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Austrian general and Knight's Cross recipient
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
(Vienna)
Death:
18 May 2007(Linz)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Ferdinand Foltin (30 November 1916 – 18 May 2007) was an Austrian officer in the paratroop forces (Fallschirmjäger) of Nazi Germany during World War II and a general in the post-war Austrian Armed Forces. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 154.