Anschluss Medal (8 November 1938)[1] Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1 November 1939) & 1st Class (28 June 1941)[4] Wound Badge (1939) Black (23 July 1941), Silver (23 September 1941) & Gold (2 October 1941)[2] Infantry Assault Badge (25 July 1941)[2] Order of the Crown (Romania) with Swords on Ribbon 5th Class (1 November 1941)[2] Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942)[2] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 15 November 1941 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 7./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98[5] Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Hauptmann and leader of the 11./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98[6]