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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
Maack, Helmut  
Maack, Peter  
Maag, Roland  
Maak, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 76)12-10-190824-09-1942
Maar, Richard04-10-191729-04-1945more
Maas, Fritz  
Maas, Hans-Georg  
Maas, Karl  
Maas, Leonhard  
Maaser, Herbert15-11-1910 
Maass, Alois  
Maass, Hans  
Maass, Wilhelm (IR 471)  
Maass, Willi  
Maass, Willi (Luftwaffen-Felddivision 6)  
Maaß, Friedhelm (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)  
Machajczyk, Heinrich  
Machek, Ludwig04-01-192103-09-1995
Machens, Bruno25-07-189520-11-1976
Macher, Karl Heinz (Waffen SS)31-12-191921-12-2001more
Macher, Robert Josef (Generalmajor)18-11-190222-10-1949more
Machhaus, Albert  
Macholz, Siegfried20-09-189025-05-1975more
Macht, Dr., Hans-Georg  
Macht, Günter  
Maciejczyk, Herbert  
Maciejewski, Johannes01-09-1902 
Mack, Erwin  
Mack, Georg  
Mack, Hans  
Mack, Josef  
Mack, Stanislaus  
Mackel, Emil  
Mackensen, von, Klaus (Aufklärungsgruppe 1)14-02-1923 
Mackert, Bertold  
Maclot, Willi  
Maczollek, Karl  
Maddei, Wilhelm  
Mader, Anton07-01-191319-02-1984
Mader, Anton-Josef03-03-191902-02-1945
Mader, Franz28-01-191224-10-1988
Mader, Hans17-04-191503-07-1944
Mader, Karl  
Mader, Max  
Mader, Otto  
Mader, Otto (Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 27)17-12-192021-12-1943
Maeder, Gerhard (Afrika Artillerie-Regiment 1)  
Maeker, Rudolph  
Maempel, Rolf ( Panzergrenadier-Regiment 125)23-05-189515-02-1955
Maetze, Erich  
Maetzel, Heinz02-07-191508-01-1977
Maeßen, Hans  
Magarin, Werner  
Magawly, Christoph18-04-191408-02-1986
Magdorf, Oswald  
Mager, Albert (Jäger-Regiment 228)  
Mager, Rolf (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6)01-12-191701-01-1945more
Maget, Josef  
Magg, Alois24-12-191422-10-2001more
Magnus, Hans-Joachim  
Magnussen, Horst  
Magold, Hans Johann Hubert Karl "Hanns"16-11-191815-09-1944
Magura, Gregor  
Mahl, Sepp  
Mahler, Adolf31-12-189527-01-1991
Mahler, Fritz  
Mahlerwein, Fritz  
Mahlke, Helmut27-08-191326-12-1998more
Mahlmann, Bruno  
Mahlmann, Paul10-12-189219-03-1963more
Mahlow, Hans-Joachim  
Mahn, Friedrich-Karl21-11-191517-05-1981more
Mahn, Gerhard (SS-Pz.Gren.Reg.9 "Germania")19-02-1913 more
Mahn, Gerhardt (Aufklärungsgruppe 21)  
Mahncke, Alfred18-03-188812-01-1979more
Mahnke, Helmut  
Mahnke, Willi19-10-1919 more
Mahnken, Georg  
Mahr, Kurt  
Mahr, Walter  
Mahrholz, Hans-Gert ('U-309')10-10-191813-02-2012
Mahringer, Felix  
Mahrle, Sebastian24-02-1902 
Mai, Hans  
Mai, Lothar  
Maier, Alfred (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13)28-02-1918 more
Maier, Anton  
Maier, August12-09-191410-02-1991
Maier, Ernst  
Maier, Ernst  
Maier, Eugen  
Maier, Fridolin  
Maier, Friedrich  
Maier, Georg  
Maier, Georg (Hochgebirgs-Jäger)  
Maier, Georg (Lw-KG 26)  
Maier, Hans  
Maier, Johann  
Maier, Johann (Lw-KG 53)  
Maier, Josef (Artillerie-Regiment 7)  
Maier, Josef (Jäger-Regiment 56)  
Maier, Josef (SS-T. Infanterie-Regiment 1)19-10-191430-09-1980
Maier, Kurt  
Maier, Kurt21-01-191111-02-1952more
Maier, Max  
Maier, Otto  
Maier, Otto (Lw-JG 3)  
Maier, Rudollf  
Maier, Walter  
Maierhofer, Franz21-12-189722-08-1943
Maifarth, Erwin  
Maile, Adolf Gustav  
Mailänder, Ernst  
Mailänder, Eugen06-03-1911 
Mainz, Horst (Grenadier-Regiment 163)  more
Mainzer, Hans  
Maisel, Konrad  
Maisenbacher, Eugen20-11-191419-08-1990more
Maiwald, Engelbert  
Maiwald, Gustav  
Maiwald, Herbert  
Maiwald, Kurt  
Maiweg, Harald  
Majer, Werner  
Majert, Walter  
Majewski, Hans  
Majewski, von, Walter  
Majewski, Wilhelm  
Makus, Erich21-04-191615-07-1993
Malapert, Freiherr von, Robert-Georg (SG 1)07-08-191221-05-1942more
Malchow, Heinrich  
Malchow, Walter30-09-192113-09-1993
Maldinger, Heinz21-06-192100-00-2005
Maletzki, Gerhard (Kampfgruppe zbV 500)14-05-192112-12-1942
Malida, Willi  
Malkomes, Hans "Malko"15-11-191321-03-1945more
Malks, Hans-Joachim  
Mallison, Dr., Robert (Fallschirm-Sanitäts-Abt.)24-05-1913 
Mallmann, Luitwin30-09-191408-02-1990
Mallo, Hermann12-02-191122-03-1945
Mally, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 386)  
Malm, Franz  
Malotka, Wolfgang (Füsilier-Regiment 22)  
Malotki, von, Wolfgang (Grenadier-Regiment 45)25-02-192112-07-2002more
Malsch, Reinhold  
Malsy, Hermann  
Malter, Alfons00-00-1902 
Maltrovsky, Martin08-03-192000-00-2012more
Maltry, Robert (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98)08-11-1911 more
Maltzahn, Freiherr von, Bernd-Joachim09-02-190327-12-1964more
Maltzahn, Freiherr von, Falk-Eberhard09-06-192006-08-1994
Maltzahn, Freiherr von, Günther20-10-191024-06-1953more
Maltzahn, Freiherr von, Hans-Axel  
Maltzahn, Freiherr von, Hans-Jasper  
Maluck, Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 21)21-03-191422-03-1943more
Maly, Robert (Kampf-Geschwader 40)02-04-1914 
Malz, Karl  
Malzahn, Erich  
Malzan, Friedrich  
Malzburg, Ewald  
Mamsch, Kurt  
Mandelsloh, von, Karl-Heinz20-03-189922-09-1943
Mandl, Dieter (Flak-Abteilung 89)22-04-192210-05-1944
Mandl, Ernst (Kampf-Geschwader 55)  more
Mandt, Christian  
Mang, Ernst  
Mangel, Heinrich  
Mangels, Gerd  
Mangelsdorf, Harald  
Mangold, Anton  more
Mangold, Ernst  
Mangold, Ernst ('U-739')15-11-191716-10-1966more
Mangold, Horst  
Mangold, Oskar  
Mania, Wladislaus  
Manitz, Hans-Horst12-03-190618-08-1989
Manke, Günter  
Manke, Rolf  
Manko, Hans  
Mankowsky, Josef  
Mann, Adolf  
Mann, Dr., Alexander  
Mann, Ernst  
Mann, Friedrich  
Mann, Friedrich-Karl  
Mann, Georg  
Mann, Martin09-11-190521-06-1973
Mann, Wilhelm  
Manndel, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 43)  
Manndorff, Freiherr, von und zu, Rudolf17-05-191401-06-1944
Mannert, Otto  
Mannesmann, Gert Fritjof14-10-191008-04-1945
Mannschatz, Diethelm  
Manseck, Helmut  
Manshausen, Wilhelm  
Mansholt, Jan  
Manske, Ernst  more
Mansshardt, Friedrich  
Mantel, Ernst-Siegmund (Artillerie-Regiment 248)  
Mantel, Gerhard (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 52)02-08-191413-07-2010
Mantell, Hermann "Harry" Erhard Johannes24-06-187800-00-1955more
Manteuffel, von, Günther  
Mantey, Willy  
Manthey, Heinz  
Mantwitz, Walter17-02-1917 more
Mantzel, Karl-Heinz  
Manz, Heinrich  
Manz, Ludwig  
Manz, Walter  
Manz, Wilhelm  
Manzer, Hans  
Manzke, Herbert  
Manzke, Siegfried11-10-1915 
Manzke, Willi  
Marahrens, Johannes (Infanterie-Regiment 497)08-05-191200-00-1981
Marb, Albert  
Marbach, Paul15-12-189414-12-1987
Marbach, Walter  
Marcard, Hans Joachim  
March, Paul  
Marci, Werner22-11-191614-08-1943
Marcinkowski, Bruno  
Marcks, Werner17-07-189628-07-1967more
Marcus, Joachim  
Marek, Franz  
Marek, Karl  
Marggraf, Rudolf 14-07-1943
Marguth, Karl  
Marheineke, Bernhard  
Marhoun, Fritz (Kampfgeschw. 53 'Legion Condor')26-05-191705-11-1944more
Marien, Johannes  
Marienfeld, Walter10-08-190423-10-1944
Marignoni, Hartmut  
Maringgele, Hermann (Waffen SS)29-11-191121-07-2000more
Mark, Helmut  
Marke, Josef  
Markert, Anton08-04-1909 
Markert, Arthur09-09-190400-12-1993
Markgraf, Hans  more
Markhart, Anton  
Markl, Georg  
Markowsky, Achilles  
Markowsky, Joachim02-05-1913 more
Marks, Hans  
Marks, Wilhelm  
Markstein, Heinrich (Infanterie-Regiment 258)  
Markwardt, Waldemar  
Markwirth, Günther  
Markworth, Walter02-05-191213-05-1983
Marl, Peter30-12-1919 
Marogna-Redwitz, Graf von, Rudolf23-10-191409-07-1942
Marotzke, Horst20-10-192011-12-1942
Marpert, Johannes  
Marquardt, Erich  
Marquardt, Ferdinand  
Marquardt, Friedrich  
Marquardt, Heinz29-12-192219-12-2003more
Marquardt, Hugo19-04-1916 
Marquardt, Josef  
Marquardt, Karl  
Marquardt, Otto  
Marquardt, Robert (U-605)  
Marquardt, Walter  
Marquart, Ernst  
Marquart, Rolf09-07-1914 
Marreck, Günther22-07-191423-12-2002more
Marschall, Karl  
Marschall, Wilhelm (Generaladmiral)30-09-188620-03-1976more
Marschewski, Walter  
Marschhausen, Horst  
Marschner, Martin Richard27-10-189722-08-1942
Marscholik, Siegfried13-12-1914 
Marseille, Hans-Joachim "Jochen"13-12-191930-09-1942more
Marsiske, Heinrich  
Marstaller, Hans  
Martens, Alfred21-10-191020-08-1944
Martens, Egbert22-05-189726-01-1964more
Martens, Hans  
Martens, Konrad  
Marticke, Heinz  
Martin D'Orsola, de, Eduard  
Martin, Alfred (Infanterie-Regiment 490)  
Martin, Clemens29-12-1912 
Martin, Erich  
Martin, Ernst  
Martin, Ernst (Lw-Kampfgeschwader 1)  
Martin, Franz  
Martin, Gustav  
Martin, Hans  
Martin, Heinrich  
Martin, Herbert  
Martin, Herbert  
Martin, Josef  
Martin, Jörg09-12-1923 
Martin, Renatus  
Martin, Richard  
Martin, Walter  
Martin, Werner  
Martin, Wolfgang (KG 3)11-09-191613-05-1944more
Martinek, Erwin  
Martinek, Robert02-02-188928-06-1944more
Martinovsky, Karl  
Martl, Friedrich  
Maruhn, Ernst  
Marwede, Friedrich  
Marx, Albert  
Marx, Felix  
Marx, Gottlieb  
Marx, Gustav  
Marx, Herbert  
Marx, Johann  
Marx, Josef  
Marx, Karl  
Marx, Karl-Joachim  
Marx, Konrad  
Marzischewski, Horst  
Marzluf, Xaver03-07-191003-06-1944more
Masarié, Arzelino 'Lino' (Waffen SS)10-10-191209-08-1944more
Mascher, Rudolf  
Maschke, Siegfried  
Masius, Friedrich-Karl  
Masius, Wilhelm21-11-1906 
Maskus, Martin  
Maslow, Paul  
Maslowski, Erich  
Massalsky, Horst Rudolph Eduard29-03-192000-00-2001more
Massar, Lothar  
Massell, Paul30-05-190902-02-1945more
Massloch, Fritz  
Masson, Willi (Jäger-Regiment 28)  
Mater, Georg  
Matern, Alfred15-12-191026-02-1946more
Matern, Alfred (WH-Art.Rgt. 187)00-00-1912 
Matern, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 413)11-11-190725-09-1943
Matern, Kurt15-05-190301-12-1943
Materna, Friedrich21-06-188511-11-1946
Materne, Max-Theodor28-02-192218-04-1945
Matha, Franz  
Matheis, Günter  
Matheis, Rudolf  
Matheisen, Kornel (Grenadier-Regiment 352)16-07-1911 
Mathes, Josef04-02-190819-09-1944more
Matheus, Horst  
Mathias, Rudolf  
Mathieu, Albert  
Mathis, Heinz  
Mathy, Otto  
Matoni, Walter27-06-191726-06-1988more
Matt, Karl  more
Mattauch, Wilhelm  
Mattenklott, Franz19-11-188428-06-1954more
Mattern, Ernst26-11-1892 
Mattes, Erwin  
Mattes, Kurt  
Mattey, Dr., Walter  
Matthaei, Gerhard Karl Max (Inf.-Regiment 487)09-05-189613-08-1985more
Matthaei, Wolfgang Dr. (Infanterie-Regiment 422)09-11-190700-02-1945
Matthees, Ernst  
Matthen, Willi  
Matthes, Gotthard  
Matthes, Günter  
Matthes, Hans20-10-191412-03-1966more
Matthes, Ludwig  
Matthias, Günter  
Matthias, Karl-Heinz  
Matthiash, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 188)16-06-1894 more
Matthies, Bernhard  
Matthies, Hans  
Matthies, Hans  
Matthies, Heinz  
Matthies, Walter (Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg")  more
Matthies, Wilhelm (Konteradmiral)27-09-189607-07-1980more
Matthis, Werner22-06-189912-08-1983more
Matthiä, Friedrich25-12-1909 
Matti, Ernst  
Mattis, Paul  
Mattiza, Max13-06-1921 
Mattmüller, Roland (Grenadier-Regiment 15)  
Mattschulatt, Dieter  
Matusch, Max  
Matuschka, Graf von, Hartmut29-12-191416-01-1945
Matuschka, Graf von, Siegfried28-06-191716-04-1943
Matussek, Josef  
Matussek, Karl  
Matussek, Paul  
Matutt, Friedrich  
Matyssek, Richard  
Matz, Helmut  
Matzat, Hermann  
Matzdorf, Günther (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abt. 115)  
Matzdorff, Werner (Waffen SS)24-02-191217-02-2010more
Matzel, Gerhard (Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment)  
Matzen, Jens-Ingwer22-10-191429-02-1980
Matzke, Maximilian15-10-189223-01-1943
Matzke, Wilhelm  
Matzl, Hellmut  
Matzuleit, Kurt  
Mau, Werner  
Maubach, Franz-Josef  
Mauche, Ernst  
Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim, Freiherr von, Anton  
Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim, Freiherr von, Theod26-08-190220-04-1972
Maucher, Albert  
Maucke, Wolfgang 'Wolf' (Panzergrenadier-Reg.115)26-09-190005-02-1963more
Mauder, Wilhelm  
Maué, Alfred  
Mauel, Jakob  
Maul, Helmut  more
Maur, von, Dr., Helmut  
Maurer, Eckehard25-11-191825-12-2002
Maurer, Ernst  
Maurer, Heinrich  
Maurer, Helmut  
Maurer, Hermann  
Maurer, Josef  
Maurer, Karl01-01-1915 
Maurer, Leopold  
Maurer, Ludwig  more
Maurer, Ludwig  
Maurer, Otto18-12-190521-03-1982
Maurer, Stefan (Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 35)09-03-191226-04-1945more
Maurer, Wilhelm  
Maurischat, Willi10-05-1911 more
Mauritz, Kurt-Dietrich  
Mausberg, Heinrich "Heinz"17-05-192101-12-2015
Mausehund, Fritz23-07-191924-07-1944
Mauser, Alois  
Mauser, Artur  
Mausolf, Bernhard  
Mauss, Dr. med. dent., Karl17-05-189809-02-1959more
Mauss, Günther26-12-191010-04-1993more
Mautes, Peter  
Mauth, Heinz  
Mauthe, Franz  
Maximowitz, Willi29-01-192020-04-1945
Maxrath, Josef  more
May, Eduard  
May, Friedrich 'Fritz' (Jagdgeschwader 2)05-03-191820-10-1943
May, Fritz  
May, Fritz  
May, Fritz  
May, Heinz  
May, Kurt  
May, Max  
May, Oswald  
May, Reinhold  
Maydorn, Otfried15-03-189824-11-1983
Mayer, Arthur  
Mayer, August  
Mayer, Dr., Gustav  
Mayer, Egon19-08-191702-03-1944
Mayer, Erhard  
Mayer, Erhard (Waffen-SS)  
Mayer, Erich  
Mayer, Ferdinand10-05-190004-09-1942
Mayer, Franz  
Mayer, Franz  
Mayer, Friedrich (Beobachtungs-Abteilung 5)  
Mayer, Friedrich (Grenadier-Regiment 307)  
Mayer, Friedrich (Panzer-Regiment 25)  
Mayer, Friedrich (Panzer-Regiment 39)  
Mayer, Hans (Heeres-Artillerie-Abteilung 858)01-06-1914 
Mayer, Hans (Waffen SS)20-08-1920 more
Mayer, Heinrich  
Mayer, Heinz  
Mayer, Hermann  
Mayer, Herwig26-03-1921 
Mayer, Karl  
Mayer, Karl (Lw-KG 26)25-03-1913 
Mayer, Kurt  
Mayer, Kurt (WH-Artillerie-Regiment)  
Mayer, Leonhard00-00-192021-10-1944
Mayer, Max (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 143)24-01-1915 more
Mayer, Nikolaus  
Mayer, Otto  
Mayer, von, Paul18-03-188719-07-1947more
Mayer, Waldemar  
Mayer, Wilhelm05-12-191704-01-1945more
Mayer, Willi  
Mayer, Xaver  
Mayerl, Maximilian28-05-191711-02-2010more
Mayr, Hans  
Mayr, Hans (Lw-AG 33)  
Mayr, Heinrich22-11-192015-12-1944
Mayr, Josef  
Mayr, Ludwig  
Mayr, Rudolf (Kampfgeschwader 40)01-05-191004-08-1991more
Mayr, Wilhelm  
Mayrl, Alfred  
Mayser, Heinrich, Heinz (Pz-Abt.8)02-05-192019-08-1944more
Mazurek, Franz  
Mazurek, Marian  
Mazurek, Walter  
Mecke, Willibald  
Meckelburg, Karl-Heinz  
Mecklenburg, Max20-11-191124-11-1983
Meden, von der, Karl-Friedrich03-12-189626-12-1961more
Meder, Albert16-06-191414-11-1989
Meding, von, Arnold22-05-1913 
Medla, Henry  

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