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Gärdtner, Fritz

Date of birth:
March 23rd, 1922 (Langenlois/Lower Austria, Austria)
Date of death:
July 24th, 1944 (Auvere/Kreisgebiete Narwa/Generalbezirk Estland, Reichskommissariat Ostland (Estonian SSR, USSR))
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

SS-Number: 451969

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab./SS-Pz.Pi.Btl. 11 / 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland"
Awarded on:
February 12th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
2. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 11, 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
November 25th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Sources

  • - Scheibert, Horst. Die Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und der Waffen-SS/ Die Träger der Ehrentaffelspange der Kriegsmarine/ Die Inhaber des Ehrenpokals für Besondere Leistung im Lukftkrieg. Friedberg, Ger.: Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7909-0283-7
    - Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
    - balsi.de
    - Mark C. Yerger, German Cross in Gold, Holders of the SS and Police, Volume 3, Regiment and Division "Nordland", R. James Bender Publishing, San Jose, USA, ISBN 1-932970-07-X
    - Bundesarchiv via Archivsignatur RH 7_2482 (slide #16): Verleihungsliste Nr. 2 für EK 1

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