Schmidt, Josef (Infanterie-Regiment 199)
- Date of birth:
- August 18th, 1893 (Breaslau/Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 28th, 1943 (Voronezh/Voronezh Oblast, Soviet Union)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 7th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 199 "List", 57. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- December 29th, 1941
Date according to the Awarding document. Patzwall/Scherzer gives the date of December 26th as the awarding date.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 199 "List", 57. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 1st, 1942
753rd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 199 "List"
- Awarded on:
- January 31st, 1943
“Oberst Schmidt prevented the breakout of encircled Soviet forces along the Don while leading at the head of Grenadier-Regiment ‘List’.”
Posthumous awarded.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Awards and documents for DKiG, Spange EK1/EK2, Infanterie Sturm Abzeichen, Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold, Ehrenblatspange
- Hermann Historica
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 33)
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