3rd Class with war decoration and swords on 24 April 1917 Officers cross of the Order of Franz Joseph with war decoration and swords on 23 July 1918 Order of the Star of Romania Officers cross with swords on ribbon of military merit on 12 March 1920 Commanders cross on 28 February 1933 Czechoslovak War Cross on 1 March 1928 Order of the Yugoslav Crown 2nd Class in 1933 Bulgarian Order of Military Merit 2nd Class on 26 April 1934 Romanian Order of the Crown Commander on 1 January 1927 Grand Cross on 10 May 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class on 10 July 1941 Iron Cross 1st Class on 26 July 1941 Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze on 7 November 1943 German Cross in Gold on 20 June 1944 as SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS in the V SS Mountain Corps Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 4 July 1943 as SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen SS and commander of SS-Division "Prinz Eugen" 670th Oak Leaves on 24 November 1944 (posthumously) as SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS, commanding general of the V SS Mountain Corps and Higher SS and Police Leader as well as commander-in-chief in Siebenbürgen. Notes Footnotes References Books Journals Websites External links 1881 births 1944 deaths Austro-Hungarian Army officers Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Commanders of the Order of the Star of Romania Gebirgsjäger of World War II People from Sibiu County Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 2nd class Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Academic staff of Carol I National Defence University Romanian Land Forces generals Romanian people of German descent SS and Police Leaders German people who died in Soviet detention German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union Yugoslavia in World War II Waffen-SS personnel killed in action SS-Obergruppenführer Recipients of the Order of the Yugoslav Crown Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Romania) Recipients of the Czechoslovak War Cross Missing in action of World War II Officers of the Order of the Star of Romania Nazi war criminals