Career
Doctor of Economics The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Zahn served under Erwin Rommel in North Africa and was on one of the few planes leaving North Africa that was not shot down. He then fought on the Eastern Front.
Eberhard Zahn was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 and escaped a few weeks later.
He traveled to the west until he encountered United States forces and surrendered to them. Zahn was the Chief Executive Officer of the Ruhr-Stickstoff Aktiengesellschaft in Bochum from 1957 until his retirement.
Iron Cross (1939) Panzer Badge Bibliography.