Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
Flugzeugführerabzeichen (20 December 1936) Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold (15 June 1941) Spanish Cross in Gold Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (21 September 1943) Sudetenland Medal (2 October 1939) Memel Medal (26 October 1939) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 September 1939) 1st Class (27 May 1940) Medaglia d"Argento al Valore Militare (20 November 1941) German Cross in Gold (9 January 1943) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 November 1940 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 9.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1.