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Schmidt, Willi (WH-Art.Rgt. 150)

Date of birth:
July 19th, 1897 (Landsberg an der Warthe/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
December 31st, 1945 (Kutterow, URSS)
Nationality:
German

Biography

February 20th, 1943: zum Ritterkreuz vorgeschlagen.

Promotions:
August 8th, 1914: Kriegsfreiw.;
July 10th, 1915: Gefreiter;
October 15th, 1916: Unteroffizier;
January 27th, 1918: x?;
May 22nd, 1918: Leutnant d.R.;
October 1st, 1933: Leutnant d.R.a.D. (95);
May 15th, 1934: Hauptmann a.D.;
March 5th, 1935: Hauptmann (E);
November 1st, 1936: Hauptmann mit RDA vom 1-7-1933 (49a);
April 1st, 1937: Major (43);
October 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant (7);
April 1st, 1942: Oberst (477).

Career:
September 1st, 1939: Kdr. I./Art.Rgt. 42;
February 1st, 1940: Kdr. IV./Art.Rgt. 290;
November 16th, 1940: Kdr. Art.Rgt. 150;
June 1st, 1943: Kdr. Art.Kdr. 143;
September 21st, 1943: Führer-Reserve stellv.Gen.Kdo. VI. A.K.;
February 15th, 1944: Kdr. Art.Kdr. 128.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 26th, 1917
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 1935
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
I. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 53, Heer
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
I. Abteilung, Artillerie-Regiment 53, Heer
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 5th, 1940
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 24th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 25th, 1940
Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 28th, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Artillerie-Regiment 150, 50. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
March 12th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 5th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 5th, 1942
Krimschild
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Artillerie-Kommandeur 128, XXXX. Panzerkorps, Heer
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1945
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

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