RIEDEL, Gerd
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Riedel, Gerd Date of birth:  Unknown Nationality:  German       RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberst im Generalstab Unit: Führer Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7 Awarded on: May 8th, 1945 Action: Gerd Riedel was a staff officer and given command of Fallschirmjäger Regt. 7 after the paratroopers were pressed into infantry duties. Riedel won his Knight’s Cross during the fighting in the Ruhr Pocket after the retreat from the Ardennes Offensive. He was captured before he could be awarded his Knight’s Cross and as a result, there are no photos of him actually wearing the award.         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE         MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE)         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Russ Nummer Information source(s):   - 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