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Gerhard Matzky
Born	19 March 1894Küstrin, Prussia
Died	9 June 1983(1983-06-09) (aged 89)Bad Godesberg, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany West Germany
Service / branch	Army (Wehrmacht)Bundeswehr
Rank	General of the Infantry (Wehrmacht)Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Commands	21st Infantry DivisionXXVIII Army CorpsXXVI. Armeekorps
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gerhard Matzky (19 March 1894 – 9 June 1983) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Matzky joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and served until 1960.

As a colonel, he was the German military attaché to Japan from 1938 to 1940.

Awards and decorations

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• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 April 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 21. Infanterie-Division[1]
• Grand Merit Cross with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany (April 1967); previously Cross of Merit (1960)[_citation needed_]

1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 249.

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [_The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches_] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.