Witzig - Awards

Awards

  • Iron Cross
    • 2nd Class (12 May 1940)
    • 1st Class (13 May 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939) in Black (18 October 1941)
  • Cuff title
    • "Kreta" (12 November 1942)
    • "Afrika" (6 January 1943)
  • Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (1 August 1943)
  • German Cross in Gold on 17 October 1943 as Major in the Korps-Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon/XI. Flieger-Korps
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
    • Knight's Cross on 10 May 1940 as Oberleutnant and leader of the Sturmgruppe "Granit" in the Luftlande-Sturmabteilung Koch
    • 662nd Oak Leaves on 25 November 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Fallschirm-Pionier-Regiment 21
  • Mentioned two times in the Wehrmachtbericht
  • Mentioned on Honor Roll of the Luftwaffe on 7 May 1945

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