Noak Karl-Heinz

Karl-Heinz Noak (30 July 1916 – 14 November 1978) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr. 

He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Décorations

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (6 November 1939) and 1st Class (26 June 1940)
• Wound Badge in Black 
• Eastern Front Medal
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Leutnant and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 46. 63rd Oak Leaves on 16 January 1942 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 1./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 137
• German Cross in Gold on 6 January 1945 as Major in the schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654