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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
Kainz, Karl (Jäger-Regiment 25)27-09-191610-10-2013
Klemm, Hans27-09-191609-12-1996
Korol, Anton08-10-191621-12-1981
Künnecke, Heinz14-10-191600-00-1969
Krause, Max (Grenadier Regiment 106)12-11-191611-01-2004
Krause, Max12-11-191611-01-2004
Köhler, Werner (Füsilier-Regiment 26)26-11-191629-11-1965
Krugner, Leopold30-11-191610-01-1991
Koch, Willi (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1)01-12-191625-02-1996
Klose, Friedrich07-12-191613-08-1944
Kleinmann, Alfons10-12-191612-03-1982
Kastl, Andreas12-12-191603-07-1973
Kraus, Adolf26-12-191630-09-1942more
Küster, Wilhelm (Wekusta 26)07-01-191725-11-1942more
Kohla, Helmut16-01-191725-06-1944
Kohler, Wilhelm (Grenadier-Regiment 195)26-01-191730-09-2002more
Koch, Willi (Grenadier-Regiment 32)28-01-191728-04-1945more
Kloskowski, Karl (Waffen SS)09-02-191723-04-1945more
Kadenbach, Herbert (Jäger-Regiment 28)13-02-191727-12-1944more
Kittel, Otto21-02-191716-02-1945more
Kirn, Dietrich22-02-191716-01-2015
Kraft, Alfred06-03-191720-06-1943
Kauermann, Helmut11-03-191724-04-1945
Krauß, Walter (LW-Sturzkampfgeschwader 2)11-03-191717-07-1943more
Kloß, Max14-03-191702-12-1944
Koltermann, Wolfgang (schw. Panzer-Abteilung 507)28-03-191721-12-1994more
Kürsten, Hans29-03-191706-12-1942
Kutscha, Herbert24-04-191719-09-2003
Krützmann, Friedrich-Karl19-05-191716-05-2004more
König, Wilhelm11-06-191715-08-1944
Koller, Albert18-06-191703-08-2004
Klischat, Friedrich29-06-191702-07-1944
Kraus, Rupert (Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 'HG')15-07-191731-05-1993
Kulot, Josef21-07-191718-06-1997
Köhler, Georg (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26)24-07-191716-04-2006
Koitschka, Siegfried06-08-191717-05-2002
Kleinschmidt, Ernst (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111)13-08-191726-04-1945
Kühnfels, Rudolf19-08-191717-02-1994
Kochendörfer, Karl20-09-191705-02-2003
Kraft, Gerhard (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 112)26-09-191705-06-1976
Köhler, Hans-Joachim01-10-191701-10-1997
Klappich, Günter02-10-191722-01-1943more
Kaminsky, Emil09-10-191705-07-1944
Keipp, Willy13-10-191711-04-1996
Kettgen, Hans (Waffen SS)20-11-191721-02-1979more
Kobersky, Herbert26-11-191705-01-1945
Kubel, Wilhelm16-12-191729-04-2003more
Karcher, Karl-Ehrhart03-01-191812-03-1973more
Knop, Albert07-01-191802-06-1995
Klöpper, Heinz09-01-191829-11-1943
Köllner, Jürgen (Grenadier-Regiment 671)16-01-191808-10-1944more
Kressel, Wilhelm19-01-191800-01-1945
Klemm, Rudolf10-02-191805-07-1989
Kolbeck, Hans20-02-191818-02-1945
Klemz, Bernhard21-03-191813-07-2004
Kageneck, Graf von, Arbogast "Erbo" (JG 27)02-04-191812-01-1942more
Krings, Josef16-04-191803-03-2010
Karrenberg, Albert22-04-191821-10-1949
Kociok, Josef (Zerstörergeschwader 1)26-04-191826-09-1943more
Keese, Heinrich (Pio.Bat.20)28-04-191827-05-2006more
Kegel, Karl-Ludwig10-05-191801-01-1943
Köppen, Gerhard (Jagdgeschwader 52)17-05-191805-05-1942more
Knollmann, Karl-Heinz (Grenadier-Regiment 45)28-05-191802-02-2010more
Kuffner, Andreas30-05-191830-04-1945more
Knappe, Kurt02-06-191803-09-1943
Kreßmann, Erwin02-06-191819-03-2017more
Kylling-Schmidt, Ekkehardt (Inf.Reg. 26)21-06-191828-08-2000more
Karg, Ulrich (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91)04-07-191820-09-1986more
Kugler, Eugen26-08-191809-06-1995
Kroj, Theo01-09-191803-04-2012
Klaus, Johann-Alfred "Johannes"04-09-191807-07-2018
Kubisch, Walter07-09-191806-10-1944
Künzel, Karl-Friedrich (S-28)11-09-191825-12-1998more
Klier, Erich13-09-191815-06-1995
Kreckow, Günther20-09-1918 
Kreuzer, Franz21-09-191803-04-1983
Kunz, Rudolf23-09-191809-08-2010
Kretschmer, Franz05-10-191828-05-1987
Knüppel, Karl-Günther06-10-191816-12-2006
Kühne, Martin01-11-191825-03-2003more
Kaeppel, Rudolf 'Rudi' (11. Panzer-Division)16-11-191825-01-1945
Krieger, Wilhelm01-12-191801-04-1945
Kruse, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 48)01-12-191811-04-1945more
Knacke, Reinhold01-01-191903-02-1943more
Köster, Alfons (Nachtjagdgeschwader 2)06-02-191906-01-1945more
Kämmerer, Edmund24-02-191912-10-1971
Krieg, Johann-Otto14-03-191902-01-1999more
Kreß, Ulrich20-03-191915-01-1943
Kern, Wilhelm21-03-191912-06-1971
Klemt, Heinrich25-03-191924-07-1980
Krink, Heinz25-03-191928-06-1975
Kupsch, Gottfried (Radfahr-Abteilung 72)19-04-191916-06-1942
Krettek, Heinz01-05-191901-11-2014
Kofler, Florian04-05-191931-10-1944
Koberling, Horst01-06-191919-12-1981
Kwasnitschke, Karl (Panzer-Regiment 33)15-06-1919 
Knirsch, Walter17-07-191914-06-1946
Koeppel, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 111)25-07-191919-08-1945
Kuhlwilm, Wilhelm (Fallschirm-Pz-Gren.Reg.3)17-08-191919-09-1968more
Kempas, Traugott27-08-191913-03-1945more
Klöpping, Wilhelm04-09-191909-05-1990
Kettmann, Rudolf (Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1122)08-09-191903-09-1983
Kreuzinger, Othmar09-09-191913-09-1944
Kercher, Fritz (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 5)11-09-191912-11-2007
Küspert, Karl14-09-191916-04-1945
Kottlowski, Franz27-09-191905-06-1991
Kunkel, Rolf28-09-191929-11-1944
Krüger, Kurt (Panzer-Abteilung 8)05-10-191915-01-1945more
Kostka, Franz07-10-191900-01-1945
Krohn, Hans09-10-191913-01-1978
Krohn, Hans11-10-191917-11-2012
Kruse, Heinz (schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 655)16-10-191918-03-1993
Klaiber, Hans23-10-191909-05-1945
Knaf, Walter09-11-191908-12-1943
Koenig, Franz-Heinz01-12-191924-02-1991
Kaessler, Werner (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108)11-12-191923-08-1944
Kunz, Hermann12-12-191918-03-2012more
Kral, Ruprecht18-12-191909-09-1983
Kunert, Rudolf08-01-192015-06-1966
Kuhn, Walter09-01-192001-02-2010more
Krause, Johannes "Hans"13-01-192030-12-2006
Knaup, Ludwig16-01-192018-03-1945
Karch, Fritz17-01-192030-12-2001more
Kugelstadt, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 485)17-01-192010-10-2000
Kaeber, Helmut (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13)18-01-192016-02-1991more
Kempf, Karl-Heinz02-02-192003-09-1944
Kunert, Gerhard (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33)17-02-192031-08-1944more
Kalss, Alois (Waffen SS)18-02-192002-05-1945more
Korn, Heinz19-02-192013-10-2000more
Kuls, Wolfgang (Panzer-Regiment 24)27-02-192008-08-2002
Kipfmüller, Walter (Kampfgeschwader 77)03-03-192013-01-1991more
Kimmich, Hans-Jörg08-03-192006-02-2004
Kurz, Karl16-03-192002-08-2006
Koch, Karl19-03-192026-07-1944
Kölsch, Erich21-03-192018-08-1948
Kugler, Josef28-03-192006-04-2000
Klimek, Helmut01-04-192009-12-1944
Keil, Max08-04-192008-04-1943
Kroymanns, Willy09-04-1920 more
Kopatzki, Lothar10-04-1920 
Koller, Gustav16-04-192010-11-1944
Körner, Karl (SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503)19-04-192008-08-1997
Körner, Helmut01-05-192022-04-1945
Krems, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 27 "Boelcke")04-05-192012-02-2017more
Krumminga, Hans06-05-192028-11-1943
Kroschinski, Hans-Joachim11-05-192007-01-1995
Kirschner, Joachim07-06-192017-12-1943
Kosar, Karl09-06-192000-01-1945
Kempken, Heinrich18-06-192015-11-2006more
Koch, Alfred (Lw-leichte Flak-Abteilung)22-06-192020-06-1945more
Kopp, Helmut (Infanterie-Regiment 151)23-06-192018-01-1943
König, Viktor28-06-192029-08-1944
Kujacinski, Norbert11-07-192002-05-2009
Koenig, Hans-Heinrich23-07-192024-05-1944
Kirn, Hans08-08-192029-11-2007
Krombholz, Franz Josef 'Sepp' (Waffen SS)13-08-192013-12-2000more
Kleffel, Paul-Georg07-09-192019-02-2020more
Krupinski, Walter11-11-192007-10-2000
Kempke, Wilhelm15-11-192019-12-1944
Krüger, Joachim (Waffen SS)30-11-192014-08-1943
Kempin, Günther02-12-192012-08-1998more
Kmitta, Lothar19-01-192113-05-2009more
Koj, Ewald20-01-192111-03-1945more
Körner, Friedrich (JG 27 'Afrika')24-01-192103-09-1998
Körner, Walter (Waffen SS)26-01-192106-03-1945more
Köchle, Ludwig "Bunkerknacker" (Waffen SS)28-01-192109-06-1942more
Kolbus, Friedemann03-02-192121-01-1945
Kuske, Ortwin (Waffen SS)03-02-192119-02-1972more
Klein, Alfons (Jagdgeschwader 11)06-02-192125-11-1992
Kramer, Heinz06-02-192101-01-1945
Kraft, Josef08-02-192116-10-1994
Knoke, Heinz24-03-192118-05-1993
Kleeberger, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 554)31-03-192115-07-1976
Kilian, Gunter02-04-192125-09-2010
Kientsch, Willy12-05-192129-01-1944
Krebs, Günter-Wolfgang (Heeres-Gebirgsjäg.Bat.201)15-05-192114-12-1944
Kulp, Karl07-06-192105-02-1945
Kox, Peter12-06-192112-08-2011
Kupka, Hans01-07-192115-10-1943
Krück, Fritz28-08-192108-02-2012
Kirchner, Otto (Waffen SS)05-09-192103-05-1945
Keppel, Wilhelm20-09-192130-07-2011
Kuhenne, Helmut28-09-192124-03-1988
Kleindienst, Erhard Fritz05-10-192112-10-1944
Köster, Helmut (Stuka-Geschwader 2)06-10-192108-08-1944more
Konopacki, Günther Kurt Paul (Radfahr-Jäg.Btl.10)10-10-192123-06-1987more
Kiene, August20-10-192105-08-1944
Kam, Søren (Waffen SS)02-11-192123-03-2015more
Künkel, Christian14-11-192127-01-1944
Krey, Heinz31-12-192123-05-1943
Kellner, Wolfgang (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 24)00-00-192204-03-1985more
Korth, Siegfried (Waffen SS)05-02-192206-10-1996
Kümmling, Otto12-02-1922 
Kornblum, Dietrich06-03-192227-11-1944more
Klemann, Helmut16-05-192217-11-2012more
Kardel, Hennecke15-06-192224-06-2007more
Klein, Armin15-06-192223-01-2009
Köhler, Heinrich (WH-Sturmgeschütz)03-07-192225-06-2009more
Kohlhaas, Karl13-07-192214-10-2005
Köhler, Siegfried (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108)12-08-192206-01-1991more
Kollmann, Friedrich Karl10-09-192217-06-2004
Kohlhagen, Kurt (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 2)23-09-192225-03-1945more
Kühn, Hans-Jochen28-09-192215-08-1985
Kamski, Jan Roman "Johann"23-10-192225-06-2008
Kittel, Kurt08-12-192229-12-1980
Kellermann, Ortwin10-12-192229-05-2010
Krenz, Wilhelm10-12-192209-02-1999
Kleemann, Willy24-12-192207-09-1995more
Kunkel, Kurt-Ernst13-01-192323-09-2012
Koll, Johannes30-01-192307-08-2007more
Klußmann, Hans-Jürgen11-04-192325-08-2009
Keck, Johannes06-05-192327-07-1996
Kohl, Christoph04-06-192320-08-1944
Korupkat, Günther23-07-192311-02-1945
Kalden, Peter17-08-192311-06-1996more
Kuchar, Jakob24-09-192301-01-2020
Krappmann, Heinrich02-10-192319-09-2002
Kirchlehner, Ernst17-10-192314-07-1944
Krainz, Walter15-03-192414-03-2005more
Kornprobst, Otto22-05-192402-05-1945
Koepsell, Herbert21-09-192429-09-2007
Kuhnert, Manfred26-11-192430-08-1995
Köppen, Eckhardt02-12-192411-01-1945
Kalow, Siegfried20-06-192512-08-1944
Kupfer, Baptist12-09-192510-08-1990

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