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. 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. Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (5 October 1939) 1st Class (14 June 1940) Sudetenland Medal (1 July 1939) Eastern Front Medal (13 August 1942) Panzer Badge in Bronze (24 November 1940) Close Combat Clasp in Bronze (27 October 1943) in Silver (3 May 1944) Wound Badge in Black (5 December 1943) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight"s Cross on 27 October 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13 458th Oak Leaves on 20 April 1944 as Major and commander of I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13.