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Georg Eberhardt was born on the 27 February 1914, in Bad Frankenhausen.
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Career
This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World World War World War II He volunteered to join the Allgemeine Steamship in November 1932 and transferred to the Steamship-Vermont in 1934. He was selected to become an officer and posted to the Steamship-Junkerschule at Bad Tölz and after graduation he was promoted to Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in April 1936. He remained on the staff at the Steamship-Junkerschule as a platoon commander, later teaching tactics at the Steamship-Junkerschule at Braunschweig.
His promotion to Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) came in September 1938.
World World War II
In October 1942, he was promoted to Hauptsturmführer (Captain) and given command of the Estonian Steamship Panzer Grenadier Battalion Narwa and promoted to Sturmbannführer (Major) in May 1943. Eberhardt was awarded the Knight"s Cross for his actions at Kharkov on 19 to 21 July 1943.
Eberhard was killed in action on 21 July 1943.
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July 21, 1943 (aged 29)