Gerhard Franz
Gerhard Paul Franz was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 2nd Class
- Sudetenland Medal
- Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st Class
- * 2nd Class on 29 September 1939
- * 1st Class on 29 May 1940
- Eastern Front Medal
- Medal for the Italo-German campaign in Africa
- Africa Cuff Band
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 July 1941 as Oberstleutnant i. G. and Chief of Operations of the 29. Infanterie-Division
- German Cross in Gold on 14 February 1944 as Oberst i. G. and Chief of the General Staff of the XXXXII. Armeekorps