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    Schmidt, August
    * 3. November 1892 in Fürth
    † 17. Januar 1972 in München

     

    Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiments 20
    Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiments 21
    Führer der 50. Infanterie-Division
    Kommandeur der 10. Infanterie-Division
    Kommandeur der 10. Panzer-Grenadier-Division
    mit der Führung des LXXII. Armeekorps beauftragt

     

    Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant

     

    Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (RK) - 27.10.1939
    Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (EL) - 23.1.1944

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Schmidt
    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Schmidt_(General,_1892)
    https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SchmidtA.htm

     

    Quite different signatures over a 20 year period:

     

    1922:

    2134548096_SchmidtAugust1922.thumb.jpg.7584480215defe53a49fa9b8c6ef93ad.jpg

     

    1942:

    391434426_SchmidtAugust1942.jpg.08772cfdc57adeb5a6acc73b7defc7f0.jpg

    Edited by Dave Danner

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