Kurt von der Chevallerie

Kurt Wilhelm Gustav Erdmann von der Chevallerie (23 December 1891 – missing as of 18 April 1945) was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 1. Armee. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Kurt von der Chevallerie was placed on the Führerreserve on 31 January 1945 and disappeared on 18 April 1945 near Kolberg.

Von der Chevallerie married Dorothea Zander (3 May 1895 – 14 October 1957) on 18 December 1918 in Berlin. The couple had four children, one son, Hans-Rudolf (11 November 1919 – killed in action as a Leutnant on 11 June 1940), and three daughters.

Awards and decorations

 * Iron Cross (1914)
 * 2nd Class (1 October 1914)
 * 1st Class (12 December 1915)
 * Austria-Hungary Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration (1917)
 * Wound Badge
 * in Black (3 March 1918)
 * Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (22 July 1918)
 * Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1935)
 * Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class (2 October 1936)
 * Sudetenland Medal
 * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (12 June 1940)
 * 1st Class (12 June 1940)
 * Commanders Cross of the Hungarian Kingly Order of Merit (12 February 1939)
 * Grand Commanders of the Order of the Crown of Italy (27 August 1940)
 * Eastern Front Medal (1 September 1942)
 * Wound Badge (1939)
 * in Black (16 January 1943)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
 * Knight's Cross on 23 October 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 99. leichte Infanterie-Division
 * 357th Oak Leaves on 19 December 1943 as General der Infanterie and commander of LIX. Armee-Korps