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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
Daab, Otto (Sturm-Rgt.215)  
Daake, Hans  
Dabbert, Curt  
Dabija, Nicolae  
Dabis, Martin  
Daedlow, Heinrich  
Daege, Franz-Josef26-01-1910 
Daerr, Heinz-Dieter  
Daeschler, Robert (Kradschützen-Bataillon 17)29-10-1914 
Daffner, Franz  
Dagefoerde, Günther  
Dahl, Heinz  
Dahl, Kurt  
Dahl, Walther17-03-191625-11-1985more
Dahle, Hermann07-04-191427-12-1944
Dahlen, von, Heinrich21-12-1922 
Dahlhaus, Julius  
Dahlhorst, Ernst  
Dahlinger, Erich  
Dahlke, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 478)02-07-1914 
Dahlke, Horst  
Dahlke, Werner (Lw-Kampfgeschwader)03-04-190703-10-1944
Dahlke, Werner (Lw-Schlachtgeschwader)  
Dahlmann, Hermann  
Dahlmann, Kurt04-03-191829-08-2017
Dahlmeyer, Karl-Heinz  
Dahmen, von, Ernst  
Dahmke, Herbert  
Dahms, Klaus  
Dahms, Otto  
Dahms, Paul28-05-191319-03-1988
Dahms, Werner  
Dahms, Wilhelm  
Dahn, Friedrich12-08-1918 
Dahnke, Max  
Dainz, Max  
Dalenbrook, Bernd  
Daller, Karl  
Dallmann, Werner (Waffen SS)07-04-192400-02-1945more
Dallwitz, Heinz  
Dallügge, Fritz  
Dalstein, Werner (KG 26 'Löwengeschwader')07-10-1904 more
Dambach, Karl  
Dambach, Ludwig  
Dambeck, Johannes07-05-1918 more
Damerau-Dambrowski, von der, Joachim Friedrich W.07-08-189622-07-1943
Damisch, Ernst Friedrich20-05-1888 more
Damköhler, Erich06-04-192012-08-1943
Damm, Eberhard 17-07-1943
Damm, Georg  
Damm, Gustav15-11-1890 
Damm, Heinz  
Damm, Karl-Heinz  
Damm, Wilhelm11-03-1915 
Damm, Wilhelm  
Damman, Gerhard (Infanterie Regiment 209)  
Dammaß, Günther (Pionier-Bataillon 60)22-08-189624-08-1983more
Dammeier, Heinrich (U-270)09-02-191416-05-2001more
Dammers, Hans08-12-191317-03-1944
Damnig, Fritz  
Damsch, Werner (Waffen SS)22-07-191807-11-1994more
Damschen, Heinz-Karl (Artillerie-Regiment 186)  
Danckworth, Hans Joachim  
Danek, Franz  
Dangl, Rupert (Waffen SS)01-02-191900-00-2004more
Danglmaier, Erich  
Danhauser, Paul02-08-189211-12-1975
Daniel, Karl26-06-191629-08-1995
Daniel, Richard24-12-190004-05-1986more
Daniels, Edler von, Alexander17-03-189106-01-1960
Daniels, Heinrich  
Danke, Fritz  
Danker, Werner  
Dankert, Alfred  
Dann, Hugo  
Dannapfel, Heinz25-01-1917 more
Dannecker, Helmut  
Dannecker, Wilhelm  
Dannehl, Erwin (U-562)15-11-1919 
Danneil, Hans-Jürgen  
Dannenberg, Rolf  
Dannenbring, Willi  
Danner, Dr., Manfred  
Danner, Friedrich  
Dannhauer, Karl-Heinz  
Dannowitz, Fritz  
Danowski, Franz18-02-191710-10-1944
Dantzer, Herbert12-12-1902 more
Danz, Heinz  
Danzer, Egon (FJR 3)04-01-191825-10-1989more
Darge, Wilhelm  
Darms, Walter  
Darnedde, Hermann  
Daroß, Anton  
Darsow, Lothar15-10-192124-04-1944
Darsow, Siegfried  
Dartsch, Wolfgang (U-155)17-01-191712-02-2007
Dasecke, Rolf17-12-191923-08-2006
Daser, Edmund01-10-190806-09-1974
Daspelgruber, Franz04-07-191616-07-1943
Dassler, Helmut  
Dassow, Rudolf23-01-192025-08-1944
Datz, Arnulf08-06-191931-01-1943
Daub, Dieter14-09-1911 
Daub, Egon 10-05-2008more
Daub, Werner  
Daube, Friedrich  
Daubert, Henning31-05-190001-11-1980more
Daubert, Wilhelm26-11-1916 more
Dauer, Leonhard  
Dauer, Wilhelm  
Dauk, Fritz  
Daum, Andreas  
Daum, Franz  
Dauner, Nikolaus "Klaus"03-03-190220-12-1966more
Dausmann, Heinz  
Dauter, Helmut (U-448)09-08-191930-04-1987
Dautzenberg, Heinz16-11-1922 
Davidson, von, Hans04-09-190417-12-2002
Dawans, Ritter und Edler von, Hans Jürgen (LW)09-08-190722-09-1980more
Dawans, Ritter und Edler von, Sigismund-Hellmut23-09-189910-06-1944
Dawedeit, Herbert20-05-191403-08-1999more
De Jong, Fritz  
De Lalande, Jürgen  
Debo, Karl  
Deboi, Heinrich-Anton06-04-189305-07-1955
Debold, Erich  
Debschitz, von, Attila Rüdiger Franz Paul Ernst09-11-192015-02-2019more
Debschitz, von, Colmar  
Debus, Heinrich (Waffen SS)30-06-192105-03-1996
Debus, Otto (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 12)21-08-191414-10-2000more
Debus, Wilhelm (Füsilier-Bataillon 'Demba')  
Dechant, Josef14-11-1910 
Dechene, Leonhard (Flak-Bataillon 22)15-11-1915 
Deck, Eugen (Waffen SS)10-02-191428-12-1993more
Deckarm, Hermann  
Decken, Ernst ('U-853')03-12-191406-05-1945
Decken, von der, Klaus (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 238)  
Decken, von der, Volkmar (Panzer-Regiment 24)07-02-192221-01-1987
Decker, Erich  
Decker, Hans  
Decker, Karl Gustav Adolf30-11-189721-04-1945more
Decker, Otto (Jagdgeschwader 52)11-11-191527-08-1942more
Decker, Paul16-01-1919 more
Decker, Robert (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77) 29-08-1943
Decker, Walter  
Deckers, Heinrich24-04-191716-04-1945
Deckert, Arno (Infanterie-Regiment 260)01-03-191920-01-1943
Deckert, Fritz (Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 12)  
Deckert, Hans-Joachim (Generalmajor)29-10-190405-03-1988
Deckert, Horst (U-73)11-10-191812-04-1988
Deckert, Karl (Schnellboot S-72)22-09-1914 
Dede, Willi  
Dedekind, Werner  
Dedel, Alfred  
Dedens, Helmut05-03-1922 
Dederichs, Bruno09-04-191108-07-1949
Dederichs, Clemens  
Dee, Walter  
Deecke, Joachim (U-584)29-06-191231-10-1943more
Deeg, Alfred  
Deeg, Dr., Emil28-07-1905 
Deffner, Emil  
Degasper, Alois  
Dege, Werner  
Degel, Franz07-08-192010-06-1946
Degen, Hans18-02-189918-11-1971more
Degener, Hans-Jürgen (Grenadier-Regiment 487)  
Degener-Böning, Karl ('U 66')28-03-191903-09-2015
Degenhart, Richard  more
Deget, Herbert  
Deglmann, Karl  
Degmayr, Eberhard  
Degner, Heinz  
Degreif, Karl  
Degreif, Werner  
Degrelle, Leon Marie Joseph Ignace15-06-190631-03-1994more
Dehio, Udo-Walter08-11-191112-02-1944
Dehmel, Egon  
Dehmel, Kurt12-03-1913 more
Dehn, Hans  
Dehn, Josef  
Dehne, August  
Dehnert, Johannes 07-12-1942
Deichelbohrer, Helmut  
Deichen, Kurt "Charly"20-04-191427-02-1969
Deichl, Ferdinand  
Deichmann, Paul (Generalleutnant)27-08-189810-01-1981
Deichmüller, Otto (Infanterie-Regiment 439)26-04-190016-01-1944
Deigentesch, Hugo  
Deike, Reinhold  
Deike, Walter  
Deiler, Werner  
Deimel, Karl28-11-1917 more
Deiml, Michael28-03-1918 more
Dein, Georg 07-10-1943
Deinzer, Josef  
Deisböck, Wolfgang (Kampfgeschwader 100)11-11-191711-11-1941
Deisenhofer, Dr.jur., Eduard „Eddi" (Waffen SS)27-06-190931-01-1945more
Deisenroth, Otto  
Deiss, Erwin18-05-1913 more
Deissler, Hans  
Deiters, Bernhard07-02-192221-10-1944more
Deja, Bernhard  
Delacher, Hermann  
Delica, Egon04-01-191526-04-1999more
Delle Karth, Ludwig26-07-1905 more
Dellner, Otto  
Delp, Gustav30-09-192027-04-1944
Delp, Heinz18-02-192005-07-1943
Demant, Heinz  
Dembowy, Kurt  
Dembski, Rolf-Viktor  
Demel, Helmut  
Demel, Willi  
Demme, Rudolf03-06-189405-01-1975more
Demmel, Dr., Franz  
Demmert, Bernhard  
Dempke, August11-12-191501-03-1945
Demtröder, Rudolf 'Rudi' (U-221)14-05-1914 
Demuth, Ernst  
Dencker, Hans-Joachim  
Denecke, Konrad  
Dengg, Josef16-08-1910 
Dengler, Dr.phil. Gerhard (Art.Reg. (mot) 3)29-05-191403-01-2007more
Dengler, Franz  
Dengler, Heinrich  
Dengler, Johann  
Dengler, Josef  
Dengler, Walter  
Denk, Franz11-10-189830-07-1975
Denk, Gustav24-01-191513-02-1943
Denkel, Simon  
Denker, Erich  
Denkert, Walter23-02-189709-07-1982more
Denkner, Paul (U-508)11-07-191920-11-1943
Dennerlein, Eberhard (Pionier-Bataillon 138)  
Dennert, Hans00-00-1897 
Dennhardt, Oskar-Hubert30-06-191519-06-2014
Dentler, Heinz  
Dentzer, Gerhard (Führer-Flak-Abteilung)22-11-1918 
Dentzer, Herbert  
Denz, Ludwig  
Denz, Siegfried  
Denzinger, Dipl.Ing., Franz (Art.Rgt. z.b.V. 553)16-08-189510-03-1974more
Denzinger, Franz (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2)  more
Denzler, Ludwig (Infanterie-Regiment 478)  
Denzlinger, Siegfried  
Deparade, Ernst  
Deppe, Ernst-August28-02-1916 
Deppe, Georg  
Deppe, Hans-Werner21-03-192130-12-2009
Deppisch, Ernst  
Dereschewitz, Ernst09-02-190618-03-1945
Derfert, Otto  
Derikartz, Ulrich  
Derix, Theodor  
Derkorn, Erwin (U-763)28-03-191907-04-1945
Dern, Hans-Theodor12-05-1922 
Dernen, Friedrich-Wilhelm (Generalmajor)15-02-188415-02-1967more
Derzmann, Otto31-08-191418-10-1944
Deschler, Heinrich  
Deschner, Hans  
Deschner, Hans (SS-Pol.Pi.Btl. 4)  
Detambel, Josef22-10-1914 
Deterding, Friedrich  
Determann, Heinz  
Dethleffsen, Erich02-08-190404-07-1980
Detmers, Georg  
Dette, Günter  
Dette, Wilhelm (Kampfgeschwader 40)10-03-191026-09-1991
Dettinger, Paul  
Dettke, Alfried  
Dettke, Oskar01-01-191317-03-1967more
Dettling, Augustin (Generalleutnant)07-08-189306-05-1980more
Dettmann, Fritz  
Dettmann, Hans  
Dettmann, Waldemar (Kampfgeschwader 3)20-03-1914 
Dettmar, Karl25-07-1899 
Dettmar, Kurt  
Dettmer, Heinrich (Aufklärungsgruppe 41)  
Dettmer, Hellmut  
Detzel, Gustav (Grenadier-Regiment 35)  
Detzer, Alfred (Sturzkampfgeschwader 1)09-07-191915-06-1943
Deufel, Paul  
Deufel, Wolfgang (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 85)  
Deuschle, Erich  
Deutsch, Arthur  
Deutsch, Ernst (Waffen SS)05-07-190611-03-1998more
Deutsch, Friedrich Gotthard Emil Egon19-02-189202-03-1944more
Deutsch, Heinrich  
Deutsch, Johann  
Deutsch, Karl  
Deutschbein, Horst 22-05-1942more
Deutscher, Johannes  
Deutscher, Karl  
Deutscher, Theodor  
Deutschmann, Günther  
Deutschmann, Rudi  
Deutschmann, Siegfried28-12-191215-09-1986more
Deutz, Franz  
Deußer, Karl  
Dewitz genannt von Krebs, von, Hans-Joachim25-04-192113-03-2013
Dewitz genannt von Krebs, von, Stanislaus 'Stani'21-03-189211-10-1948more
Dewitz, Kuno (Generalmajor)17-10-189703-01-1960more
Dewitz, von, Günther (Grenadier-Regiment 169)09-08-189520-09-1959more
Deyhle, WIlhelm "Willy"18-07-190305-07-1944
Dibbel, Hermann  
Dibowski, Wilhelm  
Dibowsky, Hermann  
Dichler, Alfred18-12-192131-07-1944more
Dick, Fritz  
Dick, Rudolf  
Dick, Wilhelm  
Dickau, Alexander  
Dicke, Werner00-00-191515-08-1971
Dickel, Franz-Wilhelm  
Dicker, Walter  
Dickerhof, Karl26-12-191521-09-1943
Dickfeld, Adolf20-02-191017-05-2009more
Dickfoss, Wilhelm  
Dickhaut, Karl-Ernst  
Dickoré, Gert01-12-1916 more
Dicks, Werner  
Diebel, Justus  
Diebel, Wilhelm  
Dieck, Hanns-Günther20-05-192119-12-1943
Diecke, Kurt  
Dieckmann, Alfred  
Dieckmann, August (WH-Grenadier)  
Dieckmann, August Hinrich29-05-191210-10-1943more
Dieckmann, Erich  
Dieckmann, Kurt  
Dieckmann, Werner  
Dieckmann, Wilhelm  
Dieckow, Willi  
Diederichs, Hartmut  
Diederichs, Karl19-03-189225-05-1959
Diederichsen, Bernhard  
Diederichsen, Jürgen25-11-191030-01-1943more
Diedrich, Heinrich  
Diedrich, Joachim  
Diedrich, Max  
Diedrichs, Ludwig  
Diedrigkeit, Willi  
Diefenbach, Peter  
Diefenthal, Josef "Jupp" (Waffen SS)05-10-191513-04-2001more
Diegmann, Adalbert01-01-1923 more
Diehl, Gerhard (Heeres-Sturmartillerie-Brig. 667)  
Diehl, Günther  
Diehl, Hans  
Diehm, Friedrich  
Diehr, Werner  
Dieker, Josef  
Diekjobst, Heinrich29-08-191515-07-1987
Diekmann, Fritz (Marineartillerie-Abteilung 240)15-06-189707-08-1970more
Diekwisch, Erwin-Peter12-08-192020-08-2013more
Diel, Hans  
Diele, Ernst  
Diemel, Hans-Josef  
Diemer, August  
Dienbauer, Friedrich (Pz-Gren.Reg.10)  
Diener, Fritz  
Diener, Karl  
Diener, Walter (Waffen SS)26-05-191715-03-1944more
Diener, Werner  
Diener, Wilhelm  
Dienger, Franz  
Dieper, Bernhard  
Diepold, Max (Schlachtgeschwader 77)01-02-192118-08-2001more
Diercks, Max  
Diercks, Rolf, Prof. Dr. agr.(SS-Pz.Gren.Reg. 'D')17-12-191516-02-2012more
Diercks, Siegfried  
Diergarten, Hans (Waffen SS)05-04-191321-08-1944more
Dieringen, x  
Dierker, Heinz  
Dierker, Wilhelm  
Dierkes, Theodor  
Dierking, Otto  
Dierking, Wolfgang (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74)  
Dierksen, Reiner (U 176)24-03-190815-05-1943
Dierschke, Hans-Werner  
Diersmann, Friedrich  
Dierssen, Georg  
Diery, Helmut  
Diesem, Rudolf10-12-192005-12-1944
Diesenberg, Eduard08-09-1913 
Diesener, Joachim20-02-191809-03-1994
Diesinger, Albert (Stu.Gesch.Abt. 244)29-01-192025-06-1944
Diessl, Willi  
Diest-Körber, von, Ernst-Nordewin13-02-191210-09-2003
Diestel, Erich (Generalleutnant)08-11-189203-08-1973more
Diestel, Hans (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 59)21-04-191524-03-1945
Dietel, Gerhard (Kradschützen-Bataillon 40)14-10-192009-02-1942
Dietel, Hans  
Dietel, Johannes  
Dietel, Reinhard  
Dieter, Ernst  more
Dieter, Rudolf  
Dieterich, Gottlob  
Dieterichs, August29-06-1903 
Dietert, Günther  
Diether, Fritz  
Dietl, Albert  
Dietl, Josef  
Dietmann, Friedrich  
Dietrich, Bruno  
Dietrich, Eugen  
Dietrich, Friedrich  more
Dietrich, Gerhard (Kampfgeschwader 55)30-04-191710-08-1982more
Dietrich, Günther  
Dietrich, Hans  
Dietrich, Hans (Lw-Nahaufklärungsgruppe)  
Dietrich, Heinrich  
Dietrich, Hellmut13-05-192006-03-1945
Dietrich, Johann05-08-191102-04-1943
Dietrich, Karl  
Dietrich, Karl-Heinz15-06-191522-03-1983
Dietrich, Kurt16-03-1898 
Dietrich, Otto  
Dietrich, Richard  
Dietrich, Wilhelm Heinrich August17-11-191212-03-1944more
Dietrich, Willi12-08-1914 more
Dietz, Hermann  
Dietz, Hermann  
Dietz, Hermann  
Dietz, Josef  
Dietz, Karl  
Dietz, Richard  
Dietz, Valentin12-11-191206-07-1989
Dietz, Wilhelm Oskar02-12-191927-03-1944more
Dietz, Willy  
Dietze, Helmut ('U 565')17-02-191701-01-1981
Dietze, Konrad (Pz.Rgt. 15)  
Dietze, Walter (Inf.Rgt. 72)  
Dietze, Walter (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 92)  
Dietzel, Leo, Dr. (Fallschirmjäger)  
Dietzsch, Erich  
Dietzsch, Lothar03-09-1919 
Dievenkorn, Karl-Gustav  
Diez, Heinrich (s.Pz.Abt. 507)22-06-1914 
Dießelhorst, Friedrich19-07-191611-06-1943
Digeon von Monteton, Baron, Albrecht08-12-188703-02-1946
Digeon von Monteton, Baron, Constantin28-02-188627-06-1944
Dikta, Theodor  
Dilger, Oskar  
Dill, Hans Joachim  
Dill, Valerian27-03-191612-03-2002
Diller, Wilhelm  
Dilley, Bruno29-08-191331-08-1968more
Dilling, Gustav  
Dillmann, Emil  
Dillmann, Hermann  
Dimbeck, Ludwig  
Dimter, Josef  
Dingeldein, Otto (U-170)06-03-191511-05-1981more
Dinger, Dr.med., Georg (Kriegsmarine)25-03-1894 
Dinger, Friedrich 'Fritz' (JG 53 "Pik As")20-08-191527-07-1943more
Dinger, Heinz (U-155)23-03-1921 
Dingler, Hans-Jürgen30-03-190400-00-1975
Dinkelaker, Ulrich01-11-190417-10-1997more
Dinkler, Erich  
Dinsch, Ernst (Panzerjäger-Abt.1052)18-12-191424-02-1945
Dintner, Christian (Feldersatz-Bataillon 212)11-02-191422-01-1945
Dipberger, Wilhelm 'Willi'30-05-191810-09-2005more
Dippe, von, Gert-Georg  
Dippel, Andreas  
Dippel, Wilhelm  
Dirk, Karl  
Dirksen, Bernhard  
Dirksen, Gerhart  
Dirlewanger, Dr., Oskar Paul (Waffen SS)26-09-189507-06-1945more
Dirlich, Wilhelm  
Discher, Hans  
Discher, Michael  
Distel, Hans Georg  
Distenmaier, Max  
Distler, Anton  
Distler, Hans  
Ditfurth, von, Franz  
Ditfurth, von, Hans-Bodo  
Dittberner, Herbert (Kampfgeschwader 27)  
Ditte, Willy  
Ditter, Hans (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7)31-01-191729-01-2011
Dittfeld, Johannes18-09-190712-09-1944
Dittgen, Albert (Panzergrenadier Reg. 59)  
Dittlmann, Heinrich  
Dittlof, Heinrich14-08-191620-02-1945more
Dittmann, Günter  
Dittmann, Kurt  
Dittmar, Alfred (Artillerie-Regiment 211)  
Dittmar, Erich (Aufklärungsgruppe 32)07-12-191712-03-1945
Dittmar, Günther (KG 53 "Legion Condor")  more
Dittmar, Kurt (Generalleutnant)05-01-189126-04-1959more
Dittmar, Ludwig (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21)10-07-191630-05-1944
Dittmar, Roderich (Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 94)  
Dittmer, Georg  
Dittmer, Herbert  
Dittmer, Karl  
Dittrich, Erhard (Schlachtgeschwader)  

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