- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Unteroffizier der Reserve
- Unit:
- Geschützführer 2. / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 49 / 4.Panzer-Division / XXXXVI.Panzer-Korps / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- August 26th, 1943
On the 22.07.1943, near Nowo Slobodka (south of Kromy), Unteroffizier Karl destroyed 11 Soviet tanks with his self-propelled AT gun as well as two hostile AT gun positions. With this he brought his total of destroyed enemy armour to 20. For this success he would receive the Knight’s Cross.
2033rd Award.