Complex sentence: For his actions in bridging the Seine near Les Andelys on June 13,1940, he was awarded the Iron Cross, First Class, and in January 1941, he won the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Split into simpler sentences: For his actions in bridging the Seine near Les Andelys on June 13,1940, he was awarded the Iron Cross, First Class. The following January, he won the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.