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.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Cross (1940) 1st Class (27 May 1942) Minesweeper War Badge (1940) High Seas Fleet Badge (17 June 1942) U-boat War Badge (1939) (27 May 1943) German Cross in Gold on 28 December 1944 as Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves on U-997 in the 5th U-boat Flotilla U-boat Front Clasp in Silver (March 1945) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 May 1945 as Oberleutnant zur See and commander of U-997.