Career
The was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Xaver Bittl died from wounds on 31 May 1944 in Riga, Latvia Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
The was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Xaver Bittl died from wounds on 31 May 1944 in Riga, Latvia Iron Cross (1939) Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (22 October 1940) 1st Class (9 July 1943) Wound Badge (1939) in Black (24 March 1942) in Silver in Gold (22 May 1944) Close Combat Clasp in Bronze in Silver Eastern Front Medal Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross Knight"s Cross on 4 November 1943 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer3./Grenadier-Regiment 423.