Wilhelm Schmalz was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Schmalz surrendered to American troops in May 1945.
Awards and decorations
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 September 1939) & 1st Class (16 October 1939) • German Cross in Gold on 8 February 1942 as Major in Kradschützen-Bataillon 59 • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves • Knight's Cross on 28 November 1940 as Major and commander of I./Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 11 • 358th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1943 as Oberst and commander of Panzerbrigade z.b.V. der Panzer-Division "Hermann Göring" ==References==