The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Horst Baldauf was killed in action on 10 June 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Knight"s Cross 8 August 1944.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (21 September 1942) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class 1st Class German Cross in Gold on 24 June 1943 as Leutnant in the 3.(H)/Aufklärungsgruppe 11 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 August 1944 as Leutnant and Beobachter (Observer) in the 2./Fernaufklärungsgruppe 22.
