Karl-Heinz Ertel

Karl-Heinz Ertel (26 November 1919 – 25 January 1993) was a Hauptsturmführer der Reserve, in the Waffen-SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Awards and decorations

 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (19 October 1942)
 * 1st Class (7 January 1943)
 * Wound Badge (1939)
 * in Black (?)
 * Eastern Front Medal
 * Infantry Assault Badge
 * Close Combat Clasp
 * in Bronze (?)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 August 1944 as Hauptsturmführer der Reserve and Adjutant SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment.49 "De Ruyter"