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Rittel, Hans

Date of birth:
May 14th, 1914 (Krefeld/Rhineland/Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
May 6th, 1993 (Dortmund/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
13. / Grenadier-Regiment 366
Awarded on:
November 26th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
Zugführer 13. / Grenadier-Regiment 366 / 227.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
March 7th, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
  • Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
    - Die träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eiserne Kreuz 1939 - 1945

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