Maximilian von Edelsheim
Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim | |
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 Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim | |
| Born | 6 July 1897 Berlin |
| Died | 26 April 1994 (aged 96) Konstanz |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service | Heer |
| Years of service | 1914–1945 |
| Rank | General der Panzertruppe |
| Commands | XLVIII. Panzerkorps |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Konstanz Johann Georg Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim[Notes 1] (6 July 1897 – 26 April 1994) was a German general during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
Edelsheim was born in Berlin and died in Konstanz.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (27 November 1915)
- 1st Class (26 October 1918)
- Knight, 2nd Class of Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (19 September 1939)
- 1st Class (14 October 1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 30 July 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Radfahr-Abteilung 1
- 162nd Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Oberst and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26
- 105th Swords on 23 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 24. Panzer-Division
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 21 February 1944, 28 August 1944, and 17 October 1944
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Reichsfreiherr was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Baron of the Empire. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine forms are Reichsfreifrau and Reichsfreiin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were those created before the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.
References
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- Berger, Florian (2000). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges (With oak leaves and swords: the highest decorated soldiers of World War II). Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 (The holders of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 1939–1945). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham - Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-20-3.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.