SCHNECK, Ernst
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Schneck, Ernst Date of birth:  September 14th, 1917 (Heidelberg, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: August 26th, 1942         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: November 12th, 1941         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) Unit: 5. / Grenadier-Regiment 698 Awarded on: October 7th, 1943         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves) Unit: Kommandeur I. / Grenadier-Regiment 698 / 342.Infanterie-Division Awarded on: November 16th, 1944         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves) Unit: Kommandeur II. / Grenadier-Regiment 698 Awarded on: March 1st, 1945         EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kampfgruppe "Hansen" / 342.Infanterie-Divsion Awarded on: April 5th, 1945         INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN Details: Silver version.         PANZERVERNICHTUNGSABZEICHEN IN SILBER         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection 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 - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.