Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1915) Merit badges of the Second Marine Brigade Ehrhardt (1 March 1920) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 December 1941) Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (5 September 1943) Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (10 October 1919) Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 January 1935) Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936) 1st Class (15 September 1939) War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (30 January 1941) 1st Class (20 April 1942) Minesweeper War Badge (6 December 1941) German Cross in Gold on 9 November 1944 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security of the North Sea) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 January 1945 as Konteradmiral and Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 21 November 1944 Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (April 1967) Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy (9 December 1941) Commander, First Class of the Order of the White Rose with Swords (11 August 1942).