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 (1 October 1939) 1st Class (3 July 1940) Wound Badge (1939) in Black Eastern Front Medal German Cross in Gold on 2 February 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 2./Pionier-Battalion 24 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 25 August 1942 as Hauptmann and chief of the 3./Pionier-Battalion 24 544th Oak Leaves on 8 August 1944 as Major and commander of Pionier-Battalion 24.