1942 as Generalmajor and leader of the 4. Panzer-Division 281st Oak Leaves on 22 August 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 4. Panzer-Division 46th Swords on 31 January 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 4. Panzer-Division 27th Diamonds on 8 May 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commander in chief of AOK Ostpreußen Promotions Notes References Citations Bibliography Samuel W. Mitcham (2001). Crumbling Empire, the German Defeat in the East, 1944. Westport, Praeger. . External links 1892 births 1980 deaths People from Primorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast People from East Prussia Generals of Panzer Troops Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Bavaria) German Army personnel of World War I German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union Prussian Army personnel Reichswehr personnel Burials at Munich Waldfriedhof