Hinrich Schuldt

SS-Brigadeführer Hinrich Schuldt (14 January 1901 – 15 March 1944) was a German Waffen-SS officer and a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was killed in action by an anti-tank shell.

Career
Hinrich Schuldt was born on 14 January 1901 in Blankenese, Hamburg. He joined the military service in the Reichsmarine in 1922 as an officer candidate. He was promoted to Leutnant zur See (Second Lieutenant) in 1926 and served on the battleship SMS Elsass. In 1933 he transferred to newly formed SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and took command of the 3rd company.

Notable decorations

 * Wound Badge in Silver
 * Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (24 October 1939)
 * 1st Class (October 1941)
 * German Cross in Gold on 21 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer in the SS-Bridage "Schuldt"
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
 * Knight's Cross on 5 April 1942 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Totenkopf-Regiment 4
 * 220th Oak Leaves on 2 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS-Brigade "Schuldt"
 * 56th Swords on 25 March 1944 (posthumously) as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 2. lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (29 February 1944)