Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (October 1941) & 1st Class (12 May 1942)[4] German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1943 as SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Polizei in Kampfgruppe Jeckeln[5] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 27 August 1944 as SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS, Höherer SS- and Polizei and leader of the Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer Northern Russia, leader of Kampfgruppe Jeckeln (lett.