Neuffer, Georg

Date of birth:: April 18th, 1894 (Steinbach/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: May 15th, 1977 (Soest/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Generalmajor
Unit:: Kommandeur 20.Flak-Division (motorisiert)
Awarded on:: August 1st, 1943

Awarded for his leadership of the 20. Flak-Division during the fighting for Tunisia in early 1943. He and his unit were praised by the Wehrmachtbericht of 11.05.1943, which noted that it had destroyed 37 enemy tanks with the last available rounds.

Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:: April 1st, 1916

Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:: September 20th, 1918

Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Period:: First Boer War (1880-1881)

Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939

Period:: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Flakkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: September 19th, 1942

Wehrmachtbericht

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 11th, 1943

Ärmelband Afrika

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

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- KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1991.
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9