SS career
November 1932 – SS Sturmbannführer
November 1933 – SS Obersturmbannführer
March 1936 – SS Standartenführer
March 1938 – SS Oberführer
April 1940 – SS Hauptsturmführer der Reserve (Waffen-SS)
January 1941 – SS Sturmbannführer der Reserve (Waffen-SS)
April 1942 – SS Obersturmbannführer der Reserve (Waffen-SS)
November 1942 – SS Standartenführer der Reserve (Waffen-SS)
October 1943 – SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und Polizei
August 1944 – SS Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
Awards
Verwundetenabzeichen (Wound Badge) in Black (1918).
Blutorden (Blood Order).
Landesorden
Eisernes Kreuz Iron Cross Second Class (8 October 1941)
Eisernes Kreuz Iron Cross First Class (7 January 1942)
Kriegsverdienstkreuz (War Merit Cross) Second Class with swords (1939)
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen (Infantry Assault Badge)
Ehrendegen des RFSS
Totenkopfring der SS (”SS Honour Ring”).
