Pfeiffer, Heinrich (Panzergrenadier-Regiment)
- Date of birth:
- November 12th, 1920 (Lanhofen/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 28th, 1989 (Burghausen/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 30th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- Gruppenführer, 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40, 17. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- July 27th, 1944
Decoration awarded on 27th July 1944 and presented on the 6th Group Award Ceremony for the Nahkampfspange in Gold by Himmler on 12th December 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)
- Unit:
- 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40, 17. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- November 18th, 1944
The unit is written in Patzwall / Scherzer as I./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 40
Sources
- - DöRR, M., Die Träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer - Luftwaffe - Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Bisendorf, 2006.
- DURANTE T.M., The German Close Combat Clasp of World War II, PaPJaY Publishing, 2007.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
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