and decorations Knights Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords Iron Cross of 1914, 2nd and 1st Class Iron Cross of 1939, 2nd and 1st Class Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 War Merit Cross (1939) 1st and 2nd class with Swords Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 1st Class Austrian War Remembrance Medal with swords Hungarian World War Commemorative Medal with Swords External links 1891 births 1961 deaths People from Alsace-Lorraine Military personnel from Metz Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) German Army personnel of World War I Prussian Army personnel German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States German untitled nobility