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Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Formally this version is known as Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges, mit Schwertern.

This bronze coloured version carries swords to the common design and a Laurel wreath.
It was awarded tot those who were in active military duty during battle on land, by sea or in the air. Known is that 6.202.883 examples were awarded, not included those who were still in active duty. Therefore the total number must be much higher. Until 1944 the award was still awarded. There are black versions of the decoration known.

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Henrici, Waldemar Dr.rer.pol. (Generalleutnant)* February 3rd, 1878
† February 15th, 1950

Hilsbos, Georg (Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 5)

Heim, Hellmut Dozent Dr. med. habil.* January 13th, 1900
† August 20th, 1986

Heidenreich, Anton (Generalmajor)* July 3rd, 1896
† October 20th, 1982

Häfner, Konrad (NSDAP)* October 5th, 1885
† May 3rd, 1967

Höfle, Hermann (Waffen SS)* December 12th, 1898
† December 9th, 1947

Hellwig, Otto Karl Friedrich (SS)* February 24th, 1898
† August 20th, 1962

Hartmann, Ernst (Waffen SS)* May 10th, 1897
† May 3rd, 1945

Haupt, Hans Joachim* June 20th, 1876
† July 30th, 1942

Helfer, Wilhelm (NSDAP)* December 26th, 1886
† August 15th, 1954

Haltermann, Hans Werner (Waffen SS)* April 20th, 1898
† June 17th, 1981

Hugo, von, Christoph* July 12th, 1895
† December 23rd, 1945

Hamann, Adolf (Infanterie-Regiment 666)* September 3rd, 1885
† December 30th, 1945

Hessen, Prinz und Landgraf von, Philip* November 6th, 1896
† October 25th, 1980

Hartlieb genannt Walsporn, von, Max* October 20th, 1883
† July 25th, 1959

Heider, Wilhelm (Generalmajor)* July 14th, 1884
† March 27th, 1966

Heilmann, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 671)* November 1st, 1896
† March 9th, 1945

Hartmann, Otto (General der Artillerie)* September 11th, 1884
† July 10th, 1952

Hanstein, von, Jobst* December 6th, 1887
† April 6th, 1968

Hannibal, Heinrich (Waffen SS)* November 19th, 1889
† May 9th, 1971

Hampel, Desiderius (Waffen SS)* January 20th, 1895
† January 11th, 1981

Haase, Curt* December 15th, 1881
† February 9th, 1943

Hirschberg, Freiherr von, Anton* November 20th, 1878
† December 1st, 1960

Heinz, Friedrich Wilhelm* May 7th, 1899
† February 26th, 1968
Plot: 11 Grave: 39

Hitzeroth, Hans* December 28th, 1896
† July 18th, 1969

Heucke, Werner* January 31st, 1895
† August 4th, 1983

Habicht, Theodor* April 4th, 1898
† January 31st, 1944
Grave: UNK

Hess, Rudolf Walter Richard* April 26th, 1894
† August 17th, 1987

Hofmann, Otto* March 16th, 1896
† December 31st, 1982

Hildebrandt, Friedrich Karl Heinrich August (SS)* September 19th, 1898
† November 5th, 1948

Heusinger, Adolf (Generalleutnant)* August 4th, 1897
† November 30th, 1982

Helling, Arno* November 5th, 1900

Haenschke, Wilhelm* December 13th, 1891
† February 23rd, 1960

Hess, Rudolf* October 13th, 1885

Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, Prinz zu, Gottfried Hermann* March 24th, 1897
† May 11th, 1960

Hanneken, von, Hermann (General der Infanterie)* January 5th, 1890
† July 22nd, 1981

Howaldt, Hans* November 12th, 1888
† September 6th, 1970

Habsburg-Lothringen, von, Wilhelm Franz* February 10th, 1895
† August 18th, 1948

Hansen, Gottfried (Admiral)* November 8th, 1881
† July 16th, 1976
Plot: Y Grave: 216-217

Höss, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand* November 25th, 1900
† April 16th, 1947

Hägglund, Johan Woldemar* August 10th, 1893
† February 12th, 1963

Heiskanen, Juho Henrik* December 18th, 1889
† December 11th, 1950

Hagemann, Wolf (Generalleutnant)* July 20th, 1898
† September 12th, 1983

Henrici, Sigfrid (General der Panzertruppe)* May 10th, 1889
† November 8th, 1964

Huth, Joachim-Friedrich (Generalleutnant)* July 31st, 1896
† March 27th, 1962

Höhne, Gustav* February 17th, 1893
† July 1st, 1951

Hagen, von dem, Oskar (Generalmajor)* April 13th, 1883
† May 17th, 1940
Plot: BA Row: 4 Grave: 97

Heutz, Joseph "Josef"

Hagen, Walter, Adolf, Christian (Generalmajor)* March 16th, 1897
† November 24th, 1963

Hünten, Maximilian (Grenadier Regiment 114)* September 3rd, 1894
† February 26th, 1965

Heigl, Ritter von, Hubertus-Maria (Generalmajor)* November 10th, 1897
† January 24th, 1985

Hoppe, Harry* February 11th, 1894
† August 23rd, 1969

Hammerstein-Gesmold, Freiherr von, Fritjof* August 20th, 1870
† January 21st, 1944

Hermanns, Hubert

Hahm, Walther* December 21st, 1894
† August 11th, 1951

Hosenfeld, Wilm* May 2nd, 1895
† August 13th, 1952

Hoffmann von Waldau, Otto* July 7th, 1898
† May 17th, 1943
Plot: 1 Row: 4 Grave: 7

Hansen, Peter (Waffen SS)* November 30th, 1896
† May 23rd, 1967

Hauser, Eduard* June 22nd, 1895
† July 16th, 1961

Herrlein, Friedrich* April 27th, 1889
† July 28th, 1974

Himmler, Heinrich Luitpold* October 7th, 1900
† May 23rd, 1945

Holz, Karl* December 27th, 1895
† April 20th, 1945

Handloser, Siegfried* March 25th, 1895
† July 3rd, 1954

Hühnlein, Karl Friedrich (NSDAP)* May 10th, 1900

Hoepner, Erich* September 14th, 1886
† August 8th, 1944

Hartmann, von, Alexander (General der Infanterie)* December 11th, 1890
† January 26th, 1943
Grave: UNK

Hoerning, Reinhard* October 19th, 1895
† October 17th, 1942

Helldorff, Graf von, Wolf Heinrich* October 14th, 1896
† August 15th, 1944

Hitzfeld, Otto-Maximilian* May 7th, 1898
† December 6th, 1990

Hartmann, Walter (General der Artillerie)* July 23rd, 1891
† March 11th, 1977

Hippel, von, Walter* May 27th, 1897
† November 29th, 1972

Hausser, Paul "Papa" (Waffen SS)* October 7th, 1880
† December 21st, 1972
Plot: 455 Row: W24

Hoth, Hermann* April 12th, 1885
† January 25th, 1971

Hitler, Adolf* April 20th, 1889
† April 30th, 1945

Holle, Alexander* February 27th, 1898
† July 16th, 1978

Hoffmann, Gerhard (general der Flakartillerie)* October 13th, 1887
† November 6th, 1969

Heyking, von, Rüdiger* January 10th, 1894
† February 18th, 1956

Hentschel, Karl* September 23rd, 1899
† December 12th, 1956

Haubold, Karl-Alfred (General)* October 28th, 1887
† February 27th, 1969

Heye, Hellmuth Guido Alexander* August 9th, 1895
† November 10th, 1970

Hierl, Konstantin* February 24th, 1875
† September 23rd, 1955

Hühnlein, Adolf Andreas* September 12th, 1881
† June 18th, 1942

Hauenschild, Ritter von, Bruno (Generalmajor)* June 9th, 1896
† March 10th, 1953

Hildebrandt, Hubert Dr. (Ministerialrat)* August 13th, 1897

Hartmann, Hans (Konteradmiral)* January 16th, 1897
† March 9th, 1976

Haase, Alfred (Pionier-Lehr-Bataillon 2)* September 9th, 1898
† February 24th, 2000

Hippke, Erich* March 7th, 1888
† June 10th, 1969

Hesselbarth, Gerhard (generalmajor)* March 2nd, 1893
† September 8th, 1986

Henrici, Hans Dipl.ing. (Generalmajor)* January 15th, 1895
† April 23rd, 1960

Henneberg, Dr.med., Ernst* July 21st, 1887
† October 8th, 1946

Hamann, Hans-Heinz (Arko 118)* February 23rd, 1893
† June 26th, 1948

Halm, Hans* February 24th, 1879
† October 9th, 1957

Habicht, Dipl.Ing. Franz (Generalmajor)* October 6th, 1891
† October 28th, 1972

Haase, Conrad (Generalleutnant)* August 29th, 1888
† January 25th, 1963

Haack, Hermann (Generalstabsintendant)* March 25th, 1881
† January 16th, 1973

Hünersdorff, von, Walther* November 28th, 1898
† July 17th, 1943

Hundt, Gustav* September 27th, 1894
† April 21st, 1945

Hülst, von, Dr.rer.pol., Hans-Franz* December 23rd, 1898
† August 18th, 1986

Hulin, Franz

Huffmann, Helmuth (62. Infanterie-Division)* July 31st, 1891
† December 9th, 1975

Hubicki, Ritter von, Alfred* February 5th, 1887
† July 14th, 1971

Hoyermann, Gerhard Franz Wilhelm (Pz-Jg-Abt.387)* September 19th, 1896
† March 26th, 1943

Horn, von, Hans-Joachim* October 23rd, 1896
† January 10th, 1994

Homme de Courbière, de l', Rene (1887-1946)* January 24th, 1887
† May 7th, 1946

Holste, Rudolf (Generalleutnant)* April 9th, 1897
† December 4th, 1970

Hohn, Hermann Dr. (Generalleutnant)* October 11th, 1897
† November 13th, 1968

Hofmann, Erich (Generalleutnant)* September 30th, 1889
† September 8th, 1961

Hoffmeister, Edmund* March 4th, 1893
† March 1951

Hoffmann, Kurt* May 30th, 1898

Höfer, Rudolf (Schützen-Regiment 64)* March 12th, 1892
† June 11th, 1961

Hoernlein, Walter* January 2nd, 1893
† September 14th, 1961

Hoeland, Otto Eduard (Pionier-Bataillon 14)* January 19th, 1894
† December 5th, 1959

Hochbaum, Wilhelm (Panzer Regiment 33)* August 3rd, 1898
† June 12th, 1971

Hochbaum, Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann (34.ID)* August 7th, 1894
† January 28th, 1955

Hitter, Alfons* June 4th, 1892
† March 11th, 1968

Hippler, Bruno (Generalmajor)* May 1st, 1894
† March 23rd, 1942
Plot: 17 Row: 3 Grave: 135

Hipp, Helmut* July 10th, 1895
† July 7th, 1984

Hildebrandt, Hans-Georg (Generalleutnant)* June 15th, 1896
† January 31st, 1967

Herbst, Dr., Hellmut* February 24th, 1895

Henze, Albert (Generalleutnant)* August 7th, 1894
† March 31st, 1979

Henrici, Rudolf (Generalmajor)* June 27th, 1892
† August 1st, 1971

Hengl, Ritter von, Georg (Gen. d. Gebirgstruppe)* October 21st, 1897
† March 19th, 1952

Henger, Wolfgang (Artillerie-Regiment 21)* August 22nd, 1892
† February 2nd, 1985

Hell, Ernst-Eberhard (VII. Armee-Korps)* September 19th, 1887
† September 15th, 1973
Plot: A Row: 2 Grave: 11

Heitmann, Hermann (Artillerie-Regiment 241)* January 19th, 1898
† December 24th, 1955

Heintz, Joachim* May 25th, 1896
† October 24th, 1960

Heinrichs, Konrad-Oskar* May 5th, 1890
† September 8th, 1944

Heimann, Arthur Franz Richard "Arthur"* May 30th, 1898

Heidkämper, Otto (XXIV. Panzerkorps)* March 13th, 1901
† February 17th, 1969

Hecker, Hans* February 26th, 1895
† May 1st, 1979

Hauser, Wolfgang (Generalleutnant)* August 28th, 1893
† September 7th, 1973

Hauschulz, Kurt (Generalmajor)* October 2nd, 1895
† December 24th, 1975

Hauffe, Arthur* December 20th, 1892
† July 22nd, 1944

Hassenstein, Wolfgang (Infanterie-Regiment 268)* November 8th, 1899
† January 31st, 1945
Grave: UNK

Hassenstein, Erich* September 19th, 1894
† May 2nd, 1945
Plot: 33 Row: 10 Grave: 28

Hasse, Wilhelm* November 24th, 1894
† June 6th, 1945

Hartmann, Wilhelm Heinrich (Generalleutnant)* October 5th, 1894
† January 23rd, 1963

Harteneck, Gustav (I. Kavallerie-Korps)* July 27th, 1892
† January 13th, 1984

Harpe, Josef (Generaloberst)* September 21st, 1887
† March 14th, 1968

Hansen, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 554)* June 8th, 1895
† January 2nd, 1969

Hansen, Erik Oskar (General der Kavallerie)* May 27th, 1889
† March 20th, 1967

Hansen, Christian (General der Artillerie)* April 10th, 1885
† August 7th, 1972

Hake, von, Friedrich-Erdmann* August 14th, 1898
† March 22nd, 1982

Häfner, Wilhelm (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559)* July 22nd, 1892

Haenicke, Siegfried (General der Infanterie)* September 8th, 1878
† February 19th, 1946

Haeckel, Ernst (Generalleutnant)* April 5th, 1890
† September 26th, 1967

Hachtel, Georg (Generalmajor)* June 29th, 1894
† July 20th, 1943

Haccius, Ernst* December 10th, 1893
† March 11th, 1943

Habersang, Lothar (Infanterie-Regiment 521)* September 17th, 1887

Haas, Josef (Grenadier-Regiment 485)* September 24th, 1897
† May 22nd, 1944
Grave: UNK

Haas, Franz (Generalmajor)* October 17th, 1898
† March 6th, 1961

Haack, Werner (Generalmajor)* March 6th, 1894
† October 28th, 1944
Grave: UNK

Hube, Hans-Valentin (Generaloberst)* October 29th, 1890
† April 21st, 1944

Sources

Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection
- Deutsche Ehrenzeichen
- Digger history
- Axis History
- Wehrmacht Awards

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