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. Iron Cross (1939) 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. Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (5 October 1939) 1st Class (5 July 1940) Wound Badge (1939) in Black Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (18 April 1942) German Cross in Gold on 24 May 1942 as Oberleutnant in the III./Infanterie-Regiment 42 Eastern Front Medal Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 17 August 1943 as Major and commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 42 818th Oak Leaves on 5 April 1945 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1222.