Hinrich Schuldt

SSBrigadefhrer Hinrich Schuldt was a German WaffenSS officer and a posthumous recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was killed in action by an antitank shell.

Hinrich Schuldt was born onJanuary 1901 in Blankenese, Hamburg. He joined the military service in the Reichsmarine in 1922 as an officer candidate. He was promoted to Leutnant zur See in 1926 and served on the battleship Elsass. In 1933 he transferred to newly formed SSLeibstandarte Adolf Hitler and took command of the 3rd company.

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