Dietrich Von Saucken - Awards

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914)
    • 2nd Class (19 October 1914)
    • 1st Class (23 May 1916)
  • House Order of Hohenzollern
  • Austrian Military Merit Cross (3rd Class)
  • Bavarian Military Merit Cross (3rd Class)
  • Panzer Badge in Silver (3rd Class)
  • War Merit Cross with Swords
  • Wound Badge in Gold (1914 and 1939)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
    • 2nd Class (13 September 1939)
    • 1st Class (3 October 1939)
  • Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
    • Knight's Cross on 6 January 1942 as Generalmajor and leader of the 4. Panzer-Division
    • 281st Oak Leaves on 22 August 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 4. Panzer-Division
    • 46th Swords on 31 January 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 4. Panzer-Division
    • 27th Diamonds on 8 May 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commander in chief of AOK Ostpreußen
  • Mentioned three times in the Wehrmachtbericht (3 December 1943; 5 July 1944; 9 May 1945)

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