Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 14th, 1939

Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on September 29th 1914.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 13th, 1939

Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on March 16th 1916.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 89 / 12.Infanterie-Division / II.Armee-Korps / 4.Armee / Heeresgruppe B

Awarded on:

August 15th, 1940

The following wartime excerpt (dated 30.08.1940) describes why Lützow received the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberst Freiherr von Lützow was previously wounded by a shell splinter during the Polish campaign, however at the time he nonetheless retained the leadership of his Regiment. Later, in France, he proved himself to be an outstanding leader wherever his Regiment found itself in action. In all these situations he led his Bataillone from the foremost line in an outstanding manner and without heed for the enemy artillery/infantry fire. His personal boldness and intervention in the combat were major factors that enabled his men to achieve their assigned tasks within a very short time and while sustaining only minimal losses. A prime example of this was during the attack across the Scarpe river at Monchy (east of Arras) on the 23.05.1940.”

186th Award

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 89 / 12. Infanterie-Division / II.Armee-Korps / 16.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord

Awarded on:

October 21st, 1941

Awarded for his actions during Operation Barbarossa. After breaking through the Soviet border security lineeast of Schoßbach, Lützow led his Regiment in a 65 km march that reached the attack objective of Szeszupa. Later, during the attack on Kowno, he and his Regiment formed a bridgehead over the Njemen while capturing two forts despite having had to fight through bitter resistance by Soviet Kyrgyzstani and Tatar regiments. On the 15-16.07.1941 the Regiment especially distinguished itself near Putoschka. Finally, after hard fighting, the Regiment reached the line Nikitina—Kokotschina and from here were able to repel all tank-supported Soviet breakthrough attempts. This last victory was of special importance for securing the encirclement of several Soviet divisions near Newel.

37th Award

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)