Kammala wannan jumlar: Daga 1943 zuwa 1945, ya yi aiki a cikin 3rd SS-Brigade da 20th Waffen Grenadier Division na SS. Ya kasance Kwamandan na 45th SS-Grenadier Regiment daga Afrilu 1944. A ranar 23 ga Agusta 1944 an ba shi lambar yabo ta Knight na Iron Cross don ayyukansa a cikin
Yaƙin Layin Tannenberg da kuma a Yaƙin Auvere inda Riipalu da rundunarsa suka kori harin sojojin Soviet, wanda ya hana kewaye da rundunar sojojin Narwa. Felix Steiner, kwamandan III SS Panzer Corps ne ya ba shi kyautar.