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Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (6 May 1897 – 11 March 1978) was a German Waffen-SS commander during World War II who led three SS divisions, the SS Division Hohenstaufen, 4th SS Polizei Division, Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian). He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 July 1917)Thomas 1997, p. 56. Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 August 1941) Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (16 September 1941) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer and Oberstleutnant of the Schupo and commander of the II./SS-Polizei-Artillerie-Regiment 4Scherzer 2007, p. 227. 570th Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
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