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Franz Scheidies
Franz
Scheidies
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
2nd Class
&
1st Class
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"
* 43rd
Oak
Leaves on
31 December
1941 as ''Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 22
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