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. Iron Cross (1939) 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. Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 October 1939) 1st Class (1 July 1940) Wound Badge (1939) in Black in Silver Panzer Badge Eastern Front Medal German Cross in Gold on 10 January 1943 as Rittmeister in the 9./Panzer-Regiment 24 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 26 November 1944 as Major and commander of I./Panzer-Regiment 24 795th Oak Leaves on 23 March 1945 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzer-Regiment "Coburg" in the Panzer-Brigade 103.
