Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
Aviator badge Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (20 December 1941) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class 1st Class German Cross in Gold (24 September 1942) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 September 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke".