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. Iron Cross (1939) 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. Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 October 1939) 1st Class (17 December 1941) Wound Badge (1939) in Black in Silver Eastern Front Medal Infantry Assault Badge Close Combat Clasp in Bronze (?) Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (17 September 1943) Demyansk Shield German Cross in Gold on 3 November 1943 as Oberleutnant in the 3./Grenadier-Regiments 503 Armband Courland Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 31 August 1944 as Hauptmann and leader of I./Grenadier-Regiment 501 738th Oak Leaves on 14 February 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of World War II/Grenadier-Regiments 503.