Schmidt, Traugott (SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1)

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Schmidt, Traugott (SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1)

Date of birth:: January 18th, 1924 (Kraftsolms, Germany)
Date of death:: July 31st, 2003 (Wetzlar, Germany)
Nationality:: German

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1. / 1.SS-Panzer-Division "LAH"
Awarded on:: March 13th, 1943

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Nahkampfspange in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Unterscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:: Gruppenführer Stabskompanie / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1
Awarded on:: April 29th, 1945

The decoration was awarded on April 29th 1945, but was, due to the confusement in the last warweeks, never given to the person himself.

Sources

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- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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