DUTTER, Franz
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Dutter, Franz Date of birth:  October 24th, 1917 (Wiener-Neustadt/Lower Austria, Austria) Date of death:  November 21st, 1996 Nationality:  Austrian BIOGRAPHY:  Franz Dutter was promoted to Major on June 20th 1944.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: September 21st, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: October 12th, 1939         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (Lieutenant) Unit: 5. / Infanterie-Regiment 2 Awarded on: October 9th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Major Unit: Kommandeur II. / Grenadier-Regiment 2 / 11.Infanterie-Division Awarded on: March 20th, 1944         ANERKENNUNGSURKUNDE DES OBERBEFEHLSHABERS DES HEERES Awarded on: October 17th, 1944         EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS Awarded on: October 17th, 1944         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Major Unit: Regimentsführer Grenadier-Regiment 2 Awarded on: November 20th, 1944         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv Information source(s):   - 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, Germany, 2006 - Fellgiebel W.P., Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945, Podzun-Pallas, 2000 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001 - Scheibert, H., Die Träger des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold (Das Heer), Podzun-Pallas Verlag, Friedberg, Germany, 1983