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Schwoy, Walter

Date of birth:
September 18th, 1917 (Wittigshöfen,Kreis Goldap/Eastern Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
June 6th, 1986
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 4th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 16th, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1942

Silver version
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1942
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel
Unit:
9. / Grenadier-Regiment 413
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Gebhard Ehrenstrasser
  • - 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, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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