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Hermann von Wedel

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Years of service
  
1911–19 1935–44

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Hermann Wedel

Other work
  
Police officer

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1919)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 590 10. Feld-Division (L)

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Eastern Front Battle of Narva (1944)

Died
  
February 5, 1944, Tartu, Estonia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France, Eastern Front, Battle of Narva, World War II

Hermann von Wedel (27 July 1893 – 5 February 1944) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Wedel was wounded during the Battle of Narva and died in hospital in Dorpat, Estonia on 5 February 1944.

Awards

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 June 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 590
  • References

    Hermann von Wedel Wikipedia