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Gebirgs-Korps. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On June 23, 1944, a Junkers Ju 52 aircraft carrying Eglseer, General der Infanterie Thomas-Emil von Wickede, Generaloberst Eduard Dietl, Generalleutnant Franz Rossi and three other passengers crashed in the vicinity of the small village of Rettenegg, Styria. There were no survivors.
Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Austrian Republic Bibliography.