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 (18 September 1941) 1st Class (30 January 1942) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 24 July 1941 as Oberfeldwebel and Shock troops leader in Sturm-Bataillon AOK 8 775th Oak Leaves on 11 March 1945 as Leutnant of the Reserves, and adjutant in the World War II/Grenadier-Regiment 45.