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Bolte, Hermann (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
May 28th, 1922 (Schaapsen, Germany)
Date of death:
August 16th, 1944 (Marine Lazarett, Paris, France)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Champigny-St.-André
Plot: 1. Row: 1. Grave: 50.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 421.003 (V) // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German

Biography

SS-Obersturmführer Heinz-Hermann Bolte

Promotions:
01.07.1940: SS-Sturmmann
01.06.1941: SS-Junker (Uscha.)
15.07.1941: SS-Standartenjunker (SS-Oscha)
15.09.1941: SS-Standartenoberjunker
30.01.1942: SS-Untersturmführer - RDA 01.10.1941
30.01.1944: SS-Obersturmführer

Career:
01.05.1941-15.09.1941: SS-Junker, SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
00.04.1942: SS-Ustuf., SS-Panzerjäger-Kompanie, Kampfgruppe "Das Reich"
00.04.1943: SS-Ustuf., 3. Schwadron, SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
00.06.1944: SS-Ustuf., 2. Schwadron, SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
00.08.1944: SS-Ostuf., SS-Panzer-Regiment 2, 2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Das Reich'
16.08.1944: KIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
February 10th, 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
March 8th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
April 17th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1942
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
August 17th, 1943
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1943
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1943
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2, 2. SS-Division "Das Reich"
Awarded on:
July 2nd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1:
  • Photo 2:
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Bender R.J., Breyette T., Tank Killers, RJ Bender Publications, 2000, ISBN 0-912138-83-1
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Detailansicht

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