Schütt, Fritz (Grenadier-Regiment 502)

Date of birth:: July 2nd, 1904 (Elberfeld/Rhine Province, Germany)
Date of death:: January 21st, 1987 (Hamburg/Hamburg, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre

Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 3.Klasse, 12 Jahre

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:: Führer, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 502, 290. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: March 26th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 08.04.1943) describes why Schütt was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Hauptmann Schütt held a strongpoint near Lake Ilmen for 5 days long. The enemy lost 750 dead and 22 tanks during the fighting in this period.”

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- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 97)