Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Fallschirmschützenabzeichen (28 April 1940) Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Fallschirmschützenabzeichen (28 April 1940) Bibliography.
Fallschirmschützenabzeichen (28 April 1940) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 May 1940) 1st Class (18 May 1940) Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (26 May 1943) Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe (7 October 1941) Medaglia d"Argento al Valor Militare (9 February 1942) Eastern Front Medal (16 July 1942) Libya Medal (11 February 1943) German Cross in Gold (23 July 1943) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 February 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2 Ärmelband Kreta.