Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Iron Cross (1914) Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Iron Cross (1914) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 August 1916) 1st Class (6 July 1918) Wound Badge (1914) in Black (8 August 1918) Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (21 January 1935) Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar (2 October 1939) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 April 1940) 1st Class (19 June 1940) Eastern Front Medal (30 July 1942) Crimea Shield (9 September 1942) Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd Class (8 May 1942) German Cross in Gold on 22 June 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab in the XXX. Armeekorps Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1945 as Generalleutnant and acting leader of the LVIII. Panzerkorps.