Military career

Fahnenjunker : 9 March 1913

Leutnant : 21 June 1914

Oberleutnant : 16 September 1917

German Army

Hauptmann : 1 August 1925

Major : 1 May 1934

Oberstleutnant : 1 October 1936

Oberst : 1 June 1939

Generalmajor : 1 April 1942

Generalleutnant : 1 December 1942

Surrendered to the Russians at Stalingrad on

29 January 1943

Second World War

Kdr Jäger Regiment 5 : 6 October 1936

Kdr. 7. Schützen Brigade : 19 September 1941

mFb. 3. Infanteriedivision : 22 April 1942

Kdr. 3.Infanteriedivision : 1 June 1942

mFb. XIV Panzerkorps : 15 Janaury 1943

Awards won during World War 2 :

Spange E.K. II on 14 September 1939

Spange E.K. I on 31 October 1939

Knights Cross on 2 October 1941

Oakleaves on 23 December 1942