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Schoepffer, Hilmar

Date of birth:
March 6th, 1921
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant
Unit:
5./Grenadier-Regiment 1
Awarded on:
February 4th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
Unit:
6./I.R.1
Awarded on:
December 9th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
August 2nd, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Gren. Regt. 1
Awarded on:
July 7th, 1943

Awarded for his first wound recieved on the 27th of december 1942.

Apparently the wound was worse then predicted because this award was given for the same wound as the silver version.
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
5./Gren.Rgt.1
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Awarded for his first wound recieved on the 27th of december 1942.
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Stab II. J.R./1
Awarded on:
April 28th, 1942

Silver version
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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