Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Anschluss Medal (6 February 1940) Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Anschluss Medal (6 February 1940) Bibliography.
Anschluss Medal (6 February 1940) Sudetenland Medal (20 February 1940) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 November 1939) 1st Class (8 October 1941) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (14 February 1942) in Silver (27 January 1944) in Gold (2 January 1945) Eastern Front Medal (7 August 1942) Infantry Assault Badge (20 October 1941) Crimea Shield (30 December 1942) Close Combat Clasp in Bronze (18 June 1944) in Silver (15 March 1945) German Cross in Gold (17 September 1944) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 April 1945 as Oberleutnant and Chef 8./Grenadier-Regiment 417.