Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (21 October 1914) & 1st Class (17 January 1917)[1] Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (4 October 1939)[1] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of I./Infanterie-Regiment 90[2] Oak Leaves on 23 January 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 41 (mot.) and leader of 10th Infantry Division[3] German Cross in Gold on 15 December 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 78th Sturm Division[4]