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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

The OBdW postponed, and thereby temporarily barred/blocked, the awarding of the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross for "remarkable services in troop leadership" from August 3rd, 1940 until March 16th, 1941.

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Benz, Kurt* February 13th, 1914
† February 25th, 1989

Blumenthal, Carl-Ludwig* December 20th, 1917
† March 9th, 1989

Bleckwenn, Wilhelm* October 21st, 1906
† May 10th, 1989

Börngen, Ernst* February 7th, 1916
† June 30th, 1989

Brodowski, Heinrich* November 17th, 1911
† July 20th, 1989

Bremer, Gerhard "Gerd" (Waffen SS)* July 25th, 1917
† October 29th, 1989

Bartsch, Günter* April 22nd, 1920
† March 6th, 1990

Bujak, Hans* February 5th, 1914
† March 20th, 1990

Böbel, Hermann* October 24th, 1918
† April 2nd, 1990

Braun, Rudolf* August 30th, 1913
† April 4th, 1990

Bruns, Dr.jur., Axel* June 7th, 1915
† April 21st, 1990

Bauer, Konrad "Pit" (Jagdgeschwader 300)* February 9th, 1919
† June 17th, 1990

Bromen, Wilhelm* August 26th, 1915
† October 1st, 1990

Berger, Rudolf* October 10th, 1910
† November 6th, 1990

Behr, Paul* May 9th, 1910
† December 11th, 1990

Belz, Bruno (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25)* June 5th, 1916
† February 8th, 1991

Buchenau, Friedrich "Fritz" (Fähnrich-Regiment 4)* June 4th, 1914
† February 8th, 1991

Bloos, Ludwig* March 7th, 1915
† February 18th, 1991

Beust, Freiherr von, Hans-Henning* April 17th, 1913
† March 27th, 1991

Bühlbecker, Hermann* April 6th, 1913
† April 19th, 1991

Bergerhoff, Günther, Dr.jur. (Gren-Reg. 162)* December 12th, 1912
† May 6th, 1991

Bostell, von, Wolfgang (Panzerjäger-Abt.205)* February 25th, 1917
† May 10th, 1991

Buss, Wilhelm (Panzer-Regiment 31)* December 6th, 1918
† July 11th, 1991

Besler, Erwin* May 27th, 1909
† August 5th, 1991

Bräundle-Schmidt, Kai (Grenadier-Regiment 501)* June 19th, 1917
† August 14th, 1991

Bartels, Hans-Werner* January 28th, 1910
† December 2nd, 1991

Birnbacher, Heinz* May 26th, 1910
† December 5th, 1991

Bodendörfer, Kurt* March 31st, 1914
† December 7th, 1991

Bonin, von, Eckart-Wilhelm (Nachtjagdgeschwader 1)* November 14th, 1919
† January 11th, 1992

Bramesfeld, Heinrich* June 24th, 1899
† January 14th, 1992

Berrer, Herbert* February 2nd, 1921
† February 9th, 1992

Bentin, Kurt* March 23rd, 1914
† April 1st, 1992

Büttner, Manfred (LW-Fallschirmjäger)* February 25th, 1921
† May 29th, 1992

Büchting, Hermann* March 14th, 1916
† June 27th, 1992

Becker, Paul (Artillerie-Regiment 3)* March 21st, 1918
† November 29th, 1992

Burckhardt, Lutz-Wilhelm* February 5th, 1919
† January 2nd, 1993

Blancbois, Gustav-Adolf Eugen Johannes Erich* September 13th, 1917
† January 15th, 1993

Bussche-Streithorst, Freiherr von dem, Axel (IR9)* April 24th, 1919
† January 26th, 1993

Bennemann, Hans* August 30th, 1921
† April 7th, 1993

Besslein, Georg Robert (Waffen SS)* December 14th, 1911
† April 27th, 1993

Becker, Erich (Grenadier-Regiments-Gruppe 425)* April 8th, 1911
† June 16th, 1993

Bachem, Erich* December 19th, 1920
† July 8th, 1993

Bering, Rolf* June 20th, 1912
† August 2nd, 1993

Bieg, Karl* September 13th, 1909
† October 12th, 1993

Benekamp, Peter* April 20th, 1911
† November 7th, 1993

Buhr, de, Rudolf* January 23rd, 1917
† January 18th, 1994

Braun, Wilhelm "Willi" (Kampfgeschwader 55)* July 21st, 1920
† February 16th, 1994

Bäuchl, Johann (Geb. Baichl)* August 28th, 1918
† May 3rd, 1994

Buschenhagen, Erich Otto Ludwig (General der Inf.)* December 8th, 1895
† September 13th, 1994
Plot: 24 Row: 2 Grave: 8/9

Bradel, Ernst-Joachim* August 28th, 1909
† October 9th, 1994

Benack, Gerhard (Kradschützen-Bataillon 38)* June 23rd, 1915
† December 9th, 1994

Beschnidt, Werner* July 29th, 1918
† December 10th, 1994

Breese, Werner* April 6th, 1913
† February 17th, 1995

Bredemeier, Wilhelm* January 19th, 1916
† June 4th, 1995

Becker, Anton (Infanterie-Regiment 77)* May 30th, 1915
† August 13th, 1995

Blauensteiner, Ernst* May 16th, 1911
† August 18th, 1995

Bruetsch, Josef* November 14th, 1921
† September 15th, 1995

Broich, Peter* May 22nd, 1914
† September 21st, 1995

Baumgarten-Crusius, Werner (Gren.Reg.156)* January 29th, 1919
† November 4th, 1995

Bunzel, Hans-Karl* October 28th, 1918
† November 12th, 1995

Beutler, Walter* April 11th, 1914
† December 28th, 1995

Borchers, Adolf* February 10th, 1913
† February 9th, 1996

Bellinger, Hans-Joachim* June 5th, 1917
† February 12th, 1996

Bastian, Helmut (KM-Tboot)* November 17th, 1916
† March 7th, 1996

Bürger, Albert (Flak-Regiment 25)* June 13th, 1913
† March 16th, 1996

Bürgel, Wilhelm (Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 8)* July 12th, 1913
† April 2nd, 1996

Badzong, Alfred* February 6th, 1924
† April 9th, 1996

Brandes, Ernst* October 3rd, 1916
† April 16th, 1996

Bauer, Robert (Grenadier-Regiment 668)* March 27th, 1907
† April 18th, 1996

Brandt, Walter (Panzer-Pionier-Lehr-Bataillon 130)* November 8th, 1911
† May 12th, 1996

Bottler, Alfred* April 7th, 1917
† June 1st, 1996

Brandner, Josef Wilhelm "Sepp"* September 1st, 1915
† June 6th, 1996

Bayer, Anton* May 30th, 1914
† July 7th, 1996

Berndl, Alois* December 16th, 1918
† July 18th, 1996

Buchholz, Max* November 3rd, 1912
† July 19th, 1996

Berger, Heinz-Arthur (1. Flak-Division)* May 5th, 1917
† October 19th, 1996

Block, Josef (Grenadier-Regiment 2)* October 25th, 1912
† October 25th, 1996

Baurmann, Heinz* November 11th, 1919
† December 7th, 1996

Brandt, Heinz (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 103)* December 17th, 1912
† December 9th, 1996

Bauer, Herbert* April 16th, 1919
† March 24th, 1997

Böhrendt, Max* August 24th, 1908
† March 31st, 1997

Bergmann, Heinz* June 19th, 1914
† April 30th, 1997

Bauer, Hermann (Infanterie-Regiment 419)* September 13th, 1914
† May 9th, 1997

Bader, Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz"* June 21st, 1908
† May 16th, 1997

Bismarck, von, Klaus* March 6th, 1912
† May 22nd, 1997

Biehler, Ernst* June 7th, 1903
† May 26th, 1997

Bock, Hans (Panzer-Regiment)* January 10th, 1919
† June 1997

Buckel, Karl (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 277)* June 12th, 1920
† September 2nd, 1997

Brockdorff, Baron von, Cay-Lorenz* August 25th, 1923
† September 11th, 1997

Bulmahn, Karl* June 8th, 1908
† October 14th, 1997

Buhse, Rudolf* April 10th, 1905
† November 26th, 1997

Barth, Siegfried 'Balbo' (KG 51 "Edelweiss")* January 23rd, 1916
† December 19th, 1997

Bögel, Hermann* September 9th, 1914
† January 4th, 1998

Bundrock, Kurt* February 6th, 1917
† February 6th, 1998

Brennecke, Wilhelm* August 9th, 1918
† March 4th, 1998

Buxa, Werner* October 16th, 1916
† March 23rd, 1998

Busch, Hans Konrad* March 5th, 1915
† April 13th, 1998

Böttcher, Paul* May 2nd, 1912
† April 17th, 1998

Brenner, Dr.jur. Dr.rer.pol., Harro (KG 'Kasta')* November 24th, 1911
† April 27th, 1998

Baum, Otto (17. SS-Pz.Gren.Div. 'GvB')* November 15th, 1911
† June 18th, 1998

Burst, Reinhard* October 11th, 1907
† July 2nd, 1998

Born-Fallois, von, Gerd* February 8th, 1913
† September 1st, 1998

Burmester, Hans-Jürgen* June 11th, 1916
† September 22nd, 1998

Behler, Klemens (Waffen SS)* December 6th, 1921
† October 10th, 1998

Blume, Hermann* March 26th, 1909
† October 17th, 1998

Bremm, Josef* May 3rd, 1914
† October 21st, 1998

Bruchmann, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 12)* September 26th, 1918
† October 31st, 1998

Busse, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 203)* April 10th, 1909
† November 6th, 1998

Blasig, Arnulf* December 30th, 1913
† November 13th, 1998

Bittorf, Otto* July 13th, 1917
† January 11th, 1999

Bremermann, Oskar (Grenadier-Regiment 209)* June 2nd, 1921
† February 9th, 1999

Breidenbach, Friedrich-Wilhelm* October 17th, 1916
† March 2nd, 1999

Bauer, Joachim Albrecht (Luftflott.kdo 4)* March 25th, 1903
† April 24th, 1999

Butkus, Zanis (Waffen SS)* July 29th, 1906
† May 15th, 1999

Böhmer, Hans (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 238)* May 8th, 1910
† August 10th, 1999

Barge, Johannes* March 23rd, 1906
† February 28th, 2000

Bargsten, Klaus* October 31st, 1911
† August 13th, 2000

Beck-Broichsitter, Helmut* August 30th, 1914
† September 25th, 2000

Becker, Karl-Heinz (Fallschirmjäger)* January 2nd, 1914
† October 3rd, 2000

Berger, Herbert (Gren.Reg. mot. 'Feldherrnhalle')* November 24th, 1912
† December 16th, 2000

Berger, Karl (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15)* October 31st, 1919
† January 22nd, 2001

Bochnig, Helmut* December 4th, 1914
† March 22nd, 2001

Becker, Wilhelm* September 12th, 1919
† May 7th, 2001

Berg, Wilhelm* August 6th, 1915
† May 28th, 2001

Berg, Karl-Erich* May 30th, 1919
† June 10th, 2001

Breu, Peter-Paul* June 13th, 1915
† August 2nd, 2001

Bruck, Helmut (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)* February 16th, 1913
† August 25th, 2001

Bachmaier, Friedrich Dr* March 30th, 1903
† September 12th, 2001

Böhmke, Reinhold (Grenadier-Regiment 162)* August 25th, 1911
† November 12th, 2001

Brucker, Walter* December 14th, 1918
† November 13th, 2001

Beckmann, Josef (Füsilier-Regiment 39)* May 4th, 1920
† December 6th, 2001

Bonnke, Friedrich* February 4th, 1915
† December 9th, 2001

Brux, Albert* November 11th, 1907
† December 16th, 2001

Brogsitter, Eduard* December 28th, 1920
† January 8th, 2002

Bastian, Heinrich (Waffen SS)* April 3rd, 1920
† January 13th, 2002

Barth, Joachim (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13)* April 20th, 1913
† February 1st, 2002

Behnke, Heinz* October 1st, 1919
† February 17th, 2002

Barz, Herbert* March 16th, 1916
† May 5th, 2002

Behrends, Heinrich* June 16th, 1916
† May 10th, 2002

Berkenbusch, Wilhelm* June 26th, 1918
† October 23rd, 2002

Beutner, Manfred* May 23rd, 1914
† November 8th, 2002

Burkhardt, Fritz (WH-Grenadier)* March 22nd, 1920
† December 26th, 2002

Bukatschek, Otto* January 14th, 1915
† March 24th, 2003

Boigk, Heinrich (Jäger-Regiment 49)* October 30th, 1912
† March 28th, 2003

Bätcher, Hansgeorg* January 13th, 1914
† April 23rd, 2003

Baindner, Hans* January 30th, 1924
† May 9th, 2003

Baum, Adolf (Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 197)* March 19th, 1914
† September 15th, 2003

Borrmann, Joachim* July 28th, 1914
† October 2nd, 2003

Boos, Johann (Kampfgeschwader 55)* August 1st, 1915
† December 20th, 2003

Bachmann, Friedrich "Fritz" (Pz-Gren.Reg.7)* February 8th, 1922
† December 27th, 2003

Baxmann, Karl* November 13th, 1919
† January 10th, 2004

Becker, Hans (Infanterie-Regiment 116)* May 30th, 1914
† January 15th, 2004

Bullinger, Herbert* July 17th, 1918
† January 30th, 2004

Beine, Erich* June 26th, 1914
† February 6th, 2004

Barth, Eitel-Albert (Kampfgeschwader 55)* December 7th, 1915
† May 4th, 2004

Baier, Joseph August (Grenadier-Regiment 36)* December 4th, 1909
† September 1st, 2004

Buschhausen, Friedrich-Wilhelm* December 11th, 1908
† October 1st, 2004

Boska, Karl-Heinz (Waffen SS)* October 18th, 1920
† October 22nd, 2004

Bielig, Gerhard (U 177)* April 28th, 1916
† October 29th, 2004

Beerenbrock, Franz-Josef (Jagdgeschwader 51)* April 9th, 1920
† December 13th, 2004

Bloch, Johann* July 7th, 1915
† December 13th, 2004

Bonath, Hans* March 25th, 1919
† December 25th, 2004

Ballasko, Edler von, Otto* April 29th, 1919
† February 5th, 2005

Binnig, Otto* December 18th, 1923
† May 27th, 2005

Bursche, Gustav-Adolf* September 27th, 1918
† July 4th, 2005

Bäcker, Rudolf* February 21st, 1914
† September 3rd, 2005

Beeger, Horst* June 8th, 1913
† November 6th, 2005

Beier, Gerhard (Panzerjäger-Kompanie 1193)* December 11th, 1919
† November 17th, 2005

Buchner, Hermann (Schlachtgeschw. 2 "Immelmann")* October 30th, 1919
† December 1st, 2005

Bülow, von, Otto (U 404)* October 16th, 1911
† January 5th, 2006

Becker, Martin* April 12th, 1916
† February 8th, 2006

Bürger, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3)* August 6th, 1921
† April 2nd, 2006

Brunner, Eduard* December 8th, 1918
† May 13th, 2006

Bertram, Ludwig* January 8th, 1917
† June 30th, 2006

Birnbaum, Fritz (Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 'HG')* August 10th, 1912
† July 13th, 2006

Büchau, Bruno* October 10th, 1917
† September 12th, 2006

Bunge, Hellmut (Pz-Gren.Reg."Feldherrnhalle")* June 1st, 1920
† December 2006

Bäuerle, Emil* May 10th, 1917
† March 16th, 2007

Becher, Karl* September 15th, 1916
† May 10th, 2007

Brunk, Edgar Erich* May 22nd, 1921
† August 31st, 2007

Busch, Rudolf (Lw-Aufklärungsgruppe)* September 29th, 1915
† September 5th, 2007

Bertram, Hans-Wilhelm* May 17th, 1918
† October 1st, 2007

Bennemann, Helmut* March 16th, 1915
† November 7th, 2007

Bretz, Hans* July 29th, 1926
† November 23rd, 2007

Beier, Karl* June 30th, 1919
† December 29th, 2007

Born, Heinrich* November 6th, 1918
† January 19th, 2008

Bachor, Wilhelm "Willy"* May 4th, 1921
† March 20th, 2008

Boeselager, Freiherr von, Philipp* September 6th, 1917
† May 1st, 2008

Berner, Emil (Flak-Regiment 18)* December 4th, 1921
† June 13th, 2008

Brettschneider, Konrad (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 904)* January 6th, 1920
† July 9th, 2008

Brosow, Siegfried (Waffen SS)* December 10th, 1918
† November 18th, 2008

Bahr, Günther* July 28th, 1921
† April 29th, 2009

Blond, Friedrich "Friedel" (Waffen SS)* April 29th, 1920
† May 24th, 2009

Barkmann, Ernst (Waffen SS)* August 25th, 1919
† June 27th, 2009

Bartels, Herbert (Flak-Regiment 42)* August 15th, 1917
† July 1st, 2009

Bockhoff, Engelbert* May 17th, 1913
† January 26th, 2010

Bachmann, Erwin (SS-Panzer-Regiment.10)* May 5th, 1921
† February 18th, 2010

Beutler, Heinz* December 23rd, 1915
† September 26th, 2010

Banaski, Helmut* June 8th, 1921
† January 15th, 2011

Behr, Winrich* January 22nd, 1918
† April 25th, 2011

Borck, Hans-Georg (Panzer-Pionier-Bat. 209)* September 24th, 1921
† May 8th, 2011

Beschwitz, Freiherr von, Werner* January 19th, 1915
† May 25th, 2011

Brommann, Karl (Waffen SS)* July 20th, 1920
† June 30th, 2011

Bauer, Erhard (Pionier-Bataillon 102)* December 25th, 1924
† September 2nd, 2011

Böhm, Walter (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Regiment 8)* December 16th, 1918
† September 23rd, 2011

Bose, Georg (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 177)* October 20th, 1921
† September 26th, 2011

Breuker, Helmuth* July 4th, 1917
† May 28th, 2012

Bischof, Kurt* December 16th, 1924
† January 11th, 2013

Bleher, Georg* February 4th, 1919
† February 25th, 2013

Brasack, Paul ('U-737')* May 9th, 1916
† March 11th, 2013

Bleckl, Karl* September 26th, 1919
† March 26th, 2013

Bob, Hans-Ekkehard* January 24th, 1917
† August 12th, 2013

Benning, Anton* May 15th, 1918
† September 29th, 2013

Bayer, Franz* February 3rd, 1920
† April 28th, 2014

Büssecke, Arthur* July 8th, 1918
† July 28th, 2014

Brandenburg, Max* September 6th, 1919
† November 28th, 2014

Boosfeld, Joachim (Waffen SS)* June 1st, 1922
† June 19th, 2015

Buck, Friedrich (Waffen SS)* January 30th, 1922
† September 25th, 2015

Becker, Karl-Heinz (Jäger-Regiment 228)* October 2nd, 1920
† February 26th, 2016

Braake, Günter* April 10th, 1921
† May 21st, 2016

Becker, Arthur (Schützen-Regiment 394)* December 31st, 1920
† October 12th, 2016

Biehl, Johann (Infanterie-Regiment 124)* January 29th, 1917
† March 12th, 2017

Barths, Karl-Ludwig* May 13th, 1920
† September 18th, 2018

Bierbrauer, Günther (Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke")* May 20th, 1922
† June 26th, 2019

Brinckmann, Friedrich* July 28th, 1920
† December 27th, 2019

Bauer, Ludwig (Panzer-Regiment 33)* February 16th, 1923
† May 20th, 2020

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