Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 November 1914) 1st Class (25 July 1915) Wound Badge (1914) in Black in Silver (15 April 1918) Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (9 November 1934) Anschluss Medal (8 November 1938) Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 September 1939) 1st Class (20 October 1940) Eastern Front Medal Panzer Badge Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of I./Schützen-Regiment 2 Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 31 January 1944.
