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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
Obenauer, Leonhard (Jäger-Pionier-Bataillon 5)  
Obenhaupt, Heinz04-10-1917 
Ober, Ernst  
Oberbeck, Herbert11-10-1909 more
Oberbeckmann, Werner  
Oberberger, Alois (Aufklärungsgruppe 23)02-03-1918 more
Oberbracht, Friedrich-Karl (s.Pz.Abt. 501)19-12-192013-01-1945
Oberdieck, Helmut28-06-1918 
Oberembt, Alfred  
Obergaulinger, Ludwig07-11-1911 
Obergethmann, Eduard30-04-189813-04-1943more
Oberhage, Herbert  
Oberhoff, Kurt  
Oberjatzas, Wilhelm  
Oberleitner, Anton  
Oberloskamp, Hans-Günther  
Oberländer, Werner16-12-191212-10-1996
Oberländer, Wilhelm  
Obermaier, Albrecht (3. Schnellbootsflottille)09-07-191201-08-2004
Obermaier, Johann ("U 435")10-08-191909-07-1943
Obermeier, Georg02-11-1917 
Obermeier, Josef07-11-191216-03-1945more
Obermeier, Ludwig  
Obermeier, Ludwig24-11-1914 more
Obermeit, Heinz15-01-191215-02-1980
Obermüller, Erich  
Obermüller, Franz13-09-191829-07-1943
Obermüller, Georg  
Obermüller, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 415)  
Obernberger, Franz (Nacht-Schlacht-Gruppe 1)13-01-191405-08-1944
Obernitz, von, Hans-Günther  
Obernitz, von, Justin30-12-188424-09-1955
Oberquelle, Erich14-12-1918 
Oberschelp, Alfred  
Oberschelp, Eugen  
Oberste-Sirrenberg, Heinz  
Oberthür, Hein-Georg (Inf.Reg.76)  
Obertlik, Josef  
Oberweg, Herbert20-09-191106-04-1945
Oberwemmer, Friedrich  
Obexer, Josef  
Obladen, Clemens  
Obleser, Friedrich21-02-192305-06-2004more
Obmann, Helmut  
Obrecht, Herbert19-04-1922 
Obstfelder, von, Hans06-09-188620-12-1976more
Ochs, Ernst  
Ochs, Herbert  
Ochs, Karl  
Ochsenfeld, Heinrich  
Ochsner, Wilhelm-Francis "Willifrank"31-03-189905-12-1990
Ochterbeck, Helmut  
Ochßner, Heinrich Wilhelm28-05-191216-09-1944more
Ocken, Fritz25-06-190904-01-1988
Ocker, Karl-Wilhelm  
Ockermann, Wilhelm  
Oddoy, Friedrich-Karl  
Odebrecht, Job20-02-189220-11-1982more
Odenhardt, Wilhelm26-01-191412-04-1992more
Odenkirchen, Peter  
Odia, Ludwig  
Odrozek, Theodor26-03-191426-12-1980
Oebike, Burkhard  
Oechelhaeuser, von, Justus-Wilhelm  
Oechsle, Heinz  
Oechsler, Emil  
Oeck, Herbert  
Oefner, Fritz  
Oehl, Christian  
Oehler, Dietrich04-10-191527-12-2005
Oehler, Erich  
Oehler, Erich  
Oehler, Walther03-01-188806-07-1968
Oehlmann, Hans  
Oehlmann, Harro  
Oehlschlaeger, Günther  
Oehme, Herbert  
Oehme, Walter  
Oehmichen, Dr., Hermann16-11-189929-04-1987more
Oehmichen, von, Hans-Joachim (Kradschützen-Btl.54)04-10-192011-07-1995
Oehmichen, Walter  
Oehring, Hans  
Oekenpöhler, Johann-Peter01-09-191714-08-1980
Oel, Josef  
Oelkers, Friedrich-Adolf  
Oellerer, Franz  
Oellrich, Rudo  
Oelmann, Josef  
Oelrich, Adolf15-03-1916 
Oelrich, Fritz  
Oepen, Johann  
Oertel, Hans19-06-189415-09-1957
Oertel, Heinz  
Oertel, Hermann  
Oertel, Kurt  
Oertel, Max  
Oertel, Siegfried  
Oertzen, von, Arthur24-06-1904 
Oertzen, von, Wilhelm  
Oesau, Walter28-06-191311-05-1944more
Oesch, Karl Lennart08-08-189228-03-1978more
Oesterheld, Friedrich-Karl  
Oesterheld, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 171)  
Oesterle, Georg  
Oesterle, Leonhardt  
Oesterlin, Albert14-01-190323-01-1944
Oesterwitz, Karl-Heinz15-03-191413-06-1999more
Oestmann, Jürgen04-03-1915 
Oestreich, Friedrich (252. Infanterie-Division)  
Oestreicher, Oskar (Infanterie-Regiment 332)  
Oetinger, Alfred  
Oettel, Erich  
Oettingen, von, Peter Otto Krafft08-09-190912-05-1944more
Oettingen-Wallerstein, Prinz zu, Moritz18-02-192203-05-1944
Oettinger, Karl  
Oettinger, Paul  
Oexle, Wilhelm  
Oeynhausen, von, Hans (Gren.Rgt. 24)  
Ofenböck, Otto  
Oferle, Ernst  
Offenborn, Gustav (Kampf-Geschwader 3)14-12-191716-04-1942
Offenhäuser, Otto  
Offer, Gerhard (Infanterie-Regiment 162)  
Offermann, Hans-Werner02-07-192122-04-1945
Offermann, Helmut21-09-191311-03-2006more
Offermann, Johannes  
Offermanns, Wilhelm 'Willi' (Waffen SS)28-02-191705-04-1942more
Ogaza, Hubert  
Ogris, Hans  
Ohl, Hubert  more
Ohl, Walter  
Ohlenburg, Hans  
Ohlenbusch, Günter  
Ohlendorf, Robert  
Ohler, Ernst  
Ohlerich, Ludwig09-12-1909 
Ohliger, Rudolf  
Ohlmann, Josef  
Ohlrogge, Walter15-01-190930-04-2003more
Ohlsen, Heinz  
Ohlsen, Otto18-12-1916 
Ohm, Joachim26-11-1920 
Ohme, Günter  
Ohnesorge, Gerhard (Flak-Regiment 22)  
Ohnesorge, Joachim (Artillerie-Regiment 254)  
Ohnesorge, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 317)  
Ohning, Helmut26-10-191927-04-1944
Ohrdorf, Walter  
Ohrt, Herbert  
Ohrtmann, Johannes  
Oing, Josef  
Olberg, von, Axel  
Olbermann, Josef  
Olboeter, Erich Fritz Hermann (Waffen SS)26-06-191702-09-1944more
Olborth, Hermann  
Olbrich, Kurt  
Olbricht, Erich  
Olbricht, Karl20-01-191726-04-1944
Olbrisch, Rudolf  
Olczyk, Erich  
Oldenburg, Fritz  
Oldenburg, Walter  
Oldershausen, Freiherr von, Bernhard  
Olearius, Kurt  
Olejnik, Herbert  
Olesch, Alfons  
Olf, Alfred08-04-1919 
Olin, Ulf-Ola18-07-191711-01-1995more
Olivier, Herbert (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 97)  
Ollendorff, Hans  
Olowinsky, Franz15-07-1914 
Olschewski, Horst  
Olschewski, Reinhold  
Olschewski, Walter  
Olsen, Kurt  
Olshausen, Kai-Hermann31-03-1908 
Olshausen, von, Gerd06-02-191305-04-1943
Olsson, Sven-Erik  
Oltmann, Helmut  more
Oltrogge, Hans  
Olze, Arno10-03-191523-02-1973more
Omert, Emil15-01-191824-04-1944
Ondarza, von, Herbert24-11-187800-00-1976
Ondrazek, Willi  
Op de Hipt, Johann  
Opdenhoff, Jürgen  
Opelt, Kurt16-08-189320-03-1973more
Opetz, Max  
Opitz, Alfred  
Opitz, Fritz  
Opitz, Heinz-Eberhard13-07-191211-10-1997
Opitz, Hermann  
Opitz, Paul-Hermann19-08-1917 
Opitz, Rudolf09-08-191001-05-2010
Opitz, Wilhelm  
Opolka, Stefan (Transport-Geschwader 3)  
Oppeln-Bronikowski, von, Hermann Leopold August02-01-189919-09-1966more
Oppelt, Otto  
Oppen, von, Alexander  
Oppen, von, Udo  
Oppenländer, Günter10-04-1908 
Oppenländer, Kurt (Generalleutnant)11-02-189217-03-1947more
Oppermann, Ernst  
Oppermann, Heinz08-10-1918 more
Oppermann, Heinz  
Oppermann, Heinz  
Oppermann, Walter (WH-Panzerjäger)  
Oppersdorff, Graf von, Hans-Georg  
Oprotkowitz, Heinz06-01-1922 
Orbes, Franz  
Ordelheide, Heinz  
Ordnung, Richard  
Orfert, Erich  
Oriola, Graf von, Ralf09-08-189528-04-1970more
Orlicek, Anton  
Orlowski, Alfons  
Orlowski, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 2)  
Orlowski, Günter  
Orlowski, Heinrich  
Orlowski, Helmut07-10-191408-11-1943
Orlowski, Max  
Orschel, Erwin  
Orschler, Willi01-09-189625-08-1941more
Orschulik, Rudolf  
Ortegel, Ernst  
Ortenburg, Graf zu, Udo  
Ortgies, Hermann  
Orth, Bernhard18-02-191808-05-2011
Orth, Heinz  
Orth, Heinz (Grenadier-Regiment 698)  
Orth, Josef  
Orthmann, Kurt (II. Fallschirm-Korps)27-03-1914 
Orthwein, Heinrich  
Ortler, Gerhard (Radfahr-Bataillon 402)  
Ortlieb, Karl04-06-190528-01-1981
Ortmann, Erich  
Ortmanns, Johann 'Hans'24-08-1919 
Ortner, Bruno07-10-188900-00-1971
Ortner, Georg  
Orzegowski, Ernst19-10-191902-08-2005more
Osbahr, Ferdinand31-03-1910 
Osbahr, Heinrich  
Osburg, Rudolf Herbert (Lehr-Geschwader 1)09-04-191926-05-1942
Osenbrück, Werner  
Osing, Helmut  
Osond, Johann  
Osowski, Ignatz  
Ospel, Hans  
Ossenbühn, Ernst  
Ossmann, Rüdiger 08-10-1943
Osswald, Ernst  
Ost, Wilhelm (Kampf-Geschwader 30)  
Ostarek, Rudolf23-04-191718-07-1977more
Osten, von der, Dietrich (Pz.Aufklär.Abt. 3)20-06-1923 
Osten, von der, Kurt-Adelbert26-04-192109-02-2004
Ostendorf, Aloys  
Ostendorff, Georg  
Ostendorff, Werner (Waffen SS)15-08-190301-05-1945more
Oster, Dieter15-01-191806-12-2015
Oster, Heinrich  
Osterhold, August09-05-191116-08-1943
Osterhold, Wilhelm12-01-191403-04-2002more
Osterhues, August  
Osterkamp, Heinz  
Osterloh, Karl-Heinz  
Osterloh, Kurt  
Ostermaier, Emil (Grenadier-Regiment 81)  
Ostermann, Ernst Gerhard Walter (Panzer-Reg. 11)15-03-191602-03-1943
Ostermann, Hellmuth (Infanterie-Regiment 131)  
Ostermayer, Ludwig (Waffen SS)  
Ostermeier, Hans-Arno (Fallschirm-Pz-Gren.Reg.3)10-02-190313-06-1989more
Ostermeier, Rudi (Kampf-Geschwader 27)  more
Ostermeyer, Friedrich (Infanterie-Regiment 16)24-08-188424-06-1963more
Ostermeyer, Wilhelm (Stuka-Geschwader 77)  more
Osterroht, Hans-Joachim  
Ostertag, Reinhard28-10-1913 
Osterwald, Konrad  
Ostholt, Heinz  
Ostrowski, Heinz  
Ostrowski, von, Johannes  
Ostwald, Johannes  
Ostwald, Wilhelm  
Oswald, Erich Max (Pz.Abt. 66)27-09-191219-02-1945more
Oswald, Franz  
Oswald, Franz (WL-Schlagtgeschwader)09-08-191513-01-2003more
Oswald, von, Kurt  
Otolski, Oskar02-12-191322-04-1945
Ott, Adolf Karl Friedrich20-08-191404-03-1944more
Ott, Alfons  
Ott, Ernst-Ludwig  
Ott, Franz  
Ott, Hans  
Ott, Heinz  
Ott, Heinz (Luftwaffe)  
Ott, Hermann  
Ott, Joachim22-02-191826-06-1998
Ott, Johann  
Ott, Moritz  
Ott, Reinhold  
Ott, Rudolf10-02-190519-10-1987
Ottawa, Norbert31-05-191821-01-1974
Otte, Dr., Heinz  
Otte, Dr., Maximilian03-09-191020-05-1944more
Otte, Friedrich Wilhelm22-09-189808-05-1944more
Otte, Heino  
Otte, Heinz  
Otter, Anton01-03-191400-00-2004
Ottinger, Emil  
Ottitsch, Ferdinand15-03-192007-02-1943
Ottmann, Theodor  
Ottmann, Werner (Waffen SS)15-01-191924-02-1990more
Ottnad, Alexander  
Otto, Albrecht  
Otto, Christian  
Otto, Ernst (SS-Panzer-Regiment 1)02-02-191026-12-1968more
Otto, Ernst (WH-Infanterie-Regiment 454)14-10-191411-06-1993more
Otto, Friedrich  
Otto, Heinz21-02-1917 
Otto, Helmut  
Otto, Herbert (Gren.Reg.90)30-08-1908 more
Otto, Herbert-Günther (Gebirgs-Artillerie-Reg.8)  
Otto, Johann  
Otto, Karl  
Otto, Lothar  
Otto, Paul (WH-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 561)  
Otto, Paul-Friedrich03-04-1917 
Otto, Siegfried27-01-1915 
Otto, Werner  
Otto, Werner  
Otto, Wolfgang (Waffen SS)28-10-1919 
Ottow, Hans  
Ottow, Max  
Ovelhey, Franz  
Ovenbeck, Edgar  
Oventrop, Julius  
Overath, Wilhelm28-02-191400-05-1979
Overbeck, Ernst Ferdinand  
Ow auf Wachendorf, Freiherr von, Hartmann (Gen.)14-08-188813-12-1969more
Oxner, Joachim19-04-191428-01-1944
Öchsl, Michael  
Öchsle, Rudolf  
Öffinger, Karl  
Öhlbauer, Alois (Aufklärungsgruppe 41)  
Österreicher, Hans  
Österreicher, Karl  
Östreich, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 1)  

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