Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Von Cramm was born on 30 September 1917 in Brüggen, in the former district of Alfeld of the Province of Hanover, a province of the Kingdom of Prussia. Von Cramm joined the military service of the Wehrmacht with 3.
Schwadron/Kavallerie-Regiment 13 (3rd Squadron of the 13th Cavalry Regiment) on 4 December 1936, three months later on 2 February 1937 he transferred to the 2.
Schwadron (2nd Squadron) of the same regiment. Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
