Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann

Unit:

Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 280

Awarded on:

March 29th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Heeres Flak-Artillerie Abteilung "Brandenburg"

Awarded on:

May 9th, 1945

Awarded for his Abteilung’s part in the defense of Wehrkirch (located on the Neisse river) on the 17-18.04.1945. His Flak guns destroyed many of the approx. 40 Soviet tanks knocked out by the Germans in this battle. The Abteilung furthermore covered the relatively bloodless retreat from Wehrkirch, during which all German wounded were evacuated.


Not substantiated in the German federal archives.