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 (21 September 1939) 1st Class (29 May 1940) Eastern Front Medal (18 August 1942) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 13 January 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) and Iowa (operations officer) of the 16. Panzer-Division 761st Oak Leaves on 28 February 1945 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab and chief of Stab/Fallschirmjäger-Panzer-Korps "Hermann Göring" Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (20 March 1968).
