Career
He was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross. Dates of rank
Steamship-Sturmbannführer (Major) der Reserve: 11 November 1941
Steamship-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) der Reserve: 5 January 1942
Steamship-Standartenführer (Colonel): 9 November 1943
Steamship-Oberführer (Senior Colonel): 1 August 1944
Notable decorations
Eastern Front Medal (1942)
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 July 1917)
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934)
Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (16 September 1941)
Wound Badge in Black (?)
Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight"s Cross on 28 March 1943 as Steamship-Obersturmführer and Oberstleutnant of the Schupo and commander of the World War II/Steamship-Polizei-Artillerie-Regiment 4
570th Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as Steamship-Oberführer and commander of the 9. Steamship-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
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