Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff

Erich Erwin Heinrich August Veit Freiherr von Seckendorff
Born	(1897-06-21)21 June 1897 Görz, Austria-Hungary
Died	23 September 1944(1944-09-23) (aged 47)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Generalmajor (Posthumously)
Commands held	Panzer-Brigade 113
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Arracourt †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff (21 June 1897 – 23 September 1944) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II from the Seckendorff family. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Seckendorff died on 23 September 1944 in Lagarde, France. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 September 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Kradschützen-Battalion 6^[1]

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.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 6th Panzer Division

Staff	Walther von Hünersdorff (Oak Leaves) Werner Kempf² (Oak Leaves) Rudolf Freiherr von Waldenfels (Oak Leaves)

Units	Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck Erhard Raus⁴ (Oak Leaves) Franz Bäke (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hans-Günther Bethke Ludwig Bloos Richard Koll Hans Stern Erich Löwe⁵ (Oak Leaves) Otto Bittorf Johann von Ravenstein (Pour le Mérite) Martin Unrein⁷ (Oak Leaves) Paul Stahl (Oak Leaves) Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff Hermann Danzer Gustav Reimar⁶ (Oak Leaves)

² Oak Leaves with XXXXVIII Panzer Corps. ⁴ Oak Leaves with the XI Army Corps. ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion. ⁷ Oak Leaves with the 14th Panzer Division.

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