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.
Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) 1st Class (21 October 1939) Wound Badge (1939) in Black Infantry Assault Badge Eastern Front Medal German Cross in Gold on 8 June 1942 as Major in the I./Schützen-Regiment 3 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 2 September 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 342nd Oak Leaves on 30 November 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3.