Eckart Afheldt Explained

Eckart Afheldt
Birth Date:	15 August 1921
Birth Place:	Neustettin
Death Place:	Munich
Allegiance:
Branch:	German Army
Serviceyears:	1939–45 1956–81
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Eckart Afheldt (15 August 1921 – 3 December 1999) was a German general in the Bundeswehr. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1981 as a Brigadegeneral.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 May 1941) & 1st Class (16 October 1942)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 March 1945 as Oberleutnant and commander of II./Jäger-Regiment 2 "Brandenburg"^[2]

Book: 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 . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2.
Book: Thomas . Franz . Wegmann . Günter . 1987 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 1: A–Be . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 1: A–Be . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-1153-2.