Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Parachutist Badge (15 November 1940) Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Parachutist Badge (15 November 1940) Bibliography.
Parachutist Badge (15 November 1940) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12 June 1941) 1st Class (22 June 1941) Cuffband "Crete" (20 May 1943) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (1 February 1944) Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (20 March 1944) One Tank Destruction Badge (22 April 1944) German Cross in Gold on 14 June 1944 as Oberjäger in the 6./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 January 1945 as Feldwebel and leader of the 6./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 United States Airborne Badge (15 December 1956) Fallschirmspringerabzeichen (15 December 1956) French Parachutist Badge (21 August 1963).