sentences:  Eight days later, on 23 June, Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz was awarded the "Schwerter" (Swords to the Knight's Cross) - this time becoming the only NCO in the entire "Wehrmacht" to be awarded this honour.He was also promoted to "Leutnant".His 99 victories on the Eastern Front had been scored in only about 300 combat missions, and at the time, he was the 11th-ranking ace in the "Luftwaffe."