Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class[51] Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 May 1940) Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (31 May 1940)[52] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 26 December 1941 as SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS and commander of SS-Division "Totenkopf"[53] 88th Oak Leaves on 20 April 1942 as SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS and commander of SS-"Totenkopf" Division[54] Wound Badge in Silver[55]