SCHMIDT, Traugott
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Schmidt, Traugott Date of birth:  January 18th, 1924 (Kraftsolms, Germany) Date of death:  July 31st, 2003 (Wetzlar, Germany) Nationality:  German       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Unit: SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1. / 1.SS-Panzer-Division "LAH" Awarded on: March 13th, 1943         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE         NAHKAMPFSPANGE IN GOLD Rank: SS-Unterscharführer (Staff Sergeant) Unit: Gruppenführer Stabskompanie / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 Awarded on: April 29th, 1945 Action: The decoration was awarded on April 29th 1945, but was, due to the confusement in the last warweeks, never given to the person himself.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - STIWOT, via Family Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.