KREUTZ, Karl
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Kreutz, Karl Date of birth:  September 20th, 1909 (Bromberg-Posen/West Prussia, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: October 2nd, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: July 30th, 1940         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Obersturmbannführer Unit: SS-Panser-Artillerie-Regiment "Das Reich" Awarded on: December 15th, 1943 Details: Award 494/25.         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Standartenführer (Kolonel) Unit: Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 / 2.SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich” / 7.Armee / Heeresgruppe B Awarded on: August 27th, 1944 Details: 3517th Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: SS-Standartenführer (Colonel) Unit: Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 / 2.SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich” / 7.Armee / Heeresgruppe B Awarded on: May 6th, 1945 Details: 863rd Award. Awarding by SS-Oberstgruppenführer / Generaloberst der Waffen-SS Sepp Dietrich, Oberbefehlshaber 6.SS-Panzerarmee. Awarding has not been verified by the Bundesarchiv.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - 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 - Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977