Awards
- Badisches Militärverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
- Romanian Medal of Bravery
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
- Wound Badge in Gold
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (25 August 1940)
- 1st Class (15 August 1941)
- Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 30 October 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 213
- 65th Oak Leaves on 16 January 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 213
- 158th Swords on 9 May 1945 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the LXVII. Armeekorps
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht
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