Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Iron Cross (1914) Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Iron Cross (1914) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (23 December 1914) 1st Class (10 June 1916) Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th Class with Swords (14 February 1915) 4th Class with Crown and Swords (21 August 1917) Wound Badge (1914) in Black (March 1918) Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (15 March 1935) West Wall Medal (20 March 1940) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 June 1940) 1st Class (24 June 1940) Eastern Front Medal (6 August 1942) German Cross in Gold on 4 September 1942 as Oberst in Infanterie-Regiment 442 Infantry Assault Badge (24 December 1942) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 April 1943 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 442.