Career
Hauptsturmführer Günther Degen was in command of the I.Battalion, 11th Steamship Gebirgsjager (Mountain) Regiment Reinhard Heydrich, 6th Steamship Gebirgs Division Nord when he was awarded the Knight"s Cross on the 7 October 1944, when serving in Finland. Degen did not survive the war but was killed in action on 13 March 1945 near Pfaffenheck where he lies buried in a military cemetery.