Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (5 November 1915 & 1st Class (5 September 1916))[2] Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 August 1940) & 1st Class (15 August 1941)[2] Officers Cross of the Order of the Crown with Swords (22 June 1942) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross on 30 October 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 213[3][4] 65th Oak Leaves on 17 January 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 213[3][5] 158th Swords on 9 May 1945 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the LXVII.