Waldemar Erfurth

Erfurth with Gustaf Mannerheim.

Waldemar Erfurth (4 August 1879 – 2 May 1971) was a German general of infantry.

Erfurth was born in Berlin. During the Second World War he was a liaison officer in the Finnish headquarters 1941–44. He wrote a book about the Murmansk railroad and a war journal from 1944. He died in Tübingen.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (7 November 1916)^[1]
• Prussian Service Cross Award^[1]
• Bavarian Military Merit Order, 3rd class with Swords^[1]
• Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of Albrecht with Swords^[1]
• Military Merit Cross, 2nd class (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)^[1]
• War Merit Cross, 2nd class (Brunswick)^[1]
• Hanseatic Cross of Lubeck^[1]
• Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class with war decoration (Austria)^[1]
• Austrian Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with war decoration^[1]
• Ottoman War Medal (Turkish: Harp Madalyası; "Gallipoli Star", or "Iron Crescent")^[1]
• Order of Bravery 4th Class, 1st stage (Bulgaria)^[1]
• Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty, First Class with Breast Star and Swords (16 September 1941) [5] ^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (8 November 1944)

Bibliography

• Der finnische Krieg (1950)
• Die Geschichte des deutschen Generalstabs von 1918 bis 1945 (1957)

References

1. Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres (in German). Berlin: Mittler & Sohn Verlag. 1924. p. 119.
2. "Ausländische Auszeichnungen" (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2014.