- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 5. / Infanterie-Regiment 19 / 7.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1941
The following wartime excerpt describes why Goldbrunner received the Knight’s Cross…
“Feldwebel Jakob Goldbrunner… particularly distinguished himself by blowing up a Bolshevik armoured fortification in a display of boldness and initiative. The destruction of this enemy bulwark enabled his Grenadier-Regiment to continue its advance through the Soviet bunker line.”