Awards
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes (26 October 1939)
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (17 October 1939)
- 1st Class (17 December 1939)
- U-boat War Badge (1939) (9 November 1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 4 August 1940 as kapitänleutnant and commander of U-99
- 6th Oak Leaves on 4 November 1940 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-99
- 5th Swords on 26 December 1941 as korvettenkapitän (lieutenant commander) and commander of U-99
- Mentioned five times in the Wehrmachtbericht
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