Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Gerhold was awarded the Knight"s Cross for his contribution in the Neger one man mini-submarine attack on the ORP Dragon in the night of 5/6 July 1944. The presentation of the Knight"s Cross was made by Konteradmiral Hellmuth Heye on 14 July 1944 in Lübeck.
Gerhold died aged 91 in Lünen on 2 March 2013.
Iron Cross (1939) Wehrmachtbericht reference Bibliography.