# Albert Stecken

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{{short description|German general and Knight's Cross recipient}}
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|name=Albert Stecken
|birth_date={{birth date|1915|1|24|df=y}}
|death_date={{death date and age|2011|8|24|1915|1|24|df=y}}
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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}} <br/>{{flag|West Germany}}
|branch=[Luftwaffe](/source/Luftwaffe)
|service_years=1935–45<br/>1956–77
|rank=[Major](/source/Major_(rank)) (Wehrmacht)<br/>[Generalmajor](/source/Generalmajor) (Bundeswehr)
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|unit=[8th Parachute Division](/source/8th_Parachute_Division_(Germany))
|battles=[Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War)<br/>[World War II](/source/World_War_II)
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|awards=[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross)
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'''Albert Stecken''' (24 January 1915 – 24 August 2011) was an officer in the [Fallschirmjäger](/source/Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger) of [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and a general in the [Bundeswehr](/source/Bundeswehr) of [West Germany](/source/West_Germany).  He was  a recipient of the [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross).

==Awards and decorations==
* [Wehrmacht Long Service Award](/source/Wehrmacht_Long_Service_Award) 4th Class (14 February 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292">Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 292.</ref>
* [Medalla de la Campaña](/source/Medalla_de_la_Campa%C3%B1a) (4 May 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/>
* Spanish ''[Cruz de Guerra](/source/Cruz_de_Guerra)'' (4 May 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/>
* [Spanish Cross](/source/Spanish_Cross) in Gold with Swords (6 June 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/>
* [Iron Cross](/source/Iron_Cross) (1939)   2nd Class (24 April 1940) & 1st Class (28 June 1940)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/>
* [Narvik Shield](/source/Narvik_Shield) (30 January 1941)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/>
* [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) on 28 April 1945 as ''[Major im Generalstab](/source/Major_(rank))'' and Ia (operations officer) of the 8. Fallschirmjäger-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 331.</ref>

==References==

===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
  |last=Fellgiebel
  |first=Walther-Peer
  |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
  |year=2000
  |orig-date=1986
  |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
  |trans-title=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
  |language=German
  |location=Friedberg, Germany
  |publisher=Podzun-Pallas
  |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
* {{Cite book
  |last1=Thomas
  |first1=Franz
  |last2=Wegmann
  |first2=Günter
  |year=1986
  |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger
  |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers
  |language=German
  |location=Osnabrück, Germany
  |publisher=Biblio-Verlag
  |isbn=978-3-7648-1461-8
}}
{{Refend}}

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