Career
Infanterie-Division. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
Infanterie-Division. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (20 July 1916) 1st Class (21 August 1918) Wound Badge (1914) in Black (30 September 1918) Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (5 March 1935) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 May 1940) 1st Class (8 June 1940) Eastern Front Medal Infantry Assault Badge (3 July 1944) German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as Major in the I./Infanterie-Regiment 29 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 504 Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (2 April 1944).