The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl-August Freiherr von Bülow was captured by American troops in 1945 and was released in 1946. Sudetenland Medal (15 August 1939) Bibliography.
Sudetenland Medal (15 August 1939) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 September 1939) 1st Class (6 June 1940) Panzer Badge in Silver (28 May 1940) Eastern Front Medal (5 September 1942) German Cross in Gold on 29 November 1941 as Major in the III./Panzer-Regiment 21 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 December 1944 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Regiment 24.
