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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.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Bauer, Gerhard ( Schlachtgeschwader 77)26-08-191617-04-1945more
Brucher, Paul11-09-191618-03-1977more
Becher, Karl15-09-191610-05-2007
Book, Wilhelm19-09-191621-12-1941
Brandes, Ernst03-10-191616-04-1996
Buxa, Werner16-10-191623-03-1998
Breidenbach, Friedrich-Wilhelm17-10-191602-03-1999
Baum, Adolf, Dr.jur. (Flak-Regiment 37 (mot))28-10-191604-12-1942
Böttcher, Hans-Walther04-11-191606-06-1943
Beißwenger, Hans 'Beisser' (JG 54 "Grünherz")08-11-191606-03-1943more
Bastian, Helmut (KM-Tboot)17-11-191607-03-1996
Bauer, Johann 'Hans' (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99)15-12-191614-01-1974more
Baumbach, Werner27-12-191620-10-1953more
Behr, Rudolf31-12-191623-07-1943
Böhlein, Rudolf04-01-191719-04-1945
Bertram, Ludwig08-01-191730-06-2006more
Bohn, Wolfgang (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8)12-01-191726-04-1945more
Buchner, Hermann (Waffen-SS)16-01-191717-11-1944more
Buhr, de, Rudolf23-01-191718-01-1994
Bob, Hans-Ekkehard24-01-191712-08-2013
Biehl, Johann (Infanterie-Regiment 124)29-01-191712-03-2017more
Blücher-Finken, Graf von, Wolfgang (FJR 1)31-01-191721-05-1941
Bonin, von, Dietrich-Siegwart (Pz-Gren.Reg.21)02-02-191715-04-1970more
Bundrock, Kurt06-02-191706-02-1998
Bostell, von, Wolfgang (Panzerjäger-Abt.205)25-02-191710-05-1991more
Bartkowiak, Hans08-03-191715-04-1985
Betke, Siegfried08-03-191720-12-1988more
Bayer, Rudolf (Divisions-Gruppe 112)10-03-191714-07-1944more
Bonk, Georg12-03-191710-10-1982
Brandt, Walter (Jagdgeschwader 77 "Herz As")24-03-191718-01-1977more
Bobbe, Reinhold25-03-191701-12-1971
Bottler, Alfred07-04-191701-06-1996more
Berger, Heinz-Arthur (1. Flak-Division)05-05-191719-10-1996more
Bäuerle, Emil10-05-191716-03-2007more
Bansen, Erich27-05-191719-09-1966more
Bellinger, Hans-Joachim05-06-191712-02-1996
Bräundle-Schmidt, Kai (Grenadier-Regiment 501)19-06-191714-08-1991more
Brandt, Friedrich (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 39)23-06-191718-01-1945
Breuker, Helmuth04-07-191728-05-2012
Bittorf, Otto13-07-191711-01-1999
Bremer, Gerhard "Gerd" (Waffen SS)25-07-191729-10-1989more
Bischoff, Leonhard (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115)30-07-191717-05-1978more
Borchardt, Helmut01-08-191718-03-1945
Bartels, Herbert (Flak-Regiment 42)15-08-191701-07-2009more
Brasche, Rudolf "Rudi"17-08-191722-11-1975
Bödicker, Heinz23-08-191709-03-1945more
Boeselager, Freiherr von, Philipp06-09-191701-05-2008more
Blancbois, Gustav-Adolf Eugen Johannes Erich13-09-191715-01-1993more
Büchau, Bruno10-10-191712-09-2006
Betz, Franz-Eugen28-10-191722-08-1942
Bade, Kurt (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23)12-11-191722-04-1988
Bühligen, Kurt13-12-191711-08-1985more
Blumenthal, Carl-Ludwig20-12-191709-03-1989
Braunegg, Herward (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 9)26-12-191716-12-1983more
Biegi, Fritz (Waffen SS)08-01-191816-03-1945
Beukemann, Lothar19-01-191803-09-1947more
Behr, Winrich22-01-191825-04-2011
Bernhard, Hans22-01-191823-06-1972
Boldt, Gerhard (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 158)24-01-191810-05-1981more
Bartels, Heinrich "Heinz"17-03-191823-12-1944more
Becker, Paul (Artillerie-Regiment 3)21-03-191829-11-1992more
Beyer, Franz August (Jagdgeschwader 3)22-04-191811-02-1944
Behm, Herbert (Flak-Regiment 33)09-05-191824-06-1961more
Benning, Anton15-05-191829-09-2013
Bertram, Hans-Wilhelm17-05-191801-10-2007
Berkenbusch, Wilhelm26-06-191823-10-2002more
Büssecke, Arthur08-07-191828-07-2014
Bordellé, Walter09-07-191822-01-1984more
Brunner, Albert17-07-191807-05-1943more
Bullinger, Herbert17-07-191830-01-2004more
Beschnidt, Werner29-07-191810-12-1994
Brennecke, Wilhelm09-08-191804-03-1998
Bäuchl, Johann (Geb. Baichl)28-08-191803-05-1994more
Brenner, Gerhard29-08-191814-06-1942
Buchner, Franz (Infanterie-Regiment 30)09-09-191827-11-1941more
Benedikt, Johann17-09-191822-10-1943
Bruchmann, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 12)26-09-191831-10-1998more
Bursche, Gustav-Adolf27-09-191804-07-2005more
Brandes, Walter29-09-191814-02-1945
Bumen, Robert (Schlachtgeschwader 77)12-10-191825-07-1944more
Baumgartl, Erich (Kampfgeschwader 55 'Greif')24-10-191812-07-1944more
Böbel, Hermann24-10-191802-04-1990
Bunzel, Hans-Karl28-10-191812-11-1995more
Burbach, Hans28-10-191826-01-1977
Baake, Werner01-11-191815-07-1964
Born, Heinrich06-11-191819-01-2008more
Buss, Wilhelm (Panzer-Regiment 31)06-12-191811-07-1991more
Brunner, Eduard08-12-191813-05-2006more
Brosow, Siegfried (Waffen SS)10-12-191818-11-2008more
Baldauf, Johann14-12-191821-05-1960
Borchert, Ernst14-12-191801-05-1945
Brucker, Walter14-12-191813-11-2001
Berndl, Alois16-12-191818-07-1996
Böhm, Walter (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Regiment 8)16-12-191823-09-2011
Bock, Hans (Panzer-Regiment)10-01-191900-06-1997more
Baumgarten-Crusius, Werner (Gren.Reg.156)29-01-191904-11-1995more
Bleher, Georg04-02-191925-02-2013more
Burckhardt, Lutz-Wilhelm05-02-191902-01-1993more
Bauer, Konrad "Pit" (Jagdgeschwader 300)09-02-191917-06-1990more
Böhnk, Georg (Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "GD")18-02-191911-05-1972more
Bolm, Hermann-Ernst28-02-191920-10-1944
Bauer, Hans (SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Bataillon 506)12-03-191930-03-1983more
Barkhorn, Gerhard (JG 52)20-03-191911-01-1983more
Bonath, Hans25-03-191925-12-2004more
Bernhard, Alfred29-03-191903-05-1987more
Birnkraut, Paul08-04-191901-01-1987
Busch, Walter (Flak-Regiment 2)15-04-191907-04-1945
Bauer, Herbert16-04-191924-03-1997
Begemann, Franz (Panzer-Regiment 21)21-04-191929-06-1944
Bussche-Streithorst, Freiherr von dem, Axel (IR9)24-04-191926-01-1993more
Ballasko, Edler von, Otto29-04-191905-02-2005more
Baranek, Ewald30-04-191901-02-1944
Berg, Karl-Erich30-05-191910-06-2001more
Beier, Karl30-06-191929-12-2007more
Bartels, Hans05-07-191931-07-1945
Bohlken, Erwin (Panzer-Regiment 1)09-07-191906-11-1954more
Blumenroth, Willi (Infanterie-Regiment 124)19-07-191917-06-1942
Barkmann, Ernst (Waffen SS)25-08-191927-06-2009more
Brandt, Gerhard Alfred (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 202)02-09-191925-11-1957
Brandenburg, Max06-09-191928-11-2014
Becker, Wilhelm12-09-191907-05-2001
Boremski, von, Eberhard24-09-191916-12-1963
Burg, Jörg Hans-Sachs25-09-191921-08-1944
Bleckl, Karl26-09-191926-03-2013
Bialetzki, Alfons29-09-1919 more
Behnke, Heinz01-10-191917-02-2002more
Buchner, Hermann (Schlachtgeschw. 2 "Immelmann")30-10-191901-12-2005more
Berger, Karl (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15)31-10-191922-01-2001more
Bermadinger, Matthias31-10-191928-02-1944
Baurmann, Heinz11-11-191907-12-1996
Baxmann, Karl13-11-191910-01-2004
Bonin, von, Eckart-Wilhelm (Nachtjagdgeschwader 1)14-11-191911-01-1992more
Bachmann, Christian (SS-Pz-Gren.Reg. 5 'TK')23-11-191928-02-1945more
Beier, Gerhard (Panzerjäger-Kompanie 1193)11-12-191917-11-2005
Beck, Wilhelm (SS-Pz.Rgt. 1)22-12-191910-06-1944more
Brettschneider, Konrad (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 904)06-01-192009-07-2008more
Berres, Heinz-Edgar10-01-192025-07-1943
Bleyer, Werner20-01-192028-02-1945
Britzke, von, Achim (Stu.Gesch.Abt. 1299)21-01-192017-03-1945
Bliesener, Fritz24-01-192025-11-1942
Bauer, Helmut (SS-Pz-Reg.5 "Wiking")02-02-192030-11-1967
Bayer, Franz03-02-192028-04-2014more
Bachnick, Herbert09-02-192007-08-1944more
Burkhardt, Fritz (WH-Grenadier)22-03-192026-12-2002
Bastian, Heinrich (Waffen SS)03-04-192013-01-2002
Beerenbrock, Franz-Josef (Jagdgeschwader 51)09-04-192013-12-2004more
Brüggemann, Heinrich12-04-192018-08-1975
Bartsch, Günter22-04-192006-03-1990
Blond, Friedrich "Friedel" (Waffen SS)29-04-192024-05-2009more
Beckmann, Josef (Füsilier-Regiment 39)04-05-192006-12-2001more
Bretschneider, Klaus (Jagdgeschwader 300)04-05-192024-12-1944
Barths, Karl-Ludwig13-05-192018-09-2018
Baldauf, Horst24-05-192010-06-1944more
Bergmann, Helmut26-05-192006-08-1944
Brückner, Wolfgang (Kampfgeschw. 1 "Hindenburg")26-05-192014-07-1943more
Bittner, Herwig (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 270)01-06-192022-08-1944
Bunge, Hellmut (Pz-Gren.Reg."Feldherrnhalle")01-06-192000-12-2006more
Buckel, Karl (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 277)12-06-192002-09-1997more
Bundesmann, Heinz02-07-192018-09-1975
Brommann, Karl (Waffen SS)20-07-192030-06-2011more
Beutelspacher, Ernst21-07-192022-07-1944more
Braun, Wilhelm "Willi" (Kampfgeschwader 55)21-07-192016-02-1994more
Brinckmann, Friedrich28-07-192027-12-2019
Blümel, Josef15-08-192019-09-1944
Budka, Franz (Waffen SS)18-08-192006-05-1945
Becker, Karl-Heinz (Jäger-Regiment 228)02-10-192026-02-2016
Boska, Karl-Heinz (Waffen SS)18-10-192022-10-2004more
Bäumler, Heinz30-10-192012-01-1945
Braun, Christian Gottlieb (Grenadier-Regiment 308)08-11-192001-01-1987more
Bahr, Artur14-11-192027-11-1944more
Bachem, Erich19-12-192008-07-1993
Brönnle, Herbert25-12-192004-07-1943more
Brogsitter, Eduard28-12-192008-01-2002
Becker, Arthur (Schützen-Regiment 394)31-12-192012-10-2016
Becker, Wilhelm (WL-Flak-Regiment 43)31-12-192012-03-1945
Berrer, Herbert02-02-192109-02-1992
Büttner, Manfred (LW-Fallschirmjäger)25-02-192129-05-1992
Badum, Johann02-03-192112-01-1943
Brunsiek, Karl-Heinz04-04-192105-01-1980
Braake, Günter10-04-192121-05-2016more
Brendel, Joachim27-04-192107-07-1974more
Bachor, Wilhelm "Willy"04-05-192120-03-2008more
Bachmann, Erwin (SS-Panzer-Regiment.10)05-05-192118-02-2010more
Brunk, Edgar Erich22-05-192131-08-2007more
Beilhack, Xaver23-05-192124-01-1945
Bremermann, Oskar (Grenadier-Regiment 209)02-06-192109-02-1999
Banaski, Helmut08-06-192115-01-2011more
Brentführer, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 9)24-06-192122-11-1944
Bahr, Günther28-07-192129-04-2009more
Bäumler, Gottfried31-07-192126-01-1945more
Bürger, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3)06-08-192102-04-2006
Bennemann, Hans30-08-192107-04-1993
Borck, Hans-Georg (Panzer-Pionier-Bat. 209)24-09-192108-05-2011more
Bose, Georg (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 177)20-10-192126-09-2011more
Birkner, Hans-Joachim22-10-192114-12-1944
Bornemann, Rolf03-11-192105-11-1960
Bruetsch, Josef14-11-192115-09-1995
Berner, Emil (Flak-Regiment 18)04-12-192113-06-2008
Behler, Klemens (Waffen SS)06-12-192110-10-1998
Behrens, Heinz-Georg11-12-192116-06-1944
Bittner, Rudolf18-12-192121-01-1945
Brenig, Peter19-12-192123-03-1944
Broch, Hugo (Jagdgeschwader 54)06-01-1922 more
Burgmann, Gert21-01-192226-10-1944more
Böwing-Treuding, Wolfgang (JG 51 "Mölders")28-01-192211-02-1943more
Buck, Friedrich (Waffen SS)30-01-192225-09-2015more
Brocke, Jürgen04-02-192215-09-1942
Bachmann, Friedrich "Fritz" (Pz-Gren.Reg.7)08-02-192227-12-2003more
Bäder, Wilhelm21-03-192222-03-1945
Bierbrauer, Günther (Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke")20-05-192226-06-2019more
Bunzek, Johannes22-05-192211-12-1943
Boosfeld, Joachim (Waffen SS)01-06-192219-06-2015more
Bischoff, Adolf (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 112)16-08-192202-07-1944more
Bergerhoff, Kurt (Pz-Aufklär.Abt. 23)06-10-192210-08-1944
Bajorat, Kurt02-12-192215-01-1945
Becker, Rudolf07-01-192313-10-1944more
Bauer, Ludwig (Panzer-Regiment 33)16-02-192320-05-2020more
Bruins, Derk Elsko20-03-192305-02-1986
Brockdorff, Baron von, Cay-Lorenz25-08-192311-09-1997more
Binnig, Otto18-12-192327-05-2005
Baindner, Hans30-01-192409-05-2003more
Badzong, Alfred06-02-192409-04-1996
Bischof, Kurt16-12-192411-01-2013
Bauer, Erhard (Pionier-Bataillon 102)25-12-192402-09-2011
Büttner, Franz26-05-192528-02-1945
Bretz, Hans29-07-192623-11-2007

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