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. Gefreiter - 1 July 1940 Unteroffizier - 1 August 1941 Feldwebel - 1 July 1942 Oberfeldwebel - 1 April 1943 Offiziersbewerber - 1 September 1944 Fahnenjunker - 1 November 1944 Leutnant of the Reserves - 1 December 1944 Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.