serviceyears branch relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1937 -- 45 heer erich fellgiebel -lrb- father -rrb- frankfurt am main , hessen , germany yes 14 october 2001 7 may 1918 berlin-charlottenburg , prussia , german empire nazi germany knight 's cross of the iron cross world war ii 7 may 1918 major walther-peer fellgiebel.jpg walther-peer fellgiebel
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walther-peer fellgiebel

walther-peer fellgiebel -lrb- 7 may 1918 -- 14 october 2001 -rrb- was a german officer in the wehrmacht , serving during world war ii and a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross -lrb- -rrb- .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
his father was the `` general der nachrichtentruppe '' erich fellgiebel , who as a conspirator of the 20 july plot was sentenced to death and executed on 4 september 1944 .
he joined the association of knight 's cross recipients -lrb- akcr -rrb- in 1954 and as of 1961 served on the board of directors .
he became head of the order commission of the akcr in 1970 , a position he held until 1985 .
from this work evolved the book `` die träger des ritterkreuzes des eisernen kreuzes , 1939 -- 1945 : die inhaber der höchsten auszeichnung des zweiten weltkrieges aller wehrmachtteile '' -- `` 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 branches of the armed forces '' .
for many years this book was considered a reference work on this topic .
fellgiebel himself indicated that the book is not official .
the deteriorating situation of the third reich during the final days of world war ii left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process ; loss of evidence of the presentation was also an issue in the verification process .
in some of these instances the akcr later accepted and listed holders of the knight 's cross with questionable evidence .
author veit scherzer analyzed the german national archives and found discrepancies in 193 instances of the original 7,322 listings by fellgiebel -lrb- false acceptance rate of -rrb- .
for 13 years he worked as a manager at the `` deutsche zündwaren-monopol-gesellschaft '' .
