PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Eckhardt, Wilhelm
Date of birth: August 20th, 1917 (Hofgeismar/Hesse, Germany)
Date of death:  January 28th, 2002 (Burgwedel/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Wilhelm Eckhardt finally reached the rank of Major der Reserve.
     
DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit: 5. / Infanterie-Regiment 503
Awarded on: April 19th, 1942
 
     
EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS
Awarded on: May 17th, 1944
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit: Kommandeur II. / Grenadier-Regiment 503 / 290. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: September 17th, 1944
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
 
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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.
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