BLEICHRODT, Heinrich Carl Bernhard Rudolf "Ajax"
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Bleichrodt, Heinrich Carl Bernhard Rudolf "Ajax" Date of birth:  October 21st, 1909 (Berga/Kyffhäuser, Germany) Date of death:  January 9th, 1977 (Munich, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Luitenant ter Zee 2e Klasse) Unit: Kommandant "U 48" Awarded on: July 25th, 1940         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: September 21st, 1940         U-BOOT KRIEGSABZEICHEN (OHNE BRILLIANTEN) Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Luitenant ter Zee 2e Klasse) Unit: Kommandant "U 48" Awarded on: September 24th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Luitenant ter Zee 2e Klasse) Unit: Kommandant "U 48" Awarded on: September 25th, 1940         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: October 18th, 1940         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: October 21st, 1940         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant) Unit: Kommandant "U 48" Awarded on: October 24th, 1940 Details: 41st Award.         CROCE AL VALORE DI GUERRA Awarded on: November 1st, 1941         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Luitenant ter Zee 2e Klasse) Unit: Kommandant "U 109" Awarded on: September 23rd, 1942 Details: 125th Award.         U-BOOT KRIEGSABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer 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 - Feldgrau.com - Uboat.net