Career
Doctor-Ing. 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. Iron Cross (1914) Bibliography.
Doctor-Ing. 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. Iron Cross (1914) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (18 September 1914) 1st Class (15 August 1915) Knight of the Military Order of Saint Henry (4 December 1914) Landwehr-Dienstauszeichnung Arkansas (Kingdom of Saxony Service Award) 2nd Class (10 June 1915) 1st Class with Swords (24 April 1917) Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (5 October 1935) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 May 1940) 1st Class (6 June 1942) Infantry Assault Badge (6 June 1942) Eastern Front Medal (27 August 1942) German Cross in Gold on 27 January 1944 as Oberst of the Reserves in Grenadier-Regiment 317 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 6 April 1943 as Oberstleutnant of the Reserves and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 317 575th Oak Leaves on 5 September 1944 as Oberst of the Reserves and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 317.
