Education
After attendance at the high school in Köslin, from Easter 1911 until the summer of 1914 he studied law at Greifswald and Freiburg.
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Early life and the Great War On 2 August 1914 he joined the 1st Brandenburg Dragoon Regiment as an officer cadet and on 18 June 1915 he was commissioned as a Leutnant. Interwar period He was retained in the Reichswehr after the war and in 1923 was promoted to Oberleutnant. From 1926 he worked in the Reichswehr Ministry in the Army Training Division (T4).
On 1 July 1933 he was appointed as the Adjutant of the Chief of the army and the following year, Major on the General Staff.
In 1936 he served in the Spanish Civil War as a leader of the German National Army in Spain. He was also the military attaché at headquarters of the National Government in Spain.
At the beginning of 1939 he was appointed Military attache to the German Embassy in Lisbon. Second World War In 1939 he was promoted to Oberst.
In 1940 he was appointed as the commander of the 3rd Panzer Brigade.
In 1941 he was promoted to Generalmajor and given command of the 7th Panzer Division as the successor to Erwin Rommel. He held this command on the central and southern sections of the Eastern Front. On 4 September 1944 he was moved into the reserve of the OKH. Following the war, Funck was held as prisoner by the Soviets from August 1945 until his release ten years later, in 1955.
Personal life On 6 November 1915 Funck was married in Göttingen.
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Achievements
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Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (12 June 1915) 1st Class (2 December 1917) Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg Wound Badge (1914) in Black in Silver Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 1934 Spanish Medalla de la Campaña Military Medal (Spain) Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 May 1940) 1st Class (29 May 1940) Panzer Badge in Silver Eastern Front Medal German Cross in Gold on 14 March 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 7. Panzer-Division Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 15 July 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of the 7. Panzer-Division 278th Oak Leaves 22 August 1943 on 22 August 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 7. Panzer-Division.
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Born
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Nationality
Germany
Awards
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves; German Cross in Gold; Spanish Cross German Cross; Eastern Front Medal; Iron Cross; Military Medal; Wound Badge; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (12 June 1915) 1st Class (2 December 1917)Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves; German Cross in Gold; Spanish Cross German Cross; Eastern Front Medal; Iron Cross; Military Medal; Wound Badge; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (12 June 1915) 1st Class (2 December 1917)