PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Dittlof, Heinrich
Date of birth: August 14th, 1916 (Friedrichsfelde, Germany)
Date of death:  February 20th, 1945 (Liepaja, Latvia)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Heinrich Dittlof was promoted to Hauptmann on February 1st 1945 and was killed in action on February 20th.
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
Awarded on: October 21st, 1939
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Awarded on: September 21st, 1941
 
     
DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit: 1. / Grenadier-Regiment 422
Awarded on: February 27th, 1943
 
     
ANERKENNUNGSURKUNDE DES OBERBEFEHLSHABERS DES HEERES
Awarded on: June 5th, 1944
 
     
EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS
Awarded on: June 5th, 1944
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit: 9. / Grenadier-Regiment 422 / 126.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: September 10th, 1944
 
     
NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD
Rank: Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit: Kompaniechef 9.(Sturm) / Grenadier-Regiment 424
Awarded on: March 30th, 1945
Details: Awarded posthumous.
 
 
 
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Picture source:   - Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
Information source(s):   - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Ritterkreuz Archiv IV/2010, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, September 2010, ISSN 1866-4709
- Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.
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