Egbert Picker

Egbert Picker (born February 15, 1895 in Nuremberg , † March 27, 1960 in Ingolstadt ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Picker joined the Royal Bavarian Army on August 10, 1914 as a flagjunker in the Royal Bavarian 11th Infantry Regiment "von der Tann" . He served in World War I and was wounded several times. In the interwar period, Picker joined the Amberg Freikorps . He was accepted into the Reichswehr .

Picker commanded the 3rd Mountain Division in 1943 during World War II . From 1944 he served as the commander of the German Liaison Command 184 of the Italian Alpini division "Monte Rosa" until the end of the war.

In 1947 Picker was released from captivity in the US.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Wound Badge (1918)
Bavarian Order of Military Merit IV class with swords on January 1, 1918
Cross of honor for front fighters
Service award II class
Medal in memory of March 13, 1938 also Ostmark medal
Medal in memory of October 1, 1938, also Sudetenland medal
Infantry Assault Badge
Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42 also East Medal
Repeat clasp for the Iron Cross II. And I. Class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on November 18, 1941

literature

Roland Kaltenegger : Knight's Cross Bearer - Lieutenant General Egbert Picker - From Mountain Infantry Officer of the Wehrmacht to Commander of the German Liaison Command at Mussolini , Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2013. ISBN 978-3-8035-0035-9

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Roland Kaltenegger: Knight's Cross Bearer - Lieutenant General Egbert Picker , 2013.
↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 276 .

personal data
SURNAME	Picker, Egbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	March 27, 1960
Place of death	Ingolstadt

[Kaltenegger-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Roland Kaltenegger: Knight's Cross Bearer - Lieutenant General Egbert Picker , 2013.

[2] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 276 .