Erich Schneider

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| name = Erich Schneider

| birth_date = 12 August 1894

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|8|3|1894|8|12|df=y}}

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| allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| branch = Army (Wehrmacht)

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| rank = Generalleutnant

| commands = 4th Panzer Division
14th Infantry Division

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World War II

| awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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Erich Schneider (12 August 1894 – 3 August 1980) 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 with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (22 September 1915) & 1st Class (26 October 1916){{sfn|Thomas|1998|p=275}}
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 June 1941) & 1st Class (16 July 1941){{sfn|Thomas|1998|p=275}}
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 5 May 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 4. Panzer-Division{{sfn|Fellgiebel|2000|p=312}}
Oak Leaves on 6 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 14. Infanterie-Division{{sfn|Fellgiebel|2000|p=82}}

References

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{{Cite book| title = Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

| trans-title = 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

| last = Fellgiebel | first = Walther-Peer | year = 2000

| author-link = Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

| orig-year = First published 1986

| publisher = Podzun-Pallas | location = Friedberg, Germany

| language = de

| isbn = 978-3-7909-0284-6

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