SCHÄFER, Kurt
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Schäfer, Kurt Date of birth:  August 19th, 1913 (Magdeburg, Germany) Date of death:  May 15th, 1995 (Ludwigshafen, Germany) Nationality:  German       DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 4.KLASSE, 4 JAHRE Rank: Unteroffizier Unit: Regiments Nachrichten Zug / Infanterie-Regiment 33 Awarded on: January 3rd, 1938         KRIEGSVERDIENSTKREUZ 2.KLASSE MIT SCHWERTERN Rank: Hauptfeldwebel Unit: 11 / Schützen-Regiment 33 Awarded on: July 29th, 1940         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ Rank: Oberfeldwebel Unit: Zugführer 9. / Schützen-Regiment 33 Awarded on: October 26th, 1941         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Rank: Oberfeldwebel Unit: Zugführer 9. (I.G.) / Schützen-Regiment 33 Awarded on: November 11th, 1941         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Rank: Oberfeldwebel Unit: Zugführer 9. (I.G.) / Schützen-Regiment 33 Awarded on: January 31st, 1942         PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN (OHNE ZAHLEN) Rank: Oberfeldwebel Unit: Zugführer 9. (I.G.) / Schützen-Regiment 33 Awarded on: February 10th, 1942 Details: Bronze version.         MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE) Rank: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) Unit: Zugführer 9. (I.G.) / Schützen-Regiment 33 Awarded on: August 1st, 1942         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SILBER Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Kompanie Chef 9. (I.G.) / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: August 7th, 1943         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Kompanie Chef 9. (I.G.) / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: October 29th, 1943         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Kompanie Chef 9. (I.G.) / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: November 6th, 1943         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN BRONZE Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Kompanie Chef 9. (I.G.) / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: November 9th, 1943         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN SILBER Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Kompanie Chef 9. (I.G.) / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: January 30th, 1944         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef 9. (I.G.) / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: February 21st, 1944         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Führer I. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: August 12th, 1944         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur I. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: September 23rd, 1944         EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur I. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 Awarded on: December 18th, 1944         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Ian Jewison Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X - Ian Jewison - Soldbuch