SCHMIDT, Walter (Waffen-SS)  
 
PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Schmidt, Walter (Waffen-SS)
Date of birth: January 28th, 1917 (Bremen, Germany)
Nationality:  German
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
Awarded on: September 20th, 1939
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Awarded on: September 14th, 1941
 
     
KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD
Rank: SS-Hauptsturmführer
Unit: II./SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment Westland
Awarded on: April 9th, 1943
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer (Kapitein)
Unit: Kommandeur III. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment “Westland” / SS-Division “Wiking” / 1.Panzer-Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
Awarded on: August 4th, 1943
 
     
RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
Unit: Kommandeur II. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 “Westland” / 5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking”
Awarded on: May 14th, 1944
Details: 479th Award
 
 
 
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Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection
Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977
   
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