"Egon Franz"@en . . . . . . "1921Z"^^ . "1939Z"^^ . "1921-08-19Z"^^ . "1945Z"^^ . "Recipient of the Knight's Cross" . . . "1945Z"^^ . "Franz, Egon"@en . . . . . "Egon Franz (19 August 1921 \u2013 July 1945) was a Unterscharf\u00FChrer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.He was born in the Sudetenland on the 19 August 1921. He volunteered to join the SS and was posted to the SS Division Wiking."@en .