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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
Jabben, Hans  
Jabelmann, Carl-Hermann (Infanterie-Regiment 65)14-11-191829-06-1942
Jabs, Hans-Joachim14-11-191726-10-2003
Jabs, Heinz  
Jachens, Heinz  
Jachode, Emil  
Jackisch, Alfred  
Jackson, August  
Jacob, Adolf  
Jacob, Claus Gustav Friedrich Louis (Kriegsmarine)30-06-1895 more
Jacob, Eberhard18-01-191727-02-1982
Jacob, Gerhard (Kampfgeschwader 55)  
Jacob, Lothar  
Jacob, Otto  
Jacob, Otto (Lw-Fallschirmjäger-Regiment)  
Jacob, Walter  
Jacob, Werner  
Jacob, Werner  
Jacob, Wilhelm  
Jacobi von Wangelin, Hans-Joachim19-09-191418-08-1942more
Jacobi, Alfred29-07-188406-05-1972more
Jacobi, Erich  
Jacobi, Paul  
Jacobi, Siegfried  
Jacobs, Alfred  
Jacobs, Claus (Infanterie-Regiment 116)  
Jacobs, Emil  
Jacobs, Rudolf  more
Jacobs, Wilhelm  
Jacobs, Willi  
Jacobsen, Kurt (Gren.Reg. 90)12-03-1912 more
Jacobson, Botho  
Jacobson, Walter  
Jacobson, Werner  
Jacoby, Günther25-02-1921 
Jacoby, Josef01-09-1920 more
Jacoby, Paul  
Jaeckel, Egbert16-10-191917-07-1943
Jaeckel, Hans-Jürgen  
Jaedtke, Alfred31-12-191306-06-1992more
Jaeger, Hans (Kampfgeschwader 1 'Hindenburg')19-06-191828-05-1942
Jaeger, Karl-Heinz25-06-191420-12-1992more
Jaeger, Krafft Wilhelm Werner06-07-191913-03-2008more
Jaeger, Werner (Minensuchboot 'M6')28-05-1917 
Jaehn, Arthur  
Jaek, Arnold  
Jaenecke, Erwin22-04-189003-07-1960more
Jaenike, Günther  
Jaensch, Siegfried  
Jaeschke, Kurt  
Jaeschke, Rudolf  
Jagemann, Karl  
Jagusch, August  
Jagusch, Wilhelm  
Jahn, Alfred  
Jahn, Alfred  
Jahn, Curt  
Jahn, Franz  
Jahn, Hans  
Jahn, Hans  
Jahn, Karl  
Jahn, Karl  
Jahn, Leonhard (Pz-Pio.Btl.38)31-08-1917 more
Jahn, Max  
Jahn, Walter  
Jahn, Willy  
Jahnert, Kurt  
Jahnke, Alfred  
Jahnke, Gustav  
Jahnke, Günter  
Jahnke, Herbert  
Jahnke, Kurt (WH-Fusilier-Regiment 27)  
Jahnke, Kurt (Wh-Infanterie-Regiment 364)  
Jahnke, Siegfried  
Jahnke, Walter  
Jahr, Arno Friedrich Adam (387. ID)03-12-189021-01-1943more
Jahre, Dr., Kurt  
Jaitner, Josef  
Jakel, Otto  
Jakisch, Dr., Hans  
Jakob, Alfred  
Jakob, Franz23-07-191304-11-1983
Jakob, Friedrich18-03-191009-09-1994
Jakob, Georg27-03-191501-09-1991
Jakob, Hans  
Jakob, Hans  
Jakob, Heinrich  
Jakob, Kurt  
Jakob, Kurt  
Jakob, Kurt (Lw-Aufklärungsgruppe)  
Jakobeit, Walter  
Jakobi, Alois  
Jakobi, Friedrich Heinrich Gustav09-04-192019-03-1943
Jakobs, Alois  
Jakobs, Ferdinand  
Jakobs, Johannes  
Jakobs, Josef  
Jakoby, Franz00-00-191600-00-2000
Jakoby, Josef (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73)  
Jakubowski, Willi  
Jamrosche, Hermann  
Jamrowski, Siegfried (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3)01-11-191703-09-2012more
Janczik, Bruno  
Jander, Arthur (62. Infanterie-Division)14-11-190728-04-1972
Jandt, Kurt  
Janello, Gotthard  
Janik, Guido (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 49)23-08-192116-09-1944
Jank, Franz  
Jank, Hans  
Janke, Fritz (Pz.Rgt.11)13-01-1913 more
Janke, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 159)26-01-190310-05-1981more
Janke, Herbert (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)  
Janke, Karl (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2)07-02-191222-12-1981
Janke, Rudolf (Grenadier-Regiment 24)  
Janker, Johann (Grenadier-Regiment 20)25-02-190928-10-1943
Janoschka, Reinhold  
Jans, Adolf  
Jansa, Ernst18-10-189925-09-1974more
Jansen, Franz  
Jansen, Fritz  
Jansen, Gerhard (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 202)25-07-190401-09-1944
Jansen, Heinrich Jacob22-08-191002-01-1992
Jansen, Hubert  
Jansen, Josef  
Jansen, Rudolf31-05-1921 
Jansen, Wilhelm  
Jansing, Heinrich11-01-191513-12-1995
Janson, August  
Janson, Erich  
Janssen, Ewald11-10-191300-00-1985
Janssen, Fritz  
Janssen, Gerhard (Infanterie-Regiment 122)27-08-191214-08-1941
Janssen, Gustav-Adolf  
Janssen, Johann  
Janta-Lipinski, von, Franz25-06-1914 
Janums, Vilis (Waffen SS)07-01-189406-08-1981more
Janus, Rufin  
Janz, Helmut  
Janz, Josef  
Janzen, Ernst-August  
Janzon, Erich  
Janzon, Wilhelm  
Jaquet, x00-00-1912 
Jarosch, Alfred10-10-191530-08-2001more
Jarosch, von Schweder, Walter (79. ID)27-06-190422-03-1942
Jaschik, Georg  
Jaschinski, Erich03-10-191401-08-1977
Jaschinski, Hans  
Jaschke, Josef  
Jasper, Karl-Heinz  
Jass, Georg02-09-190906-01-1989
Jastram, Jürgen01-02-191325-04-1986
Jauer, Georg25-06-189605-08-1971more
Jauer, Kurt  
Jauer, Wolfgang (Grenadier-Regiment 1)  
Jauernig, Friedrich  
Jauernik, Georg23-11-191508-02-1945
Jauss, Hans Robert (Waffen SS)21-12-192101-03-1997more
Jauss, Karl (Waffen SS)18-07-192218-09-2003more
Jebens, Claus-Peter (Flak-Regiment 18)17-11-1902 
Jebsen, Johann  
Jeckeln, Friedrich August (Waffen SS)02-02-189503-02-1946more
Jeckstadt, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 3)  
Jeckstadt-Borchert, Karl (Infanterie-Regiment 431)00-00-191423-07-1980
Jeckstat, Erich08-07-191911-10-1958more
Jedermann, Otto24-10-191012-06-1996
Jedermann, Paul  
Jedike, Udo  
Jeglinski, Albert  
Jeglinsky, Klaus  
Jegodka, Fritz  
Jegodtka, Walter (Pz.Rgt. 39)04-06-191611-12-1944
Jelkmann, Karl  
Jena, Freiherr von, Carl-Friedrich01-10-1916 more
Jena, von, Krafft-Harald  
Jenckel, Heinz29-09-1909 
Jendges, Hans19-12-1918 
Jendrzy, Johann  
Jenett, Rudolf  
Jenette, Fritz  
Jenisch, Roland24-10-189516-09-1977
Jenisch, von, Martin  
Jenke, Heinz  
Jenne, Peter05-06-192002-03-1945
Jennerjahn, Werner  
Jennes, Hubert  
Jennewein, Josef21-11-191926-07-1943
Jenrich, Herbert  
Jensen, Ernst  
Jensen, Fredrik25-03-192131-07-2011more
Jensen, Hans-August  
Jensen, Heinrich  
Jensen, Karl08-01-191514-07-1943more
Jensen, Theodor  
Jensen-Schmidt, Christian (Infanterie-Regiment 26)  
Jenss, Erich  
Jenster, Jakob14-03-191710-03-2009more
Jente, Heinz13-01-191909-10-1986
Jentoch, Emil  
Jentsch, Woldemar Friedrich Robert (Pz-Reg.4)17-04-191404-08-1942
Jentzsch, Fritz  
Jentzsch, Hermann  
Jenz, Kurt  
Jepp, Siegfried  
Jeromin, Fritz  
Jeromin, Simon  
Jerz, Hans07-04-192017-04-1945
Jesacher, Josef  
Jesbera, Friedrich  
Jesch, Horst  
Jeschan, Fritz21-12-191620-11-1973
Jesche, Martin  
Jescheck, Hans-Heinrich10-01-191527-09-2009
Jeschke, Max  
Jeschky, Hellmut  
Jeske, Albert  
Jeske, Hans (Infanterie-Regiment 478)  
Jess, Emil  
Jessat, Günther  
Jesse, Fritz  
Jesse, Rudolf12-10-190802-04-1981
Jessen, Hans (Artillerie-Regiment 29)  
Jessen, Hans-Georg (Waffen SS)25-03-1918 
Jessen, Harald (Kampfgeschwader 26 "Löwen") 22-02-1943
Jesser, von, Curt04-11-189017-08-1950
Jestrich, Johannes  
Jestrzemski, Erich  
Jetter, Karl  
Jetzl, Erwin  
Jeude, Karl  
Jezkowitz, Ernst  
Jilek, Franz25-05-191524-03-2011more
Jira, Karl17-07-1916 
Jirkal, Eduard06-10-191931-03-1945more
Jirowetz, Paul  
Joa, Ludwig  
Joachim, Georg26-10-1919 more
Joachim, Gerhard (Stuka-Geschwader 2 "Immelmann")  more
Joanni, Karl  
Joas, Georg  
Job, Eduard  
Jobelius, Walter (leichte Flak-Abteilung 89)07-05-191608-05-1944
Jobes, Wilhelm  
Jobst, Harry  
Jobst, Xaver  
Jochem, Valentin  
Jochems, Hermann18-08-191419-12-1972
Jochens, Werner (Grenadier-Regiment 90)13-03-190306-09-1989
Jochim, Walter  
Jochims, Hermann-Gustav (Gren.Reg.90)08-08-190928-04-1945more
Jochimsen, Bruno  
Jochimsen, Otto  
Jochinke, Siegfried  
Jochmann, Josef  
Jochmann, Karl-Heinz  
Jodl, Ferdinand Alfred Friedrich28-11-189609-06-1956more
Joecks, Martin02-11-190023-11-1989
Joerges, Ludwig  
Joest, Johann  
Jogmin, Gustav  
Johann, Franz  
Johann, Hermann  
Johannes, Bernhard08-01-192011-07-1944
Johannes, Erich  
Johannesson, Rolf22-07-190006-12-1989
Johanns, Dietrich  
Johanns, Günther16-04-190416-11-1990
Johanns, Herbert  
Johannsen, Hans29-01-191305-03-1961
Johannsen, Hans-Herbert12-11-191830-09-1942
Johannsen, Paul  
Johannsen, Wilhelm  
Johanssen, Karl-Ludwig15-05-192111-08-2009
John, Dipl.-Ing., Friedrich-Wilhelm19-09-189504-08-1982
John, Erhardt  
John, Ernst  
John, Friedrich-Wilhelm  
John, Fritz  
John, Gerhard (Transportgeschwader 4)  more
John, Hans (KM-Minensuch)31-03-1903 more
John, Hans (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126)  
John, Herbert  
John, Lothar  
John, Richard (Generalleutnant)21-06-189620-02-1965
John, Rudolf  
John, Werner  
Johne, Max Otto07-07-191902-04-1945
Johnen, Wilhelm "Wim"09-10-192107-02-2002more
Johns, Wilhelm (Kriegsmarine)12-11-1905 
Johr, Werner  
Johrden, Friedrich  
Jolitz, Günter13-08-192012-02-1944
Jollasse, Erwin08-12-189214-03-1987more
Jonas, Kurt17-06-1914 
Jonas, Walter  
Jonischkeit, Hubert20-03-191018-09-1994
Joos, Friedrich  
Joos, Reinhold  
Joos, Stephan (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 92)  
Joost, Fritz  
Joost, Heinrich  
Jooß, Ludwig01-10-191502-10-2002
Jope, Bernhard10-05-191431-07-1995
Jordan, Alfred (Kampfgeschwader 76)  
Jordan, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 422)  
Jordan, Günther07-03-1892 more
Jordan, Hans (WH-General der Infanterie)27-12-189220-04-1975more
Jordan, Herbert20-07-191317-03-1945more
Jordan, Hugo (Infanterie-Regiment 233)  
Jordan, Kurt  
Jordan, Paul  
Jordan, Rolf  
Jordan, von, Hans-Jürgen  
Jordan, Walter  
Jordan, Walter  
Jorek, Günther  
Jorek, Herbert  
Jorzik, Heinz  
Josel, Franz20-08-1921 
Josephi, Walter  
Jost, Friedrich  
Jost, Friedrich (Lw-Zerstörergeschwader)  
Jost, Heinrich  
Jost, Helmut  
Jost, Kurt  
Jost, Walter  
Josten, Günther07-11-192107-07-2004
Joswig, Wilhelm02-02-191207-07-1989more
Jubel, Werner09-03-1913 
Juchem, Hans (Waffen SS)04-06-191713-08-1943more
Juchem, Wilhelm (Grenadier-Regiment 501)  
Juchheim, Wilhelm (Artillerie-Regiment 64)  more
Juckel, Richard  
Jucknies, Bruno  
Juditzki, Georg24-10-191901-07-2007
Juedtz, Ernst  
Juergens, Rolf15-06-191611-01-2013
Juhr, Kurt  
Juhre, Erich  
Juhrich, Reinhold  
July, Erwin  
Junck, Stephan (Schützen-Regiment 74)07-07-189529-03-1945more
Jundel, Günther  
Jung, Alois  
Jung, Eduard  
Jung, Erich (Grenadier-Regiment (mot) 60)  
Jung, Erich (Nachtjagdgeschwader 2)14-06-192216-04-2016more
Jung, Erwin  
Jung, Eugen  
Jung, Friedrich  
Jung, Fritz  
Jung, Hans  
Jung, Hans-Ulrich  
Jung, Heinrich (21. Unterseebootsjagdflottille)13-02-1902 
Jung, Heinrich (Lw-Jagdgeschwader)15-08-191230-07-1943more
Jung, Hermann29-11-1913 
Jung, Karl-Georg  
Jung, Philipp  
Jung, Rudolf  
Jung, Rudolf  
Jung, Rudolf (Lw-Sturzkampfgeschwader)  
Jung, Siegfried  
Jung, Waldemar30-07-191108-05-2011
Jung, Wenzel  
Jung, Wilhelm  
Jung, Wilhelm  
Jung, Wilhelm  
Jung, Wilhelm (Kriegsberichter)09-10-1912 more
Jung, Wilhelm (Lw-Aufklärungsgruppe)  
Jung, Willi  
Jung, Willi (Lw-Schlachtgeschwader)13-12-191900-04-1945
Jungbauer, Rudolf (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment)  
Jungbluth, Adolf13-12-1917 more
Jungbluth, Albert  
Jungbluth, Hans  
Jungclaussen, Heinz (Stuka-Geschw.2 "Immelmann")07-03-191926-12-1944more
Junge, Kurt  
Junge, Max  
Junge, Richard  
Junge, Wolf ("Tirpitz")05-01-190321-02-1964more
Junger, Otto  
Junger, Paul  
Jungermann, Heinrich ('S-13')23-02-1905 
Jungfer, Josef14-10-1919 
Jungfer, Rudolf07-12-1915 
Junggebauer, Paul (10. Schnellbootsflottille)  
Junghans, Kurt (Aufklärungsgruppe 122)  more
Junghans, Siegfried Dr. (Panzer-Regiment 7)30-10-191516-02-1999more
Jungjohann, Karl-August  
Jungklaus, Siegfried18-11-191422-04-1943more
Jungnickel, Edgar23-02-191407-04-1992
Jungnickel, Helmut  
Jungnickel, Herbert  
Jungwirt, Emil  
Jungwirt, Hans05-05-191423-11-1977more
Junker, Albert  
Junker, Otto  
Junkermann, Eberhard07-09-1919 more
Junkert, Gerhard (Pionier-Bataillon 101)  
Junkert, Wilhelm (Grenadier-Regiment 35)13-04-191100-00-2001more
Juppin, Walter20-11-1912 
Jurack, Robert (Kampfgeschwader 55)  more
Jurdzik, Ernst  
Just, Heinrich  
Just, Heinz  
Just, Herbert  
Just, Paul  
Just, Paul  
Just, Rudolf  
Jührend, Richard  
Jüppner, Joachim  
Jürgens, Adolf  
Jürgens, Alfred  
Jürgens, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 154)31-10-191515-04-1945
Jürgens, Heinrich  
Jürgens, Heinz  
Jürgens, Heinz (Waffen SS)21-03-191707-07-2008more
Jürgens, Helmut13-09-1919 
Jürgens, Ludwig  
Jürgens, Sergius  
Jürgensen, Arnold Bernhard (Waffen SS)17-05-191023-12-1944more
Jürgensen, Hans (Heeres-Flak-Art.Abt.283)  
Jürgensen, Thomas (UJ 1411)  
Jürgensmeyer, Hans-Günter  
Jürs, Ralf07-05-191923-10-1972
Jürss, Karl  
Jürß, Paul  
Jüssen, Willi  
Jüttner, Arthur (Grenadier-Regiment 164)18-08-190801-12-2003more
Jüttner, Hans-Joachim  
Jüttner, Klaus  
Jäck, Werner  
Jäckel, Adolf11-02-190017-03-1945
Jäckel, Alex (Artillerie-Regiment 29)22-01-191501-12-1942
Jäckel, Karl (U-907)20-12-191307-12-1984more
Jäckel, Otto (Infanterie-Regiment 22)  
Jäckle, August  
Jäger, Franz (Jäger-Regiment 25)  
Jäger, Franz (Radfahr-Schwadron 215)  
Jäger, Fritz (Kampfgeschwader 55)  
Jäger, Gotthard (KG 4 'General Wever') 31-08-1943
Jäger, Herbert (Grenadier-Regiment 513)  
Jäger, Horst (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5)  
Jäger, Robert (Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "GD")  
Jäger, Walter (Marineeinsatzkommando 60)  
Jähnchen, Hans  
Jähne, Joachim17-10-1916 
Jähne, Martin  
Jähner, Erich  
Jähnert, Erhard (Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)17-08-191723-07-2006more
Jähnig, Erhart 05-12-1942
Jäkel, Hans12-12-1924 
Jäkel, Karl-Heinz  
Jänchen, Walter  
Jänichen, Helmut  
Jänichen, Martin24-09-1912 more
Jänicke, Richard  
Jänsch, Otto  
Jäschke, Georg  
Jäschke, Hans-Joachim18-07-192121-07-1944more
Jäschke, Paul  
Jätzosch, Gerhard (Transportgeschwader 1)28-09-191801-03-1945more
Jödicke, Joachim03-08-191331-01-1968
Jöns, Hans  
Jörchel, Wolfgang19-08-190712-05-1945more
Jöres, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 1)04-08-1911 
Jörg, Arthur (Grenadier-Regiment 119)  more
Jörgens, Hans  
Jörges, Kurt  
Jörn, Otto  
Jöst, Adolf  

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