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Steinhoff, Horst

Date of birth:
March 12th, 1920 (Siegen/Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 9th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 18th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer
Unit:
Kompanieführer 5./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1945
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer
Unit:
5. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1945

Awarding DKiG according to research Dörr.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

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

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