Karl Eibl

Karl Franz Eibl (23 July 1891 – 21 January 1943) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, which was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Eibl was killed north-west of Stalingrad on the 21st of January 1943, when Italian soldiers mistook his command vehicle for a Soviet armored car and blew it up with hand grenades.

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

Nazi Germany

• 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

• ^ Berger 1999, p. 68.
• Thomas 1997, p. 148.
• ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 290.