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.
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936) 3rd Class (1 April 1938) Sudetenland Medal (3 October 1939) Memel Medal (26 October 1939) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (22 November 1939) 1st Class (25 April 1940) Minesweeper War Badge (5 November 1940) Naval Front Clasp (1 May 1945) Cuffband "Courland" (5 May 1945) Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 2nd Class (3 June 1944) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 July 1941 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 1. Räumbootflottille German Cross in Gold on 9 December 1944 as Fregattenkapitän and leader of the Minensuchverbände Ost.