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German general
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Male
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Birth:
22 December 1890(Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
Death:
7 April 1942
The details
Biography
Introduction
Franz Scheidies (22 December 1890 – 7 April 1942) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Scheidis was killed by a Soviet sniper on 7 April 1942.
Awards
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment "C" (Divisions Stab z.b.V. 444)
- 43rd Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 22