Erich Karl Alexander Petersen (25 August 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 general during the Second World War. Petersen served as Commander of the 7. Flieger-Division, until being tapped for promotion to Commanding General of the IV. Luftwaffe-Field-Corps. He also served as Commanding General of the LXXXX Army-Corps, before being captured, tried and acquitted of war crimes by the French

France

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, from 8 May 1945 – 18 January 1950.

Decorations & Awards

• German Cross
  German Cross
  The German Cross was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 17 November 1941 as an award ranking higher than the Iron Cross First Class but below the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross respectively ranking higher than the War Merit Cross First Class with Swords but below the Knight's Cross of the War Merit...
  
   in Gold: on 2 April 1942 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 7. Flieger-Division
• Iron Cross
  Iron Cross
  The Iron Cross is a cross symbol typically in black with a white or silver outline that originated after 1219 when the Kingdom of Jerusalem granted the Teutonic Order the right to combine the Teutonic Black Cross placed above a silver Cross of Jerusalem....
  
   (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
• Wound Badge
  Wound Badge
  Wound Badge was a German military award for wounded or frost-bitten soldiers of Imperial German Army in World War I, the Reichswehr between the wars, and the Wehrmacht, SS and the auxiliary service organizations during the Second World War. After March 1943, due to the increasing number of Allied...
  
   (1918) in Black
• Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
  Cross of Honor
  The Cross of Honor, also known as the Honor Cross or, popularly, the Hindenburg Cross, was a commemorative medal inaugurated on July 13, 1934 by Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg for those soldiers of Imperial Germany who fought in World War I...
  
  
• Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
• Clasp to the Iron Cross
  Clasp to the Iron Cross
  The Clasp to the Iron Cross was a metal medal clasp displayed on the uniforms of German Wehrmacht personnel who had been awarded the Iron Cross in World War I. It was displayed on the uniforms of many high ranking officers during World War II as most had also served in World War I...
  
  (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class