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. 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. Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (6 November 1939) 1st Class (26 June 1940) Wound Badge in Black (?) Eastern Front Medal Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 5 August 1940 as Leutnant and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 46 63rd Oak Leaves on 16 January 1942 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 1./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 137 German Cross in Gold on 6 January 1945 as Major in the schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654.