PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Schwerdfeger, Johann
Date of birth: November 24th, 1914 (Plein-Wittlich/Palatinate, Germany)
Nationality:  German
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
Awarded on: June 19th, 1940
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Awarded on: November 19th, 1942
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Feldwebel
Unit: Zugführer 1. / Jäger-Regiment 228 / 101.Jäger-Division / XXXXIV.Armee-Korps / 17.Armee / Heeresgruppe A
Awarded on: May 17th, 1943
Details: 1808th Award.
 
     
PANZERVERNICHTUNGSABZEICHEN IN SILBER
Awarded on: 1943
 
     
RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
Rank: Oberfeldwebel
Unit: Zugführer 1. / Jäger-Regiment 228 / 101.Jäger-Division / III.Panzer-Korps / 1.Panzer-Armee / Heeresgruppe Nordukraine
Awarded on: May 14th, 1944
Details: 474th Award.
 
     
PANZERVERNICHTUNGSABZEICHEN IN SILBER
Awarded on: 1944
 
     
INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN
Details: Silver version
 
     
VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SILBER
 
 
 
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Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collection
Information source(s):   - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Bender R.J., Breyette T., Tank Killers, RJ Bender Publications, 2000, ISBN 0-912138-83-1
- 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
- Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945
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