Eckart Afheldt

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Eckart Afheldt

|birth_date=15 August 1921

|death_date={{death date and age|1999|12|3|1921|8|15|df=y}}

|birth_place=Neustettin

|death_place=Munich

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
{{flag|West Germany}}

|branch=German Army

|serviceyears=1939–45
1956–81

|rank=Brigadegeneral

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|battles=World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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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)Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 23.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 March 1945 as Oberleutnant and commander of II./Jäger-Regiment 2 "Brandenburg"Scherzer 2007, p. 188.

References

{{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=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

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}