Wolfgang Erdmann
Wolfgang Erdmann was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Promotions
- 10 January 1916 Fahnenjunker
- 8 November 1916 Fähnrich
- 25 January 1917 Leutnant without Patent
- * 1 October 1920 received Rank Seniority from 1 February 1917
- 1 April 1925 Oberleutnant
- 1 April 1933 Hauptmann
- * 1936 received new RDA from 1 October 1932
- 1 October 1936 Major with RDA from 1 August 1936
- * 14 October 1937 received new RDA from 1 March 1936
- 1 January 1939 Oberstleutnant
- * 9 February 1940 received new RDA from 1 October 1938
- 1 November 1940 Oberst with RDA from 1 June 1940
- * 21 April 1942 received new RDA from 1 March 1940
- 1 March 1943 Generalmajor with RDA from 1 September 1943
- 1 July 1944 Generalleutnant
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st Class
- Wound Badge in Black
- Silesian Eagle, 2nd Grade
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 2nd Class
- Anschluss Medal
- Sudetenland Medal “Prague Castle” clasp
- Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class
- * 2nd Class
- * 1st Class
- West Wall Medal in 1940
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe for Bombers in Bronze
- War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords
- 2 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
- German Cross in Gold
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 February 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 7. Fallschirmjäger-Division