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 (12 May 1940) 1st Class (4 July 1940) Panzer Badge Eastern Front Medal Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants German Cross in Gold on 25 April 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 3./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 36 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 30 December 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of the World War II/Panzer-Regiment 21 538th Oak Leaves on 28 July 1944 as Major and commander of Panzer-Abteilung 21.