Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 July 1941) 1st Class (6 June 1942) Wound Badge (1939) Black (?) Silver (?) Gold (?) German Cross in Gold on 3 January 1944 as Leutnant of the Reserves in Pionier-Bataillon 20 Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (27 July 1944) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 20 October 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 20 (motorized) 805th Oak Leaves on 28 March 1945 as Major of the Reserves and commander of Pionier-Battalion 20 (motorized).