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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
Cabanis, Hans Stephan (Infanterie-Regiment 511)25-09-191801-10-1942
Caemmerer, von, Ernst  
Call, Freiherr von, Friedrich  
Calmund, Kurt20-09-1914 
Camin, Hans  
Campsen, Jürgen03-08-191324-02-1945more
Canders, Werner (Infanterie-Regiment 408)25-03-191423-04-1993more
Cantzler, Georg25-07-1920 
Capelle, Roland Franz Otto19-11-1897 more
Capesius, Kurt12-02-191922-09-1958more
Capito, Albert (U-518)08-03-191422-04-1945
Capito, Paul (Infanterie-Regiment 57)15-09-189619-07-1942
Caplan, Eugen  
Cappel, Wilhelm08-10-190619-07-1944more
Carganico, Horst27-10-191727-05-1944
Carl, Erich18-07-192031-08-1991more
Carl, Eugen  
Carl, Gustav (Grenadier-Regiment 399)  
Carloni, Mario00-00-189400-00-1962
Carlowitz, von, Hans Christoph02-02-190509-12-1941
Carls, Rolf29-05-188515-04-1945more
Carstens, Diedrich03-09-1920 more
Carstens, Karl  
Carstens, Willi  
Carstensen, Karl-Heinz  
Carstensen, Thomas  
Carstensen, Wilhelm  
Caspary, Peter  
Casper, Fritz  
Casper, Josef  
Causemann, Albert18-03-1914 more
Cebulla, Johann  
Cech, Franz08-01-192003-08-1915
Ceglarek, Karl29-02-1916 more
Celerin, Albert15-07-192131-12-1997more
Cescotti, Roderich 'Chess' (Generalmajor)04-05-191919-03-2015more
Cetto, Walther Ernst Ignaz14-05-189520-08-1988more
Chales de Beaulieu , Walter  
Chardon, Ferdinand26-10-1919 
Chaux, de la, Bruno  
Chemnitzer, Peter  
Chevallerie, von der, Bernhard04-04-190200-00-1945
Chevallerie, von der, Hans24-07-190414-01-1944
Chevallerie, von der, Hellmut09-11-189601-06-1965more
Cheyn, Berthold09-01-1921 
Chill, Kurt Erich01-05-189505-07-1976more
Chodura, Heinrich 00-00-1944
Choltitz, von, Dietrich Hugo Hermann09-11-189405-11-1966more
Chorbacher, Ludwig09-10-1894 
Chrapkowski, Hans-Detlev  
Christ, Fritz  
Christ, Hans  
Christ, Josef  
Christ, Karl (Lw-Nahaufklärungsgruppe)29-01-1916 
Christ, Karl (Lw-Sturzkampfgeschwader)  
Christ, Torsten Georg Egon (VIII. Fliegerkorps)03-02-190613-04-1967more
Christ, Waldemar  
Christ, Wilhelm  
Christaller, Hermann25-10-1918 
Christen, von, Hans-Hennig23-01-191406-06-2002
Christen, von, Ulrich  
Christenfeld, Heinz  
Christiani, Horst  
Christiansen, Bruno  
Christl, Georg03-10-191331-03-1991
Christl, Johann  
Christlieb, Werner10-07-191018-09-1988
Christmann, Karl (Kampfgeschw. 53 "Legion Condor")16-06-191205-11-1944more
Christoffer, Karl  
Christofzik, Kurt17-03-191004-05-1976
Christoph, Kurt  
Christoph, Robert (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 168)18-11-191013-01-1945
Christophersen, Erwin (U-228)13-04-191504-05-1945
Christophory, Hermann  
Chrobek, Bruno09-10-189510-12-1942more
Chromik, Georg  
Chudzinski, Anton  
Cichon, Paul  
Ciliax, Otto30-10-189112-12-1964more
Cirpka, Otto (Lehrgeschwader 1)03-06-1918 more
Ciupka, Stephan (U-306)24-12-191631-10-1943
Ciuraj, Robert (Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss")14-11-191712-03-2010more
Claas, Martin18-09-1921 
Claas, Otto16-11-1919 
Claas, Paul12-12-190820-06-1943more
Claasen, Karl (U-516)02-07-1903 more
Claassen, Johannes27-07-191511-01-1944
Clade, Emil Josef26-02-191621-04-2010
Claes, Josef  
Clare, Helmut16-05-1914 
Clauder, Heinrich  
Claus, Fritz (Pionier-Bataillon 43)  more
Claus, Georg (Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)  more
Claus, Helmut (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann")17-11-191618-12-1941
Claus, Joachim (Jäger-Regiment 229)  
Clausen, Bruno (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment)21-04-1915 
Clausen, Erich (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 228)20-12-191410-01-1944
Clausen, Ernst Nicolai (Grenadier-Regiment 530)09-02-188314-08-1948more
Clausen, Erwin "Caesar" (JG 77 "Herz As")05-08-191104-10-1943more
Clausen, Hermann (S-29)25-07-1896 more
Clausen, Josef (Grenadier-Regiment 7)  
Clausen, Karl (Flottillenadmiral)09-10-191600-00-2013
Clausen, Karl-Ulrich (Artillerie-Regiment 30)14-02-191905-01-1945
Clausius, Hans (Oberst i.G.)06-05-189923-01-1943
Clausnitzer, Ernst (Grenadier-Regiment 465)11-09-1890 more
Claussen, Ernst (Waffen SS)29-09-191307-09-1999more
Claussen, Joachim (Ia, LXXVI. Panzer-Korps)  
Clauß, Hans-Günther (Kampfgeschwader 27)  more
Clauß, Joachim (Oberst i.G.)12-01-190000-10-1944
Clauß, Robert (VB-20)12-09-189405-03-1974
Claußen, Martin (KG.z.b.V. 172)  
Clemen, Heinz  
Clemen, Martin28-03-1918 
Clemencon, Rudolf  
Clemens, Johann  
Clemens, Otto  
Clemens, Richard20-04-1913 
Clemente, Adolf (Artillerie-Regiment 7)13-07-1910 more
Clemm von Hohenberg, Dieter-Hans27-09-191530-06-1944
Cleves, Otto  
Cleves, Paul  
Clobes, Heinrich (U-1231)19-09-191920-11-1989
Clodi, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 479)03-04-190702-08-1943
Closa, Gerhard (Regiments-Gruppe 258)  
Close, Heinz  
Clotz, Dr., Ernst  more
Clüver, Hans14-04-190717-09-1979
Clößner, Erich17-09-188828-03-1976more
Cochenhausen, von, Ernst (Kradschützen-Bat.3)18-07-191030-10-1998
Coeler, Joachim (Luftwaffe)01-06-189114-05-1955more
Coelle, Ernst  
Coers, Johannes  
Coester, Eberhard23-06-1910 
Cohrs, Erwin19-02-191627-02-1994more
Cohrs, Hermann  
Colberg, Willi  
Collani, Hans (Waffen SS)13-12-190829-07-1944more
Collers, Josef  
Colli, Robert27-06-189822-07-1980more
Collin, Gottfried  
Colmsee, Friedrich (Grenadier-Regiment 407)  
Colsmann, Walter01-09-1915 
Comberg, Gustav  
Condné, Karl  
Conen, Karl (U-460)26-10-1913 
Conrad, Alwin  
Conrad, Fred  
Conrad, Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 41)18-05-1906 more
Conrad, Günther16-08-191510-08-1947more
Conrad, Johann  
Conrad, Richard  
Conrad, Walter  
Conrad, Walter  
Conrad, Werner  
Conradi, Siegfried26-01-188715-04-1974
Conrads, Heinrich  
Conrads, Johann  
Conrady, Alexander16-07-190321-12-1983more
Conrady, Heinrich  
Conrath, Paul21-11-189615-01-1979more
Consbruch, von, Hans-Georg04-04-190606-03-1944
Contag, Alfred27-01-189426-01-1942
Conzelmann, Hans-Georg  
Conzen, Heinrich  
Coors, Fritz  
Coracino, Klaus08-03-191012-07-1994more
Cordes, Dietrich (Kapitänleutnant)21-10-191610-02-1998
Cordes, Erich (Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 73)  
Cordes, Ernst (U-1195)26-06-191306-04-1945
Cordes, Heinz (Aufklärungsstaffel 2)  
Cordes, Rolf (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21)  
Cordes, Udo (Kampfgeschwader 3 "Blitz")22-07-192107-03-2007more
Cordes, Walter ('M-416')23-06-1906 
Corduan, Kurt  
Coretti, Julius11-02-189208-08-1970more
Cornelissen, Herbert  
Cornelius, Frank  
Cornelsen, Walter (U-125)21-08-1916 
Correll, Erich  
Correns, Hubert-Horst26-10-190602-05-1945
Correus, Georg  
Corsepius, Eberhard15-04-191301-12-1941
Corthaus, Wilhelm  
Corßen, Günter06-02-191616-08-1990more
Cossart, von, Manfred  
Cossel, von, Hans-Henning  
Cossel, von, Johann-Dettleff (Hans-Detloff)01-07-191622-07-1943more
Cossmann, Martin  
Coudres, des, Hans-Peter, Dr.jur.27-09-190508-01-1977more
Councler, Gerhard (Kampfgeschwader 27)22-08-1921 
Coupette, Karl-Julius Friedrich20-06-189918-09-1953more
Coutre, le, Georg13-09-192108-01-2009more
Cramer, Eduard  
Cramer, Gerhard (Panzer-Regiment 1)06-05-191820-02-1944
Cramer, Hans13-07-189628-10-1968more
Cramer, Hans Harald10-11-191824-11-1944
Cramer, Theodor  
Cramer, Wilhelm  
Cramm, Freiherr von, Siegfried22-11-191529-11-1979
Cramm, Freiherr von, Wilhelm-Ernst30-09-191729-05-1996
Cramm, Otto  
Cramon, von, Manfred  
Cramon-Taubadel, von, Hans-Jürgen  
Cranach, von, Wilhelm  
Crantz, Friedrich31-07-190622-08-1944
Crasemann, Eduard (General der Artillerie)05-03-189129-04-1950more
Cratz, Walter  
Credé, Werner 18-02-1945
Cremer, Bruno11-06-191916-03-1944more
Cremer, Herbert  
Creuznacher, Kurt28-03-190526-10-1942
Crewell, Fredy  
Criegern, von, Friedrich Bruno Walther "Walther"07-06-190723-01-1945
Criegern, von, Friedrich Otto "Fritz"10-08-190602-12-1988
Criegern, von, Friedrich Theodor "Theodor"20-12-190406-02-1945
Croner, Ernst  
Crueger, Erich  
Crump, Peter  
Crusius, Martin  
Crux, Bruno  
Cryns, Willi24-01-191408-04-1944more
Crysandt, Kurt  
Csurusky, Georg01-07-1920 
Cudok, Johannes  
Cuno, Kurt27-08-189614-07-1961more
Curtis, Willi  
Custor, Alois Dr. 02-01-1967
Cwiertniowitz, Josef  
Cygon, Thomas  
Cüsow, Horst-Werner19-08-192220-12-1943
Czaja, Oswald  
Czanek, Hubert  
Czaplinski, Herbert  
Czayka, Horst12-03-1921 
Czechowski, Arnold  
Czeczatka, Erich (U-302)04-02-192006-04-1944
Czekay, Friedrich 'Fritz' (Störkampfgruppe)30-11-190424-12-1944
Czekay, Richard (Stuka-Geschwader 2 'Immelmann')26-03-191624-04-2009more
Czepluch, Heinrich  
Czermak, Erwin  
Czernicki, Heinz  
Czerwinski, Hugo  
Czerwinski, Werner  
Czerwitzki, Günther  
Czettritz und Neuhaus, von, Gotthard  
Czibulski, Franz  
Czichi, Albert13-08-191309-03-1944
Czichowski, Johann  
Czichy, Adalbert28-01-1916 
Czieczerski, Ernst  
Czimatis, Dr.-Ing., Albrecht18-04-189722-12-1984more
Czolbe, Emil  
Czossek, Fritz  
Czublinski, Bruno (U-997)03-04-192118-04-1977
Cölle, Rudolf  
Cölln, von, Henning  
Cölln, von, Ulrich  
Cölln, Werner  
Cöster, Joachim  

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