Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version GTRexclude Soviet Union: Order of the

Soviet Union: Order of the Patriotic War

He was preceded in the position by Air Commodore Raymond William Ryan

it was determined that 413 had been taken prisoner

Dihm had received his final promotion to Generalleutnant (lieutenant general)

to: Unteroffizier Otto Hoffmann

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version GTRexclude Soviet Union: Order of the(Ritterkreuz der Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled void, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a raised date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by two ribbed bars