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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
Raab, Alexander12-07-192113-08-2014
Raab, Gerhard (Werfer-Lehr-Regiment 1)  
Raab, Josef  
Raab, Josef03-02-192115-05-1963
Raab, Ludwig  
Raab, Paul 23-10-1943more
Raabe, Gerd  
Raabe, Heinz  
Raabe, Herbert  
Raabe, Horst  
Raaf, Friedrich25-03-192014-03-2002more
Raake, Erich  
Raapke, Werner10-10-190306-02-1986
Raapke, Wilhelm13-11-189628-01-1970
Raatz, Helmuth  
Rab, Johann18-04-191230-03-1943
Rabben, Albert (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 208)01-03-1906 
Rabben, Herbert26-08-191825-03-1995
Rabe von Pappenheim, Friedrich-Carl05-10-189409-06-1977more
Rabe, Dr.med., Wolfgang (Waffen SS)27-02-1917 more
Rabe, Eberhard  
Rabe, Ewald  
Rabe, Gustav  
Rabe, Heinrich  
Rabe, Karl  
Rabe, Otto  
Rabenau, von, Hellmuth  
Rabenau, Wolfgang (Grenadier-Regiment 578)  
Rabenstein, Konrad  
Rabien, Heino16-12-191927-03-1944
Rabien, Hermann (Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss")06-12-1911 
Rabis, Alfred  
Rabitsch, Markus14-05-192023-07-1944
Rabl, Josef  
Rach, Hans  
Racho, Erwin  
Rack, Kurt  
Rackelmann, Heinz  
Rackl, Kurt  
Rackowitsch, von, Andreas  
Rackwitz, Herbert  
Rackwitz, Kurt  
Raczek, von, Job-Detlef13-10-189712-01-1943
Raczkowski, Magnus  
Radau, Bruno  
Raddatz, Heinz  
Raddatz, Walter  
Radden, Hans  
Rade, Ernst  
Rade, Hans-Dietrich  
Radeck, Kurt11-01-191030-03-1944
Radecke, Friedrich  
Radecke, van, Dietrich  
Radel, Hans19-04-191513-03-1993
Radel, Willi  
Rademacher, Fritz  
Rademacher, Rudolf "Rudi"19-06-191313-06-1953more
Rademacher, Wilhelm  
Radenberg, Günter  
Radener, Waldemar (Jagdgeschwader 26)24-01-192108-01-1957more
Rader, Alois  
Radermacher, Alfred  
Radermacher, Karl12-12-192209-10-2016more
Radloff, Richard  
Radmann, Heinz  
Radojewski, Johann10-10-1917 
Radowitz, von, Joseph "Josef"29-07-189901-06-1956more
Radowski, Eduard17-11-190006-09-1993
Radtke, Erich  
Radtke, Helmut  
Radtke, Kurt Werner19-02-190601-02-1943
Radtke, Otto  
Radtke, Otto (WH-Div.Füs.Btl. (A.A.) 1)  
Radtke, Paul  
Radtke, Wilhelm  
Radusch, Günther11-11-191229-07-1988more
Radü, Friedrich20-11-1909 
Radziej, Georg07-01-189513-05-1972more
Radziwill, Herbert  
Raesfeld, von, Werner  
Rafelt, Herbert  
Raff, Dr., Kurt  
Raff-Lehner, Karl  
Rager, Alfons (Kampfgeschwader 77)13-11-1914 
Raggl, Alois  
Ragnow, Günther  
Raguse, Günter (Grenadier-Regiment 255)  
Raguse, Kuno (Kampf-Geschwader 51)  more
Rahden, Baron von, Wolfert (Infanterie-Reg. 311)27-05-189301-10-1943more
Rahe, Fritz  
Rahlfs, Heinz  
Rahm, Franz 22-07-1943
Rahm, Walter  
Rahmel, Gregor  
Rahn, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 1 „Hindenburg")  
Rahn, Gerhard (Panzerjäger-Kompanie 362)  
Rahn, Hans  
Rahn, Horst  
Rahrig, Wilhelm  
Raht, Gerhard Ferdinand Otto (NJG 2)06-06-192011-01-1977more
Rahtgens, Karl-Ernst  
Rahäuser, Kurt  
Raible, Anton  
Raich, Bruno (Stu.Gesch.Abt. 189)14-05-191629-12-1941
Raigrotzki, Rudolf  
Rainer, Jochen  
Rainer, Rudolf  
Raison, von, Georg-Wilhelm  
Raith, Heinrich26-07-191423-09-1982
Raithel, Helmut09-04-190712-09-1990more
Raithel, Heribert14-06-191014-07-1976
Raithel, Richard  
Raithelhuber, Ulrich  
Rajek, Stefan (Kampf-Geschwader 3)27-02-190907-09-1943
Rakau, Otto  
Rakebrandt, Wilhelm  
Rakett, Erich  
Rall, Dr.-Ing., Victor24-11-189621-04-1984
Rall, Günther10-03-191804-10-2009more
Rall, Max  
Rambow, Heinz  
Rambow, Otto (Artillerie-Regiment 12)02-08-1917 
Rambow, Siegfried  
Rambusch, Helmut  
Rameis, Dr., Ludwig 'Lutz' (Waffen SS)10-06-191501-08-2003
Ramelow, Willy  
Ramin, von, Hans-Georg11-07-191605-12-1949
Ramisch, Ernst  
Ramisch, Georg  
Ramlow, Willi  
Ramm, Heinz  
Ramm, Reimer  
Ramm, von, Hans-Joachim10-10-1898 
Rammelkamp, Herbert  
Rammelt, Gerhard (Nacht-Schlacht-Gruppe)25-09-191306-08-1944
Rammelt, Karl10-06-191413-05-2009
Rammelt, Siegfried18-12-191421-03-1944more
Rammensee, Walter  
Rammenzweig, Karl  
Rammig, Helmut  
Rammstetter, Horst  
Ramoth, Walter (Infanterie-Regiment 209)06-11-189324-01-1960more
Rampel, Josef05-04-191517-11-1943
Rampl, Karl  
Ramrath, Heinrich  
Ramsauer, Karl  
Ramsdorfer, Karl  
Ramser, Günther27-03-190620-08-1983
Ramsperger, Bernhard  
Ramsteiner, Josef  
Ranck, Werner25-10-190407-12-1989more
Randel-Semper, Kurt  
Randloff, Klaus01-04-191923-04-1945
Randow, von, Fritz (Infanterie-Regiment 4)18-07-190801-04-1995more
Randow, von, Heinz Friedrich (Generalleutnant)15-11-189021-12-1942more
Randt, Willy  
Ranft, Max  
Rang, Heinz  
Rang, Peter15-01-1914 more
Ranglack, Heinz  
Rangosch, Karl  
Rank, Heinz  
Rann, Willy15-09-1916 
Rannersmann, Rolf07-12-191524-02-1978
Ransmayer, Hans  
Rantzau, Graf zu, Hans-Friedrich10-11-191828-09-1944
Rantzau, von, Heino08-03-189402-11-1946more
Rapior, Gerhard ('R-44')  
Rapp, Friedrich  
Rapp, Georg  
Rapp, Gottfried  
Rapp, Willi  
Rapp, Willy  
Rappard, von, Fritz-Georg Hugo Karl15-08-189231-01-1946more
Rappel, August31-07-191122-11-1984
Rappholz, Walter04-06-191230-09-1991more
Rappl, Fritz15-05-1915 
Rappl, Ludwig28-01-192114-03-1997
Rappold, Ludwig  
Rappolder, Georg (Grenadier-Regiment 61)  
Rappolt, Franz  
Rappsilber, Heinz  
Rasch, Gerhard (KG 3 'Blitzgeschwader')  
Rasch, Walter  
Rasche, Hans  
Rasche, Werner  
Raschke, Wilhelm  
Rasel, Josef  
Rasking, Josef  
Rasmussen, Arne  
Rasp, Siegfried10-01-189802-09-1968more
Rasqué, Peter  
Rass, Friedrich27-06-191614-02-1994
Rassbach, Walter 16-10-1990
Rast, Johann21-04-191431-08-1944
Rastl, Alfred04-12-192224-02-1978
Ratajczak, Edmund (s.Pz.Abt. 507)13-02-191629-10-1998more
Ratajczak, Stefan (Divisions-Füsilier-Bat. 14)  
Rath, Bernhard  
Rath, Ernst03-08-191009-03-1990
Rath, Friedrich  
Rath, Friedrich (Lw-KG 2)  
Rath, Hans-Joachim (Generalmajor)11-12-189410-05-1968more
Rath, Hermann19-02-190530-08-1995more
Rath, Wilhelm  
Rathay, Alfred  
Rathelbeck, Hans00-00-1902 
Rathgeber, Arno  
Rathje, Hugo  
Rathjen, Kurt  
Rathjens, Carl  
Rathjens, Harald  
Rathjens, Walter  
Rathke, Anton  
Rathmann, Erich (Grenadier-Regiment 456)  
Rathmann, Erich (Kampf-Geschwader 3 'Blitz')  
Ratz, Ernst  
Ratzel, Waldemar  
Ratzinger, Josef  
Ratzke, Wilhelm06-05-191027-12-1977
Ratzlaff, Kurt  
Rau, Eberhard  
Rau, Georg  
Rau, Günther  
Rau, Paul  
Rau, x00-00-1914 
Rauch, Alfred29-12-191725-03-1991
Rauch, Erwin Fritz (Generalleutnant)19-10-188926-02-1969more
Rauch, Hans01-03-189922-08-1958more
Rauch, Helmuth  
Rauch, Herbert  
Rauch, Josef Alois (Generalmajor)27-02-190214-08-1984more
Rauch, Karl-Heinz (Divisions-Füsilier-Bat. 256)11-03-192026-06-1944more
Rauch, Leo  
Rauch, Wolfgang (Infanterie-Regiment 418)  
Raudenbusch, Fritz  
Rauer, Karl07-08-191307-05-1946
Rauff, Hermann Julius Walther19-06-190614-05-1984more
Rauh, Andreas  
Rauh, Paul-Hubert15-11-191330-08-2005more
Rauhaus, Heinz  
Rauhut, Ulrich  
Raulf, Hans  
Raumer, Alfred  
Raus, Erhard08-01-188903-04-1956more
Rausch, Erich  
Rausch, Martin  
Rausch, Reinhold  
Rauschenbach, Werner  
Rauschenberger, Karl Rudolf (Pz.Gren.Reg.64)20-01-190817-01-1945
Rauser, Otto Friedrich31-10-189907-11-1977more
Rautenberg, Erich  
Rautenberg, Erwin  
Rautenberg, Fritz  
Raven, von, Helmuth  
Raven, von, Lothar  
Rebentisch, Ernst31-01-192003-12-2013
Reber, Gustav-Peter (Waffen SS)05-06-191926-03-2000more
Reber, Josef (Nachrichten-Abteilung 441)  
Rebhan, Franz  
Rechel, Curt01-12-190210-08-1973more
Rechenberg, Max  
Reck, Max02-12-1911 more
Recke, Heinrich25-08-189018-08-1943more
Recke, Karl-Heinz  
Recker, Willi  
Recknagel, Hermann (General der Infanterie)18-06-189223-01-1945more
Recktenwald, Heinrich  
Recktenwald, Nikolaus20-06-191316-03-1944more
Recktor, Konstantin02-03-1917 more
Reclam, Hans-Heinrich  
Reddehase, Georg (Grenadier-Regiment 686)  
Redecker, Rolf  
Redecker, von, Manfred19-08-190930-04-1943
Redeker, Heinrich  
Reden, Dr.phil., von, Edzard19-03-190516-10-1987
Reden, Freiherr von, Hans-Hugo  
Reder, Walter "Bubi" (Waffen SS)04-02-191526-04-1991more
Redieck, Karl05-04-1915 
Redlich, Karl-Wolfgang (Jagdgeschwader 27)13-12-191429-05-1944more
Redlich, Paul  
Redmer, Fritz  
Redmer, Georg  
Reeder, Deert Jacob29-11-189507-07-1944
Reeder, Günther02-11-1915 
Reeh, Otto  
Reepschläger, Willi  
Reerink, Berndt (Aufklärungsgruppe 22)16-07-191603-06-1943more
Rees, Max  
Reese, Fritz (KG 200)03-09-191202-11-1944
Reese, Karl27-04-1916 
Reetz, Karl  
Ref, Werner  
Refior, Hans  
Regel, Herbert  
Regel, Walter  
Regele, Erwin  
Regener, Walter29-11-1916 more
Regener, Wilhelm  
Regenscheit, Richard  
Reger, Konrad  
Reger, Wilhelm  
Regh, Josef  
Regler, Josef  
Regneri, Edmund  more
Regus, Karl  
Rehbein, Ernst15-10-1914 more
Rehbein, Franz  
Rehbein, Hugo  
Rehbein, Max H.09-12-191813-11-2015more
Rehberg, Gustav  
Rehberg, Otto  
Rehbock, Norbert  
Rehdantz, Günther  
Reheis, Dismas  
Rehenberg, Bernhard (Grenadier-Regiment 17)11-10-1916 more
Rehfeld, Emil  
Rehfeld, Klaus  
Rehfeldt, Walter  
Rehhäuser, Karl28-03-191402-01-1945more
Rehkopf, Ernst  
Rehle, Siegfried04-08-191530-12-1942
Rehle, Xaver  
Rehling, Johannes  
Rehm, Albrecht  
Rehm, Hermann  
Rehm, Karl  
Rehm, Robert19-05-192020-02-1945
Rehm, Theodor  
Rehmer, Franz  
Rehmer, Richard16-09-190925-02-1945
Rehmer, x  
Rehner, Erwin  
Rehrmann, Willi  
Rehs, Franz  
Rehte, Erwin  
Reibe, Ludwig  
Reibnitz, Freiherr von, Manfred (s.Pz.Abt. 505)30-05-192129-01-1945
Reibold, Hans  
Reibstein, Günter01-02-1914 more
Reich, Dr., Johann (9. Panzer-Division)29-07-189801-03-1945more
Reich, Ernst  
Reich, Karl  
Reich, Lorenz  
Reich, Reinhard  
Reich, Werner (Pionier-Bataillon 5)02-07-191711-06-1995
Reich, Werner (Wh-Infanterie)17-09-190725-01-1944
Reich, Wilhelm  
Reichard, Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 31)07-03-191815-06-2003more
Reichardt, Ludwig  
Reiche, Gustav-Adolf  
Reiche, Karl-Otto  
Reiche, Rudi  
Reiche, Werner02-11-191204-07-1973
Reichel, Adolf  
Reichel, Helmuth11-09-191204-04-2004
Reichel, Herbert  
Reichel, Kurt  
Reichelt, Martin18-04-190522-09-1984more
Reichelt, Meinhard  
Reichelt, Paul29-03-189815-07-1981more
Reichenbach, Georg  
Reichenbach, Werner  
Reicheneder, Fred  
Reicheneder, Josef  
Reichensperger, Bernhard  
Reichenthaler, Christian  
Reichert, Franz  
Reichert, Hans  
Reichert, Heinz  
Reichert, Heinz (schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505)  
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Reichert, Karl (WH-Gren.Rgt. 332)16-01-1895 
Reichert, Karl-Heinz  
Reichert, Ludwig  
Reichert, Rudolf24-11-189310-03-1967more
Reichert, Willy07-08-191119-10-1944more
Reichhardt, Michael  
Reichmann, Erich  
Reichmann, Franz (Lw-KG 4)  
Reichmann, Walter  
Reichow, Otto  
Reichwald, Gerhard (Flak-Regiment 12)05-06-191908-10-1984
Reidelshöfer, Georg22-08-1921 more
Reier, Hans  
Reier, Joachim  
Reif, Anton  
Reif, Franz  
Reif, Hans29-03-1913 more
Reif, Wilhelm  
Reiff, Hans  
Reiff, Walter  
Reifner, Egon (Pionier-Bataillon 40)05-03-191628-06-1980more
Reiher, Fritz  
Reim, Ferdinand  more
Reim, Willi  
Reimann, Erich (Infanterie-Regiment 267)  
Reimann, Georg (Lw-KG 3)  more
Reimann, Gustav (Panzer-Lehr-Regiment)  
Reimann, Hans (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 86)  
Reimann, Herbert (Regimentssgruppe 278)05-01-191504-12-1944
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Reimann, Richard (General der Flakartillerie)02-11-189228-10-1970more
Reimann, Siegfried (Nacht-Aufklärungsstaffel 1)20-10-191431-12-1943more
Reimar, Gustav24-04-191023-03-1945more
Reimers, Alfred  
Reimers, Heinrich  
Reimherr, Wilhelm  
Reimold, Hans  
Reimold, Heinrich  
Reimpell, Gerhard (XXIII. Armeekorps)23-04-191010-11-2005
Reimschüssel, Heinrich  
Rein, Wilhelm  
Rein, Willi (Kampfgeschwader 53)14-04-191421-08-1944more
Reinardy, Josef (Fernaufklärungsgruppe 3)25-07-191926-12-1944more
Reinau, Ernst Friedrich12-04-192211-08-1982
Reinboth, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 3)  
Reinbrecht, Günther  
Reindl, Johann  
Reindl, Josef  
Reinecke, August  
Reinecke, Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 121)02-01-191421-03-1992more
Reinecke, Heinrich  
Reinecke, Heinz  
Reinel, Hans  
Reinelt, Helmuth  
Reinelt, Robert  
Reiner, Ludwig  
Reinert, Eberhard  
Reinert, Ernst-Wilhelm02-02-191905-09-2007more
Reinert, Horst  
Reinert, Karl  
Reinertz, Rolf  
Reinewald, Hans  
Reinfurth, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment (mot) 41)  
Reinhard, Franz  
Reinhard, Günter  
Reinhard, Heinrich  
Reinhard, Paul  
Reinhard, Philipp  
Reinhard, Rolf  
Reinhard, Walter  
Reinhardt, Alfred-Hermann15-11-189714-01-1973more
Reinhardt, Christian  
Reinhardt, Friedrich Ernst05-07-190823-04-1945
Reinhardt, Fritz  
Reinhardt, Georg  
Reinhardt, Hans-Günther  
Reinhardt, Heinrich  
Reinhardt, Herbert  
Reinhardt, Horst  
Reinhardt, Horst  
Reinhardt, Johann (Waffen SS)16-02-191825-08-1943
Reinhardt, Karl (Artillerie-Regiment 186)  
Reinhardt, Karl-Werner  
Reinhardt, Kurt (Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1)15-05-1914 
Reinhardt, Kurt (Lw-SG x)  
Reinhardt, Otto  
Reinhardt, Robert  
Reinhardt, von, Jobst  
Reinhardt, Walter  
Reinhardt, Walter (WH-Infanterie-Regiment)11-01-191022-01-1945
Reinhardt, Willi  
Reinhold, Franz30-06-1914 more
Reinhold, Friedrich  
Reinhold, Gerhard (JG 5)00-00-191904-04-1945more
Reinhold, Hermann  
Reinhold, Karl  
Reinhold, Leo-Hermann (Waffen SS)22-02-190626-10-1961more
Reinhold, Lucian  
Reinholds, Voldemars (Waffen SS)23-06-190304-07-1986
Reinicke, Adolf 22-01-1985
Reinicke, Fritz  
Reinicke, Hans-Eberhard  
Reinicke, Hansjürgen10-08-190229-01-1978more
Reinicke, Wolf-Dieter (Panzer-Artillerie-Reg.73)  
Reinig, Fritz  
Reinisch, Pankratz13-12-1916 more
Reinke, Albrecht  
Reinke, Friedrich-Wilhelm25-12-190810-08-1986
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Reinking, Hans-Henner  
Reinkober, Fritz28-08-189128-04-1979
Reinnagel, Johannes  
Reinsch, Erich  
Reinsch, Erich (Lw-KG 3)  
Reinsdorf, Otto  
Reinshagen, Philipp ('UJ-1435')06-09-191107-07-1962
Reinstorf, Paul-Hermann  
Reinthaller, Herbert (Artillerie-Regiment 88)  
Reinwald, Albert  
Reinwald, Max01-09-190308-06-1969more
Reinwald, Otto  
Reinwald, Willi (Grenadier-Regiment 90)  
Reiprich, Rudolf  
Reischauer, Peter  
Reischer, Peter26-08-191918-12-1944more
Reischert, Günther  
Reischmann, Xaver10-02-1917 

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