Hinrich Schuldt

Infobox Military Person
name=Hinrich Schuldt
born=birth date|1901|1|14|df=y
died=death date and age|1944|3|15|1901|1|14|df=y


caption=
placeofbirth=Blankenese
placeofdeath=near Newel
nickname=
allegiance= flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Waffen-SS
serviceyears=1922 – 1944
rank=Brigadeführer
commands=19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
unit=
battles=World War II
awards= Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=

SS-Brigadeführer Hinrich Schuldt (1901 – 1944) was a German Waffen-SS officer and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He was killed in action by an anti-tank shell.

Notable decorations

* Wound Badge in Silver
* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (24 October 1939)
** 1st Class (October 1941)
*German Cross in Gold (21 April 1943)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (5 April 1942)
** 220. Oak Leaves (2 April 1943)
** 56. Swords (25 March 1944)
* Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (29 February 1944)

References

* Berger, Florian. "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Wien, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SchuldtH.htm Hinrich Schuldt @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]