Remi Schrijnen????

[Binkyboy]

Can someone please tell me if RemI Schrijnen is deceased? I have heard he was and was just wondering?

Thanks,
Binkyboy

[Michael Miller / ABR]

Yes, sadly, that is true. He passed away last summer.

Best wishes,
~ Mike Miller


Richard (Remi) Schrijnen
SS-Unterscharführer d. R. der Waffen-SS


* 24.12.1921 in Kumtich / Flanders, Belgium.
+ 27.07.2006 in Hagen / Westfalen.

NSDAP-Nr.: [Not a member]
SS-Nr.: [None - Flemish Waffen-SS volunteer; enlisted 04.10.1942)]

Promotions:
01.08.1943 SS-Sturmmann d. R. der Waffen-SS
21.09.1944 SS-Unterscharführer d. R. der Waffen-SS

Decorations & Awards:
21.09.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Sturmmann d. R. and Richtschütze. in 3.Kompanie / SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade 6 “Langemarck” / III.(germanische) SS-Panzer-Korps / Heeresgruppe Nord, Eastern Front (originally recommended for the Ehrenblatt-Spange des Heeres in a proposal dated 13.08 1944 and signed by Korps Kom. Gen. Felix Steiner, but this was upgraded to the Ritterkreuz; presented by Brigade Kdr. Conrad Schellong)
03.08.1944 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
28.05.1944 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.00.194_ Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze
21.09.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Gold
17.03.1944 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber
00.00.194_ Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
ca. 1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”
05.08.1944 Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht
00.00.194_ Tollenaere Badge (awarded by the collaborationist VNV to members of that party who had fought together with Raymond Tollenaere in the “Legion Flandern” on the Leningrad front, Winter 1941/42)

[Binkyboy]

Thanks for the answer with what I was afraid I would see. Remi will surely be missed. I had communication with him for sometime and then lost track. RIP Remi.

Regards,
Bink

[derGespenst]

I second that. He was generous to me with his time and a real Gentleman.

[Michael Miller / ABR]

It was an honor to know him, even if it was only through letters and Christmas cards. A very kind man, courageous and unapologetic about his service, and incredibly generous to researchers and collectors alike.

~ Mike

[Mansal D]

Remi was a great leader from Belgium. I have a book about him "The Last Knight of Flanders"