Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognize 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 recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (30 November 1941) 1st Class (8 February 1942) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 3 March 1943 as Leutnant of the Reserves and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 18 604th Oak Leaves on 9 September 1944 (posthumously) as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and leader of the 2./Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland".