Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (22 September 1939) 1st Class (30 May 1940) Infantry Assault Badge Eastern Front Medal Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (15 May 1944) German Cross in Gold on 21 November 1943 as Leutnant in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 31 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 27 July 1941 as Stabsfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in 2./Infanterie-Regiment 31 832nd Oak Leaves on 14 April 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of World War II/Grenadier-Regiment 31.