The Knight's Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II. Hauptscharführer Albert Müller was awarded the Knight's Cross on 4 September 1943 as platoon commander in the 4th Company, 10th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Westland, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, while serving on the Eastern Front.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12 April 1940) 2nd Class (8 March 1941) Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939) Bronze Medal of Military Valor (4 November 1942) German Cross in Gold on 21 November 1942 as Oberleutnant zur See on Schnellboot S-59 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 December 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of Schnellboot S-59 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 30 June 1941 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class (27 August 1971).
