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Pfeiffer, Heinrich (Panzergrenadier-Regiment)

Date of birth:
November 12th, 1920 (Lanhofen/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
May 28th, 1989 (Burghausen/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 8th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 30th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
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.
Nahkampfspange in Gold
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
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

The unit is written in Patzwall / Scherzer as I./Pz.Gren.Rgt. 40

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