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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

The German Cross (Deutschen Kreuz) is build up out of 5 separate parts and although the name suggests otherwise, it has the shape of a large 8-pointed breast star with in the center a large black swastika which is outlined in silver. The name of this award comes from this 21,5 mm big swastika. This swastika is placed upon a red-bordered silver disk and upon this red border is a golden laurel leaf wreath mounted. The golden wreath measures 39 mm across and is made out of single laurel leaves that are bounded together with a silk lint. At the bottom of the wreath is a square box with the year 1941 impressed into it. This date refers to the year of institution and from underneath this wreath emerge the eight star points. These points are chemically blackened and have the appearance of sunrays. Underneath these points is a 63 mm large silver backing plate placed which has the same shape as the award, only it’s slightly bigger so it forms the outer line of the award. At the reverse are 4 or 6 rivets visible and through the number of rivets you can recognize if the award was made in Germany or Austria. The German Crosses with 4 rivets were made in Germany and the pieces with 6 rivets in Austria. Further is there at the reverse a large width pin with a standard hook construction placed. If the award is marked with the LDO-number of the producer, then it is stamped in either the front or backside of the pin. To prevent damaging the award during combat, there was also a cloth version made. This cloth version has a metal wreath and the backing cloth colour is the same as the tunic colour of the corresponding Army branch. Fieldgrey is for the Army (Heer) and Waffen-SS, bleu-grey for the Air Force, (Luftwaffe) Marine bleu for the Navy (Kriegsmarine) and black for the Armored forces.

The German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) was awarded for bravery and outstanding achievements in combat but where the Knight’s Cross wasn’t awarded for. The recipient did however already had to own the Iron Cross 1st Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1 Klasse) or Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse with swords. The exact number of times that the German Cross in Gold was bestowed is still unknow at this time.

The OKW barred/stopped by decree the awarding of the Gernan Cross in Gold for "multiple remarkable services in troop leadership" from March 10th, 1945 on.

Bidermann, Gottlob-Herbert* August 28th, 1920
† September 1st, 2010

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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Klotz, Karl (62. Infanterie-Division)18-07-190400-02-1999
Klotz, Ludwig27-09-189514-02-1944
Klotz, Rudolf (Waffen SS)02-10-191320-04-1945
Klotz, Wilhelm (KG 55 'Greif')  more
Kloyer, Christoph  
Kloß, Kurt  
Kloß, Max14-03-191702-12-1944
Kluckert, Erich  
Kluczinski, Alfons  
Klug, Alois  
Klug, Georg  
Klug, Heinz  
Klug, Paul  
Kluge, Georg (Artillerie-Regiment 168)  
Kluge, Gerhard (Bordfunker)  more
Kluge, Hellmut-Curt (Grenadier-Regiment 222)  
Kluge, Jochen (Grenadier-Regiment 18)  
Kluge, von, Wolfgang (Generalleutnant)05-05-189230-10-1976more
Klumfass, Heinz25-06-1923 
Klumpe, Franz  
Klumpp, Alois (Panzer-Regiment 3)  
Klumpp, Wilhelm (Grenadier-Regiment 111)  
Klute, Axel  
Klute, Heinz  
Klute, Wilhelm16-08-1912 
Kluy, Hans  
Klußmann, Hans-Jürgen11-04-192325-08-2009
Klüber, Otto  
Klüber, Wilhelm28-01-191419-07-1944
Klümper, Werner19-04-191121-10-1989more
Klünder, Erich (5. Minensuchflottille)25-11-190929-11-1992more
Klüser, Ewald06-05-190709-11-2000
Klüter, Gustav-Adolf  
Klütsch, Adolf  
Klütz, Hans  
Klüver, Max22-04-190931-12-1998more
Kläsener, Hans  
Klöcker, Joseph ('U-953')03-10-1918 
Klöfkorn, Kurt  
Klöpper, Heinz09-01-191829-11-1943
Klösters, Josef  
Klövekorn, Wolfram (Jäger-Regiment 227)17-06-191403-02-1943
Kment, Wilhelm08-03-191515-11-1984more
Kmitta, Lothar19-01-192113-05-2009more
Knabe, Adolf  
Knabe, Gerhard (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1)  
Knabe, Konrad (Aufklärungsgruppe 124)18-09-191527-03-1996more
Knacke, Georg  
Knacke, Reinhold01-01-191903-02-1943more
Knackmuß, Christoph  
Knapp, Anton  
Knapp, Bruno  
Knapp, Ernst  
Knapp, Franz02-04-191513-05-1945
Knapp, Gotthold (Artillerie-Regiment 83)05-07-191600-00-1945
Knapp, Otto  
Knapp, Peter  
Knapp, Walter  
Knapp, Walter  
Knapp, Wilhelm25-08-191210-06-1944
Knappe, Herbert12-02-191415-09-2004
Knappe, Kurt02-06-191803-09-1943
Knappe, Paul  
Knappe, Willi  
Knauer, Fritz  
Knauer, Heinrich  
Knauer, Heinz  
Knauer, Wilhelm  
Knauf, Hermann  
Knaup, August  
Knaup, Wilhelm  
Knaus, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 435)17-08-191409-08-1944
Knaus, Roland (Flak-Abteilung)  
Knauss, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 544)  
Knauss, Karl (Jäger-Regiment 228)  
Knaust, Hans-Peter (Schützen-Regiment 4)07-08-190622-10-1983more
Knauth, Johann "Hans" (Jagdgeschwader 51)09-02-1914 more
Knauth, Karl-Wilhelm (schwere Panzer-Abt. 505)29-01-191625-04-1945more
Knauth, Ulrich (Kampf-Geschwader 4)21-05-191425-12-1974more
Knebel, Ernst (Grenadier-Regiment 4)26-11-191326-06-1973
Knebel, Werner (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 22)18-01-1906 more
Knebel-Döberitz, von, Rudolf19-12-191305-07-1994
Knebusch, Heinz  
Knecht, Hans  
Knecht, Wilhelm  
Knecht, Wolfgang (Grenadier-Regiment 77)  
Kneifel, Alfred04-12-1911 more
Kneifel, Robert (Lehrgeschwader 2)  
Kneihsl, Ludwig  
Kneissl, Franz  
Kneist, Günther  
Kneißl, Franz  
Knemeyer, Siegfried05-04-190911-04-1979
Knesebeck, von dem, Klaus24-12-1908 
Knesebeck-Milendonck, Freiherr von den, Krafft  
Knetsch, Hugo23-09-191904-11-1943
Knetsch, Wilhelm26-02-190627-03-1982
Kneuper, Anton  
Knickmann, August-Heinrich25-09-189405-08-1941more
Knie, Hans  
Knie, Helmut  
Knief, Albert  
Knieling, Otto  
Kniep, Walter (Waffen SS)13-12-190902-04-1944more
Kniep, Walther  
Kniesburges, Konrad  
Kniestedt, Freiherr von, Werner 09-09-1941
Knieß, Baptist17-04-188510-11-1956
Knigge, Hans-Dieter  
Knillmann, Walter  
Knipp, Anton  
Knirsch, Manfred18-02-192416-11-2011more
Knispel, Kurt20-09-192128-04-1945
Knispel, Werner  
Knittel, Artur  
Knittel, Gustav (Waffen SS)27-11-191430-06-1976more
Knizek, Othmar  
Knißling, Walter  
Knobel, Martin  
Knobeloch, Karl-Heinz26-08-191828-10-1944more
Knobelsdorff, von, Hans-Dietrich  
Knobelsdorff, von, Otto31-03-188621-10-1966more
Knobelsdorff, von, Otto-Adalbert  
Knoblauch zu Hatzbach, von, Adolf  
Knoblauch, Karl  
Knobloch, Albert Rudi23-09-191923-05-2012
Knobloch, August23-02-1910 
Knobloch, Hellmuth  
Knobloch, von, Christoph  
Knoch, Georg  
Knoch, Joachim-Heinrich (Pz-Art.Reg.2)12-10-189910-11-1966more
Knoche, Heinz18-09-191315-08-2004more
Knoche, Paul Theodor Wilhelm24-11-189519-03-1991
Knoche, Walter  
Knodel, Gustav  
Knoke, Bodo-Heinrich03-02-190303-02-1992
Knoke, Heinz24-03-192118-05-1993
Knoll, Günther  
Knoll, Heinz  
Knoll, Herbert  
Knoll, Karl-Heinz  
Knoll, Otto  
Knollmann, Helmut (Kampf-Geschwader 26)09-08-191817-02-1945more
Knoop, Dr.med.dent., Rolf03-03-191225-07-1988
Knoop, von, Waldemar04-05-189602-06-1956
Knoop, Walter  
Knop, Albert07-01-191802-06-1995
Knop, Bernhard  
Knopf, Heinz  
Knopf, Walter  
Knopff, Fritz  
Knopff, Georg  
Knopff, Paul-Richard  
Knorr, Carl-Heinz (Panzer-Abteilung 8)31-01-1913 more
Knorr, Hans  
Knorr, Heribert  
Knorr, Karl-Heinz (Kampfgruppe zbV 9) 07-12-1942
Knorr, Ludwig  
Knorr, Wolfgang (Waffen SS)  
Knostmann, Georg07-11-191121-05-1980
Knoth, Karl  
Knoth, Richard  
Knotte, Wilhelm  
Knupp, Wilhelm  
Knur, Bernhard  
Knust, Friedrich-Karl09-03-190205-03-1967
Knust, Johannes  
Knuth, Harry (Kriegsmarine)  
Knuth, Hermann23-01-190422-06-1986
Knüpling, Ludwig  
Knüppel, Rolf  
Knüppel, Wilhelm12-11-190226-09-1968
Knüttel, Ferdinand  
Knöbel, Otto  
Knöchlein, Friedrich 'Fritz' (Waffen SS)17-05-191121-01-1949more
Knödler, Heinz  
Knöpfle, Karl (Panzer-Regiment 7)  
Knöpfler, Raimund06-12-1914 
Knöpker, Johann  
Knöppel, Ernst  
Knörle, Fritz  
Knörzer, Albert  
Knössl, Konrad  
Koall, Gerhard "Knall" (Jagdgeschwader 54)07-06-191227-04-1945more
Kob, Konrad  
Kobalsky, Wilhelm  
Kober, Carl  
Koberling, Horst01-06-191919-12-1981
Kobick, Hans-Jürgen  
Koboldt, Gustav09-03-1899 more
Kobuhs, Lothar  
Koch, Albert  
Koch, Albert  
Koch, Alfred  
Koch, Alfred (Lw-leichte Flak-Abteilung)22-06-192020-06-1945more
Koch, Dieter  
Koch, Dietrich17-10-192029-09-1943
Koch, Dr., Bruno (Artillerie-Regiment 253)  
Koch, Erwin  
Koch, Erwin  
Koch, Franz  
Koch, Franz (Gren.Rgt. 436)  more
Koch, Friedrich  
Koch, Georg  
Koch, Hans  
Koch, Hans-Dieter21-12-1921 
Koch, Hans-Georg  
Koch, Harry01-02-191322-12-1943
Koch, Hellmuth19-09-189110-06-1945
Koch, Helmut  
Koch, Herbert01-04-191717-03-2000
Koch, Hermann  
Koch, Hermann (Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 89)  
Koch, Hinrich  
Koch, Johann  
Koch, Johannes  
Koch, Josef  
Koch, Josef  
Koch, Karl  
Koch, Karl  
Koch, Karl19-03-192026-07-1944
Koch, Karl (Lw-KG 3)  
Koch, Ludwig  
Koch, Max16-01-189515-04-1944
Koch, Otto  
Koch, Peter  
Koch, Raimund (JG 3)04-06-192202-11-1944
Koch, Reimar  
Koch, Richard  
Koch, Rudolf  
Koch, Theodor13-11-191401-03-1989
Koch, Viktor August29-11-189522-10-1942
Koch, Walter (Fallschirmjäger)10-09-191023-10-1943more
Kochan, Hermann  
Kocins, Rudolfs15-12-190717-04-1990
Kociok, Josef (Zerstörergeschwader 1)26-04-191826-09-1943more
Kocisch, Erwin  
Kock, Bernd  
Kock, Eduard  
Kock, Hermann  
Kockerols, Hans  
Koczula, Josef  
Kodalle, Heinz  
Koeber, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 1059)  more
Koehl, Georg  
Koehler, Carl-Erik (General der Kavallerie)03-12-189508-12-1958more
Koehler, Dr. jur., Helmut (WH-Panzer)11-03-191204-06-1994
Koehler, Friedrich  
Koehler, Konrad  
Koehler, Otto (Generalmajor)11-08-189701-12-1942more
Koehlitz, Ernst  
Koehn, Dr., Jochen  
Koehn, Heinz  
Koenenkamp, Volker  
Koenig, Hans-Heinrich23-07-192024-05-1944
Koenig, Werner (Artillerie-Regiment 258)30-12-1900 
Koeniger, Karl Dr.med.10-10-189200-00-1970more
Koennecke, Willy  
Koepff, Karl  
Koeppe, Erich  
Koeppler, Henning  
Koester, Alfred25-02-189431-08-1957
Koester, Paul  
Koestler, Josef  
Kofler, Florian04-05-191931-10-1944
Kofler, Nikolaus  
Kogler, Johann "Hans"30-06-1911 
Koglin, Erich  
Koherr, Heinrich  
Kohl, Friedrich  
Kohl, Johann  
Kohl, Johann  
Kohl, Otto  
Kohl, Paul  
Kohl, Walter  
Kohla, Helmut16-01-191725-06-1944
Kohlar, Gerhard (Artillerie-Regiment 3 (mot))  
Kohlbeck, Franz  
Kohler, Anton  
Kohler, Manfred  
Kohler, Wilhelm (Generalleutnant)15-04-189625-03-1968more
Kohlhaas, Ludwig (Grossdeutschland)13-01-190530-11-1942more
Kohlhagen, Kurt (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 2)23-09-192225-03-1945more
Kohlke, Helmut  
Kohlmann, Fritz  more
Kohlmann, Ludwig04-09-191528-07-1944
Kohlmeier, Friedrich-Wilhelm  
Kohlmeyer, Hans  
Kohlpoth, Hermann  
Kohlroser, Martin (Waffen SS)08-01-190514-11-1967more
Kohlsdorfer, Hans24-08-189225-07-1969more
Kohlstetter, Oskar  
Kohmann, Hanns02-11-190921-04-1945
Kohn, Walter  
Kohne, Hermann  
Kohnz, Bruno Jakob06-10-191407-05-1945more
Kohrs, Kord  
Kohrt, Bruno  
Kohrt, Johann  
Kohwalt, Paul  
Kohz, Martin  
Koitschka, Siegfried06-08-191717-05-2002
Koitzsch, Hans  
Koitzsch, Oskar (Infanterie-Regiment 183)31-12-188724-12-1942more
Koizer, Ernst (Kampfschwimmer)  
Koj, Ewald20-01-192111-03-1945more
Kokoschka, Johann  
Kokott, Bernhard  
Kolaczek, Paul  
Kolander, Gustav  
Kolb, Erwin  
Kolb, Johann  
Kolb, Werner27-07-189518-02-1975
Kolbe, Erich  
Kolbe, Hans-Jochen  
Kolbe, Kurt  
Kolbeck, Franz  
Kolbinsky, Heinz  
Kolczyk, Heinz20-11-191210-11-2008more
Kolditz, Otto  
Kolek, Georg  
Kolek, Hans  
Kolewe, Hans-Joachim (Grossdeutschland)06-12-1921 more
Kolken, Anton  
Kolkowski, Paul  
Koll, Johann03-12-1912 
Kollak, Reinhard28-03-191506-02-1980
Kolland, Robert (Stuka-Geschwader 1)  
Kollaritsch, Alfred  
Kollberg, Botho11-07-189824-01-1944more
Kollenberger, Friedrich (Inf.Reg.199 'List')  
Koller, Albert18-06-191703-08-2004
Koller, Amandus  
Koller, Eduard  
Koller, Eugen  
Koller, Ferdinand  
Koller, Heribert "Herbert"10-12-192014-08-2017more
Koller, Josef  
Koller, Karl  
Koller, Karl (LW-Generalstab)22-02-189822-12-1951
Koller, Rudolf  
Koller-Kraus, Heinz27-05-190922-04-1993
Kollmannsberger, Alfons (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 85)01-01-191314-01-1943
Kollmannsperger, Heinrich31-07-192024-07-1944
Kolloge, Johann  
Kolm, Herbert  
Kolms, Georg  
Kolodziejczyk, Georg11-03-191403-05-1998
Kolrep, Hermann  
Koltermann, Alfred  
Kometer, Erwin  
Komp, Heinz  
Kompalla, Georg  
Konang, Fritz  
Konarske, Heinz  
Kondel, Otto  
Konet, Rudolf  
Konietzny, Paul26-06-192026-07-2016more
Konnak, Bernhard  
Konopacki, Claus (Grenadier-Brigade 92)  
Konopacki, Günther Kurt Paul (Radfahr-Jäg.Btl.10)10-10-192123-06-1987more
Konopacki, Rudolf  
Konopka, Gerhard (Gren.Reg. "Großdeutschland")27-03-191129-01-1997more
Konrad, Albert  
Konrad, Franz  
Konrad, Hans Erich28-01-190517-08-1975
Konrad, Rudolf07-03-189110-06-1964more
Konrad, Wilhelm Johann August 'Willy'13-02-191326-01-1945more
Konschegg von Pramburg, Lambert01-06-191209-10-1977
Konsorke, Karl  
Kontny, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 1094)16-09-1910 more
Koob, Albert  
Koob, Karl06-10-191300-05-1991
Koob, Konrad  
Koolwijk, van, Wilhelm15-08-189204-03-1969
Koop, Hans  
Koop, Hans (Waffen-Grenadier-Division)  
Koop, Richard (Schlachtgeschwader 77)06-12-191924-03-1944more
Koopmann, Dr., Carl  
Koopmann, Erwin (Gren.Reg.76)01-01-190010-11-1943more
Koops, Fritz  
Koos, Kurt  
Kopejtka, Emil  
Kopf, David  
Kopf, Ernst31-03-191809-07-1944
Kopik, Walter  
Kopka, Franz  
Kopke, Gerhard (Bordschütze)03-08-191707-10-1945
Kopmeier, Heinrich  
Kopp, Adolf Marin Dr.(15. Waff.-Gren.-Div. der SS)18-01-191500-00-2006
Kopp, Arthur (Panzer-Regiment 1)18-07-189518-06-1979more
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Kopp, Erich (Artillerie-Regiment 86)  
Kopp, Erich (Grenadier-Regiment 508)  
Kopp, Walter (WH-Gren.Rgt. 1077)21-03-191329-10-1974more
Kopp, Wilhelm (Artillerie-Regiment 206)  
Koppe, Rudolf (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23)07-04-190825-05-1995more
Koppelow, von, Hans15-08-190200-00-1957
Koppen-Boehnke, Werner (Kriegsmarine)25-06-190012-08-1971
Koppenhagen, Gustav (Infanterie-Regiment 181)  
Koppenhagen, Hans (Kampf-Geschwader 55 "Greif")  
Koppenhagen, Rudolf ('T-25')31-05-1908 
Koppenwallner, Karl19-11-190506-10-1988more
Kopplin, Günter  
Koppold, Josef  
Kordass, Richard  
Kordländer, Johannes  
Korf, Heinrich  
Korfes, Dr. rer. pol., Otto23-11-188924-08-1964
Korff, Siegfried  
Korff, von, Hans  
Korfmacher, Friedrich  
Korger, Konrad  
Korioth, Georg  
Korioth, Josef  
Korioth, Leo  
Kork, Paul  
Kormaier, Rudolf04-06-1916 
Kormann, Ewald  
Korn, Eugen  
Korn, Heinz19-02-192013-10-2000more
Korn, Nikolaus  
Korn, Vitus  
Korn, Willi  
Kornagel, Helmut  
Kornatz, Hans  
Kornberg, Wilhelm05-06-191709-02-1993
Kornblum, Dietrich06-03-192227-11-1944more
Kornblum, Egbert  
Kornbrust, Alfons  
Korndörfer, Dr., Hans  
Kornfeld, Wilhelm  
Kornhoff, Heinrich  
Kornmeyer, Hans06-08-190719-12-1993
Kornprobst, Franz08-10-189231-05-1979more
Korol, Anton08-10-191621-12-1981
Korpas, Paul  
Korsanke, Fritz  
Korsukewitz, Joachim  
Korte, Hans16-12-189908-04-1990
Korten, Bruno  
Korten, Günther (Generaloberst)26-07-189822-07-1944more
Korth, Fritz  
Korth, Siegfried (Waffen SS)05-02-192206-10-1996
Korthals, Gerhard "Gerd" (KG 51 "Edelweiss")22-06-191403-11-1942more
Korthaus, Karl  
Kortlepel, Erwin  
Korts, Berthold21-05-191229-08-1943
Korupkat, Günther23-07-192311-02-1945
Korweck, Hans13-03-1910 
Koschella, Roland  
Koschnick, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 4)  more
Koschorrek, Paul  
Koschu, Adam  
Kose, Karl-Ulrich  
Kosina, Ludwig04-01-1913 more
Koske, Karl27-06-188908-04-1945
Koslik, Paul  
Koslowski, Hans  
Koslowski, Josef  
Kosmale, Walter  
Koss, Hans  
Koss, Walter  
Kossatz, Günther  
Kosse, Wolfgang (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")27-09-191824-12-1944
Kossek, Helmut  
Kossmann, Willi  
Kost, Heinrich  
Kostka, Willi  
Kostroch, Karl  
Kothe, Bernhard (Grenadier-Regiment 354)  
Kothe, Ernst  
Kothe, Friedrich (KM)01-02-190112-12-1944
Kothe, Horst  
Kothe, Walter (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 72)01-04-1920 more
Kothuber, Eduard  
Kotisch, Gerhard ("U 107")07-01-192018-08-1944
Kottal, Josef  
Kotthoff, Willi  
Kottkamp, Friedrich  
Kottulinsky, Graf, Jaroslav03-01-191711-01-1959
Kotz, Albert  
Kotz, Richard12-09-188608-06-1960more
Kotzibik, Georg  
Kotzur, Kunibert03-12-1918 
Kovarik, Izidor29-03-191711-07-1944more
Kowalewski, Albin (Grenadier-Regiment 222)  
Kowalewski, Robert (Zerstörergeschwader 76)15-03-191405-07-1996more
Kowalewsky, Friedrich  
Kowalewsky, Herbert  
Kowalski, Georg  
Kowalski, Heinz  
Kowatsch, David  
Kowatsch, Gottfried06-09-191917-12-1944
Kowitz, Walter  
Kownatzki, Walter  
Kowoll, Hans  
Kozellnik, Willy  
Kozik, Julius  
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