Education
Theresian Military Academy.
Karl Eibl
July 23, 1891 (age 127) Bad Goisern, Gmunden District, Austria
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Eibel was killed on 21 January 1943 at Nowy-Georgijewskija, northwest of Stalingrad, when some Italian soldiers mistook his command vehicle for a Russian armored car and blew it up with hand grenades. Bibliography.
Karl Eibl Edit Profile
Karl Franz Eibl was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords .
Career
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Eibel was killed on 21 January 1943 at Nowy-Georgijewskija, northwest of Stalingrad, when some Italian soldiers mistook his command vehicle for a Russian armored car and blew it up with hand grenades. Bibliography.
Achievements
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Austro-Hungarian Empire and Austrian Republic Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration Military Merit Medals in Silver and Bronze Karl Troop Cross Wound Medal (Austria-Hungary) Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd Class with War Decoration and Swords German Third Reich Sudetenland Medal Eastern Front Medal Infantry Assault Badge Wound Badge (1939) in Black Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (23 September 1939) 1st Class (5 November 1939) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross on 15 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 131 50th Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 132 21st Swords on 19 December 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 385. Infanterie-Division.
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Born
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Died
January 21, 1943 (aged 51) -
Nationality
Austria
Awards
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Third Class Military Merit Cross; Knight's Cros Third Class Military Merit Cross; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Eastern Front Medal; Iron Cross; Wound Badge; Wound Medal; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Austro-Hungarian Empire and Austrian Republic Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration Military Merit Medals in Silver and Bronze Karl Troop Cross Wound Medal (Austria-Hungary) Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd Class with War Decoration and Swords German Third Reich Sudetenland Medal Eastern Front Medal Infantry Assault Badge Wound Badge (1939) in Black Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (23 September 1939) 1st Class (5 November 1939)