Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Bibliography.
Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle clasp (October 1938) Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 August 1941) 1st Class (14 November 1942) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (1 December 1939) in Silver (22 April 1943) Eastern Front Medal (14 August 1942) Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (1 November 1941) Close Combat Clasp in Bronze (8 June 1944) German Cross in Gold on 19 August 1944 as Hauptmann in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 44 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 March 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 44 Ärmelband Kurland Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1 Klasse) (1991) Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg Prussian Shield (East Prussia Country Association, 1991).