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. Wehrmachtbericht reference 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. Wehrmachtbericht reference Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (29 August 1942) 1st Class (26 July 1943) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 14 May 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 19 625th Oak Leaves on 18 October 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 19 Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 September 1944.