Georg-Wilhelm Postel

Infobox Military Person
name= Georg-Wilhelm Postel
lived=25 April 1896 – 20 September 1953
placeofbirth= Zittau
placeofdeath=Shakhty, Russia


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1914-1945
rank=Generalleutnant
commands=320. Infanterie-Division
XXX. Armeekorps
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords"
laterwork=

Georg-Wilhelm Postel (25 April 1896 in Zittau – 20 September 1953 in Shakhty, Russia) was a general in the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Postel was taken prisoner of war on August 30, 1944 after the capitulation of Romania and died in custody in 1953.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
* "Ritterkreuz des Militär-St. Heinrichs-Orden"
* "Fürstlich Reußisches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern"
* "Albrechts-Orden, Ritterkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern"
* Cross of Honor
* "Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse"
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
* Wound Badge (1939) in Silver
* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
* Eastern Front Medal
* German Cross in Gold (28 February 1942)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (9 August 1942)
** 215. Oak Leaves (28. March 1943)
** 57. Swords (26 March 1944)
* Mentioned three times in the Wehrmachtbericht (14 February 1943, 19 January 1944, 31 August 1944)

References

* Florian Berger: "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges." 2., überarbeitete Auflage. Florian Berger, Wien 1999, ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/P/PostelGW.htm Georg-Wilhelm Postel at Lexikon der Wehrmacht]