The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Friedrich-Wilhelm Buschhausen was captured by American troops during the fall of Tunisia. He was held captive until 1947.
Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (20 November 1939) Bibliography.
Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (20 November 1939) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (9 October 1939) 1st Class (26 November 1940) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (16 December 1941) Panzer Badge (18 September 1941) German Cross in Gold on 24 December 1941 as Hauptmann in the 6./Schützen-Regiment 10 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1943 as Major and commander of 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 69 Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (17 April 1941).
