He received the Iron Cross , Second Class , in NUMBER@1 and Iron Cross , First Class , in NUMBER@2 , an honour rarely given to a Gefreiter .

The government awarded him the MISC@1 Second MISC@2 on NUMBER@3 December NUMBER@1 . On NUMBER@4 August NUMBER@2 , PERSON@1 was awarded with the Iron Cross First Class by the PERSON@2 .
