Hinrich Schuldt

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Years of service 1922–44 Battles and wars World War II Service number NSDAP #975,664 Rank Brigadefuhrer		Battles/wars World War II Unit SMS Elsass Name Hinrich Schuldt

Born 14 January 1901Blankenese, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire ( 1901-01-14 ) Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Service/branch Reichsmarine Waffen SS Commands held SS Brigade Schuldt19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) Died March 15, 1944, Newel, Germany

Hinrich Schuldt (14 January 1901 – 15 March 1944) was a high-ranking German SS commander during World War II. He was a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 October 1939) & 1st Class (October 1941)

German Cross in Gold on 21 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer in the SS-Bridage "Schuldt"

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Knight's Cross on 5 April 1942 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Infanterie-Regiment 4 "Reichsführer-SS".

Oak Leaves on 2 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS Brigade Schuldt

Swords on 25 March 1944 (posthumously) as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 2. lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade

References

Hinrich Schuldt Wikipedia

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