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. Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
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 (1939) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1 July 1941) 1st Class (2 August 1941) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (1944) Eastern Front Medal German Cross in Gold on 3 June 1942 as Leutnant of the Reserves in Infanterie-Regiment 4 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 18 December 1942 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 174 405th Oak Leaves on 22 February 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and commander of the World War II/Grenadier-Regiment 174.