HINZ, Bruno
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Hinz, Bruno Date of birth:  August 28th, 1915 (Petersdorf/Saxony, Germany) Date of death:  February 28th, 1968 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Rank: SS-Rottenführer Unit: 10./SS-VT-Standarten "Deutschland" Awarded on: June 16th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Rank: SS-Untersturmführer (Second-lieutenant) Unit: Zugführer SS-Regiment "Westland"/SS-Division "Wiking" Awarded on: December 2nd, 1941         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Untersturmführer (Second-lieutenant) Unit: Kompanieführer 2./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"/5. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Wiking" Awarded on: April 17th, 1943         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN SILBER Rank: SS-Untersturmführer (Second-lieutenant) Unit: Kompanieführer 2./SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment "Westland"/5. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Wiking" Awarded on: May 20th, 1943         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant) Unit: Führer 2./SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"/5. SS Panzer Division "Wiking" Awarded on: December 2nd, 1943         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD Rank: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef 2./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38/17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen" Awarded on: July 18th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef und Führer einer Kampfgruppe 2./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38/17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen" Awarded on: August 23rd, 1944 Details: 559th Award.         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef 2./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38/17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen" Awarded on: September 5th, 1944         MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 13. MÄRZ 1938         MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 1. OKTOBER 1938         MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE)         INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN Details: Silver version.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003 - Berger, F., Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2004 - Perrigault, J.P., Meister, R., Götz von Berlichingen (2) – Lorraine Allemagne, Editions Heimdal, Bayeux, France, 2005 - Axis Biographical Research - das-Ritterkreuz.de