Karl Eiden

Karl Georg Eiden
Born	(1917-01-20)20 January 1917 Gunzenhausen
Died	20 August 1987(1987-08-20) (aged 70) Gunzenhausen
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1935–45
Rank	Leutnant
Commands held	Grenadier-Regiment 97
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of Austria Invasion of Poland Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Battle of the Caucasus
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl Georg Eiden (20 January 1917 – 20 August 1987) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Anschluss Medal
West Wall Medal
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (26 August 1940)
- 1st Class (24 November 1941)
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
Infantry Assault Badge
Crimea Shield
Eastern Front Medal
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 March 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 97^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 144.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 46th Infantry Division

Stab	Ernst Haccius Arthur Hauffe Erich Reuter¹ (Oak Leaves) Kurt Röpke² (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 42	Karl-Heinz Dierks Rudolf Fuchs Georg Heinzmann Karl Kraft Ernst Maisel Wolfgang Mathes Friedrich Richter³ (Oak Leaves) Konrad Schmidt Josef Stigler Korbinian Viechter

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 72	Konrad Hupfer (Oak Leaves) Ludwig Kirschner⁴ (Oak Leaves) Eduard Schäfer Peter Windschüttl

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 97	Karl Bock Karl Eiden Alfred Engler Carl Koppenwallner Helmuth Ott Rudolf Richter Wolfgang Stocker

Artillerie-Regiment 114 (with I./Artillerie-Regiment 115)	Franz-Xaver Attenberger Karl Beschle Gustav Huber Ludwig Streit Ernst Zeller

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 52	Gerhard Mantel

Pionier-Bataillon 88	Alois Rampf

¹ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 122 (50th Infantry Division) ² Oak Leaves with the XXIX. Armeekorps ³ Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 1222 (180th Infantry Division) ⁴ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 436 (132nd Infantry Division)

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