Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz

German general and knight's cross recipients
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Quick Facts

IntroGerman general and knight's cross recipients
PlacesGermany
wasKnight
Work fieldMilitary Royals
Gender
Male
Birth11 July 1898, Oschatz, Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Death31 May 1945Eckernförde, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (aged 46 years)
Star signCancer
The details

Biography

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (11 July 1898 – 31 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Nostitz-Wallwitz was wounded in March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, he was evacuated to a hospital in Eckernförde and died on 31 May 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant in reitendes Artillerie-Regiment 1
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 June 1944 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 89
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