Walther Fellgiebel

March 7, 1918 (age 83)

Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany

The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He joined the Association of Knight"s Cross Recipients (AKCR) in 1954 and as of 1961 served on the board of directors. He became head of the order commission of the AKCR in 1970, a position he held until 1985. Foreign many years this book was considered a reference work on this topic. Fellgiebel himself indicated that the book is not official The deteriorating situation of the Third Reich during the final days of World World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process. Loss of evidence of the presentation was also an issue in the verification process. In some of these instances the AKCR later accepted and listed holders of the Knight"s Cross with questionable evidence. Author Veit Scherzer analyzed the German Federal Archives and found discrepancies in 193 instances of the original 7,322 listings by Fellgiebel (false acceptance rate of 7000260000000000000♠26%). Foreign 13 years he worked as a manager at the Deutsche Zündwaren-Monopol-Gesellschaft. Bibliography.

Walther Fellgiebel

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Background

His father was the General der Nachrichtentruppe Erich Fellgiebel, who as a conspirator of the 20 July plot was sentenced to death and executed on 4 September 1944.

Career

The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He joined the Association of Knight"s Cross Recipients (AKCR) in 1954 and as of 1961 served on the board of directors. He became head of the order commission of the AKCR in 1970, a position he held until 1985.

Foreign many years this book was considered a reference work on this topic.

Fellgiebel himself indicated that the book is not official The deteriorating situation of the Third Reich during the final days of World World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.

Loss of evidence of the presentation was also an issue in the verification process. In some of these instances the AKCR later accepted and listed holders of the Knight"s Cross with questionable evidence.

Author Veit Scherzer analyzed the German Federal Archives and found discrepancies in 193 instances of the original 7,322 listings by Fellgiebel (false acceptance rate of 7000260000000000000♠26%).

Foreign 13 years he worked as a manager at the Deutsche Zündwaren-Monopol-Gesellschaft. Bibliography.

Achievements

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 July 1940) 1st Class (30 July 1941) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (30 July 1941) in Silver (3 August 1943) General Assault Badge (17 September 1943) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 September 1943 as Oberleutnant as chief of the 2./leichte Heeres Artillerie-Abteilung 935 (mot) Officer"s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse (4 July 1975).

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