Iron Cross 1914, 1st and 2nd class Military Merit, 4th class with Swords (Bavaria) Clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of the 1. Nachtjagd-Division[6][7] Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany with Star and Sash, (21 August 1962)[citation needed]