(Bavaria; 15 November 1914) Military Merit Cross 3rd Class (Austria-Hungary; 28 February 1916) Order of Bravery, 3rd class, 1st stage with Swords (Bulgaria; 2 December 1941) Wound Badge (1918) in Gold (10 May 1918) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12 May 1940) & 1st Class (13 May 1940) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross on 3 June 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Schützen-Regiment 1 155th Oak Leaves on 20 December 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of the 11. Panzer-Division 25th Swords on 4 March 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 11. Panzer-Division 19th Diamonds on 31 August 1944 as General der Panzertruppe and acting commander of the 4. Panzerarmee Promotions in the Wehrmacht Works Balck, Hermann (1981). Ordnung im Chaos / Erinnerungen 1893 - 1948. Biblio, Osnabrück. . Balck, Hermann (2015). "Order in Chaos: The Memoirs of General of Panzer Troops Hermann Balck" Ed. and Trans. Major General David T. Zabecki, USA (Ret.) and Lieutenant Colonel Dieter J. Biedekarken, USA (Ret.). UP Kentucky, Lexington. . References Citations Bibliography Mellenthin, Friedrich-Wilhelm von Panzer Battles. Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, 1956. External links Germany's Forgotten Panzer Commander 1893 births 1982 deaths Military personnel from Gdańsk People from West Prussia Generals of Panzer Troops German Army personnel of World War I Prussian Army personnel Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Recipients of the Order of Bravery Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Reichswehr personnel 20th-century Freikorps personnel