The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Pliska was also is a former German football player and coach in the German Bundesliga and in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. 19 Bibliography.
West Wall Medal (27 September 1939) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 September 1939) 1st Class (25 June 1940) Panzer Badge in Bronze (24 September 1941) Wound Badge (1939) in Silver Eastern Front Medal (1 December 1942) Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (8 July 1941) German Cross in Gold on 22 February 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19.
