Career
Infanterie-Division. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Barth was captured by Soviet troops following the fall of the Courland Pocket in 1945. He was held until 1955.
Fahnenjunker (30 March 1911) Fähnrich (26 November 1911) Leutnant (9 August 1912) Oberleutnant (22 May 1917) Hauptmann (1 September 1936) Major (1 March 1937) Oberstleutnant (1 August 1940) Oberst (1 February 1942) Generalmajor (9 November 1944) Wehrmachtbericht reference Bibliography.