Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Constantin Baron Digeon von Monteton was killed on 27 June 1944 near Lepiel, Soviet Union during the Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. He was posthumously awarded the Knight"s Cross and promoted to Generalmajor.
Iron Cross (1914) (22 September 1939) (26 May 1940) Bibliography.
