Friedrich-Karl Nökel

Friedrich-Karl Nökel
Born	(1917-06-02)2 June 1917 Langenberg
Died	17 October 1998(1998-10-17) (aged 81) Neumünster
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1939–1945 1956–1975
Rank	Oberst (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	II./Panzer-Regiment 31
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Battle of Kursk Minsk Offensive Vilnius Offensive Courland Pocket East Prussian Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Friedrich-Karl Nökel (2 June 1917 – 17 October 1998) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

• Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (5 November 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (26 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (25 February 1942)
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (18 March 1943)
  • in Silver
• Eastern Front Medal (15 August 1942)
• Panzer Badge
  • I Class (26 May 1940)
  • II Class "25" (11 July 1944)
  • III Class "50" (22 September 1944)
  • IV Class "75" (4 December 1944)
• German Cross in Gold (2 April 1943)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 September 1944 as Hauptmann der Reserves and commander of II./Panzer-Regiment 31^[1]

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External links

Military of Germany portal

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 5th Panzer Division Stab Karl Decker1 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Eduard Metz Anton-Detlev von Plato Panzer-Regiment 31 Heinrich Becker Wilhelm Buss Hans Christern Oskar Eysser Georg Gransee Otto Heymann Hans Hohmann Rolf Lippert Aegidius Mimra Gerhard Niemeck Friedrich-Karl Nökel Joachim Sander2 (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg Paul-Hermann Werner Panzer-Regiment 15 (attached during the Battle of France) Johannes Streich Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 13 Erich Abraham Kurt Bajorat Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Drewes (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Friedrich (Oak Leaves) Ewald Görsch Friedrich-Karl Henrici Otto Kuhn Paul Lange Karl Seckler Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 14 Prosper Graf zu Castell-Castell Hans Drude Gustav Ellmers Alfred Gudelius Hans-Georg Herzog (Oak Leaves) Alfred Jaedtke Josef Jenatschek August Keine Eduard Kraus Karl Lauch Karl-Heinrich Plöger Günther Schemmel Heinrich Schollen Panzerartillerie-Regiment 116 Wilhelm Okrent Heinrich Steinwachs Panzerjäger-Abteilung 53 Paul Jancke Eduard Radowski Hans-Georg von Ramin Georg Wyczisk Kradschützen-Bataillon 55 Hans Hauptmann Albert Hoffmann Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 5 Fritz Feßmann3 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Fritz Schreckenbach Panzerpionier-Bataillon 89 Edzard von Reden Feldersatz-Bataillon 116 Fritz Eschmann 1 Knight's Cross with Panzer-Regiment 3 (2nd Panzer Division), Swords with the XXXIX. Panzerkorps 2 Knight's Cross with Panzer-Regiment 23 3 Knight's Cross with Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 7, Oak Leaves with Kradschützen-Bataillon 64