Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Fallschirmschützenabzeichen Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Fallschirmschützenabzeichen Bibliography.
Fallschirmschützenabzeichen Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 June 1941) 1st Class (5 July 1941) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (9 September 1939) Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (1 October 1942) German Cross in Gold on 14 June 1944 as Oberleutnant in the 4./Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 1944 as Hauptmann and chief of the 5./Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1 Cuffband "Crete" (20 May 1943).