PAFFRATH, Benno
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Paffrath, Benno Date of birth:  December 22nd, 1912 (Vohwinkel/Rhine Province, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: July 1st, 1941         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: October 1st, 1942         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant) Unit: Zugführer 1. / Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17 Awarded on: May 22nd, 1944         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer) Unit: Spähtruppführer 1. / Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17 Awarded on: October 21st, 1944         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht. - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.