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01-08-2015 08:22 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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The name is "Obersturmbannführer Schimmelpfennig".
"SS U.S. P.T." is the abbreviation of "SS-Unterführerschule Posen-Treskau", i.e. "SS-NCO School Posen-Treskau".
The photo was taken at the Schloßplatz in Posen (Poznan); the building is the former Königliche Generallandschaftsdirektion.
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Thank you Sir. Your assistance is most appreciated ......
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A little more data on the man as found in the late-war SS-Dienstalterslisten (SS Officers' seniority lists):
Name: Schimmelpfennig Max
Date of birth: 25 Feb. 1896
NSDAP number: 3 683 016
SS number: 422 176
Waffen-SS rank: Standartenführer
Promotion dates:
- 5 Jan. 1942 - Obersturmbannführer
- 9 Nov. 1943 - Standartenführer
Duty positions:
- Commander of SS-Unterführerschule Posen-Treskau (as per SS-DAL of 1 Oct. 1943)
- Commander of SS-Waffen-Unterführerschule Laibach (as per SS-DAL of 1 July 1944 and 9 Nov. 1944)
Awards and decorations:
- EKI and EKII (WWI)
- Clasp to the EK II (WWII)
- KVKI mS and KVKII mS
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber (WWII)
- SS Honor Ring.
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Thanks Shadwellarmy and HPL for your additional information!
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