22 September 1944)
  • IV Class "75" (4 December 1944)
  • German Cross in Gold (2 April 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 September 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and commander of II./Panzer-Regiment 31

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