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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
Benz, Kurt13-02-191425-02-1989
Blumenthal, Carl-Ludwig20-12-191709-03-1989
Bleckwenn, Wilhelm21-10-190610-05-1989more
Börngen, Ernst07-02-191630-06-1989more
Brodowski, Heinrich17-11-191120-07-1989
Bremer, Gerhard "Gerd" (Waffen SS)25-07-191729-10-1989more
Bartsch, Günter22-04-192006-03-1990
Bujak, Hans05-02-191420-03-1990
Böbel, Hermann24-10-191802-04-1990
Braun, Rudolf30-08-191304-04-1990
Bruns, Dr.jur., Axel07-06-191521-04-1990more
Bauer, Konrad "Pit" (Jagdgeschwader 300)09-02-191917-06-1990more
Bromen, Wilhelm26-08-191501-10-1990more
Berger, Rudolf10-10-191006-11-1990more
Behr, Paul09-05-191011-12-1990
Belz, Bruno (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25)05-06-191608-02-1991more
Buchenau, Friedrich "Fritz" (Fähnrich-Regiment 4)04-06-191408-02-1991more
Bloos, Ludwig07-03-191518-02-1991
Beust, Freiherr von, Hans-Henning17-04-191327-03-1991more
Bühlbecker, Hermann06-04-191319-04-1991
Bergerhoff, Günther, Dr.jur. (Gren-Reg. 162)12-12-191206-05-1991more
Bostell, von, Wolfgang (Panzerjäger-Abt.205)25-02-191710-05-1991more
Buss, Wilhelm (Panzer-Regiment 31)06-12-191811-07-1991more
Besler, Erwin27-05-190905-08-1991
Bräundle-Schmidt, Kai (Grenadier-Regiment 501)19-06-191714-08-1991more
Bartels, Hans-Werner28-01-191002-12-1991more
Birnbacher, Heinz26-05-191005-12-1991more
Bodendörfer, Kurt31-03-191407-12-1991more
Bonin, von, Eckart-Wilhelm (Nachtjagdgeschwader 1)14-11-191911-01-1992more
Bramesfeld, Heinrich24-06-189914-01-1992more
Berrer, Herbert02-02-192109-02-1992
Bentin, Kurt23-03-191401-04-1992more
Büttner, Manfred (LW-Fallschirmjäger)25-02-192129-05-1992
Büchting, Hermann14-03-191627-06-1992
Becker, Paul (Artillerie-Regiment 3)21-03-191829-11-1992more
Burckhardt, Lutz-Wilhelm05-02-191902-01-1993more
Blancbois, Gustav-Adolf Eugen Johannes Erich13-09-191715-01-1993more
Bussche-Streithorst, Freiherr von dem, Axel (IR9)24-04-191926-01-1993more
Bennemann, Hans30-08-192107-04-1993
Besslein, Georg Robert (Waffen SS)14-12-191127-04-1993more
Becker, Erich (Grenadier-Regiments-Gruppe 425)08-04-191116-06-1993
Bachem, Erich19-12-192008-07-1993
Bering, Rolf20-06-191202-08-1993more
Bieg, Karl13-09-190912-10-1993
Benekamp, Peter20-04-191107-11-1993
Buhr, de, Rudolf23-01-191718-01-1994
Braun, Wilhelm "Willi" (Kampfgeschwader 55)21-07-192016-02-1994more
Bäuchl, Johann (Geb. Baichl)28-08-191803-05-1994more
Buschenhagen, Erich Otto Ludwig (General der Inf.)08-12-189513-09-1994more
Bradel, Ernst-Joachim28-08-190909-10-1994
Benack, Gerhard (Kradschützen-Bataillon 38)23-06-191509-12-1994more
Beschnidt, Werner29-07-191810-12-1994
Breese, Werner06-04-191317-02-1995more
Bredemeier, Wilhelm19-01-191604-06-1995
Becker, Anton (Infanterie-Regiment 77)30-05-191513-08-1995more
Blauensteiner, Ernst16-05-191118-08-1995more
Bruetsch, Josef14-11-192115-09-1995
Broich, Peter22-05-191421-09-1995
Baumgarten-Crusius, Werner (Gren.Reg.156)29-01-191904-11-1995more
Bunzel, Hans-Karl28-10-191812-11-1995more
Beutler, Walter11-04-191428-12-1995
Borchers, Adolf10-02-191309-02-1996more
Bellinger, Hans-Joachim05-06-191712-02-1996
Bastian, Helmut (KM-Tboot)17-11-191607-03-1996
Bürger, Albert (Flak-Regiment 25)13-06-191316-03-1996more
Bürgel, Wilhelm (Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 8)12-07-191302-04-1996
Badzong, Alfred06-02-192409-04-1996
Brandes, Ernst03-10-191616-04-1996
Bauer, Robert (Grenadier-Regiment 668)27-03-190718-04-1996more
Brandt, Walter (Panzer-Pionier-Lehr-Bataillon 130)08-11-191112-05-1996more
Bottler, Alfred07-04-191701-06-1996more
Brandner, Josef Wilhelm "Sepp"01-09-191506-06-1996more
Bayer, Anton30-05-191407-07-1996more
Berndl, Alois16-12-191818-07-1996
Buchholz, Max03-11-191219-07-1996
Berger, Heinz-Arthur (1. Flak-Division)05-05-191719-10-1996more
Block, Josef (Grenadier-Regiment 2)25-10-191225-10-1996
Baurmann, Heinz11-11-191907-12-1996
Brandt, Heinz (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 103)17-12-191209-12-1996more
Bauer, Herbert16-04-191924-03-1997
Böhrendt, Max24-08-190831-03-1997
Bergmann, Heinz19-06-191430-04-1997
Bauer, Hermann (Infanterie-Regiment 419)13-09-191409-05-1997
Bader, Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz"21-06-190816-05-1997more
Bismarck, von, Klaus06-03-191222-05-1997more
Biehler, Ernst07-06-190326-05-1997more
Bock, Hans (Panzer-Regiment)10-01-191900-06-1997more
Buckel, Karl (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 277)12-06-192002-09-1997more
Brockdorff, Baron von, Cay-Lorenz25-08-192311-09-1997more
Bulmahn, Karl08-06-190814-10-1997
Buhse, Rudolf10-04-190526-11-1997
Barth, Siegfried 'Balbo' (KG 51 "Edelweiss")23-01-191619-12-1997more
Bögel, Hermann09-09-191404-01-1998
Bundrock, Kurt06-02-191706-02-1998
Brennecke, Wilhelm09-08-191804-03-1998
Buxa, Werner16-10-191623-03-1998
Busch, Hans Konrad05-03-191513-04-1998more
Böttcher, Paul02-05-191217-04-1998
Brenner, Dr.jur. Dr.rer.pol., Harro (KG 'Kasta')24-11-191127-04-1998more
Baum, Otto (17. SS-Pz.Gren.Div. 'GvB')15-11-191118-06-1998more
Burst, Reinhard11-10-190702-07-1998
Born-Fallois, von, Gerd08-02-191301-09-1998
Burmester, Hans-Jürgen11-06-191622-09-1998more
Behler, Klemens (Waffen SS)06-12-192110-10-1998
Blume, Hermann26-03-190917-10-1998more
Bremm, Josef03-05-191421-10-1998more
Bruchmann, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 12)26-09-191831-10-1998more
Busse, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 203)10-04-190906-11-1998more
Blasig, Arnulf30-12-191313-11-1998
Bittorf, Otto13-07-191711-01-1999
Bremermann, Oskar (Grenadier-Regiment 209)02-06-192109-02-1999
Breidenbach, Friedrich-Wilhelm17-10-191602-03-1999
Bauer, Joachim Albrecht (Luftflott.kdo 4)25-03-190324-04-1999more
Butkus, Zanis (Waffen SS)29-07-190615-05-1999more
Böhmer, Hans (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 238)08-05-191010-08-1999more
Barge, Johannes23-03-190628-02-2000more
Bargsten, Klaus31-10-191113-08-2000
Beck-Broichsitter, Helmut30-08-191425-09-2000more
Becker, Karl-Heinz (Fallschirmjäger)02-01-191403-10-2000
Berger, Herbert (Gren.Reg. mot. 'Feldherrnhalle')24-11-191216-12-2000more
Berger, Karl (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15)31-10-191922-01-2001more
Bochnig, Helmut04-12-191422-03-2001
Becker, Wilhelm12-09-191907-05-2001
Berg, Wilhelm06-08-191528-05-2001
Berg, Karl-Erich30-05-191910-06-2001more
Breu, Peter-Paul13-06-191502-08-2001
Bruck, Helmut16-02-191325-08-2001more
Bachmaier, Friedrich Dr30-03-190312-09-2001more
Böhmke, Reinhold (Grenadier-Regiment 162)25-08-191112-11-2001more
Brucker, Walter14-12-191813-11-2001
Beckmann, Josef (Füsilier-Regiment 39)04-05-192006-12-2001more
Bonnke, Friedrich04-02-191509-12-2001
Brux, Albert11-11-190716-12-2001
Brogsitter, Eduard28-12-192008-01-2002
Bastian, Heinrich (Waffen SS)03-04-192013-01-2002
Barth, Joachim (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13)20-04-191301-02-2002more
Behnke, Heinz01-10-191917-02-2002more
Barz, Herbert16-03-191605-05-2002
Behrends, Heinrich16-06-191610-05-2002
Berkenbusch, Wilhelm26-06-191823-10-2002more
Beutner, Manfred23-05-191408-11-2002more
Burkhardt, Fritz (WH-Grenadier)22-03-192026-12-2002
Bukatschek, Otto14-01-191524-03-2003
Boigk, Heinrich (Jäger-Regiment 49)30-10-191228-03-2003
Bätcher, Hansgeorg13-01-191423-04-2003more
Baindner, Hans30-01-192409-05-2003more
Baum, Adolf (Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 197)19-03-191415-09-2003more
Borrmann, Joachim28-07-191402-10-2003
Boos, Johann (Kampfgeschwader 55)01-08-191520-12-2003more
Bachmann, Friedrich "Fritz" (Pz-Gren.Reg.7)08-02-192227-12-2003more
Baxmann, Karl13-11-191910-01-2004
Becker, Hans (Infanterie-Regiment 116)30-05-191415-01-2004more
Bullinger, Herbert17-07-191830-01-2004more
Beine, Erich26-06-191406-02-2004more
Barth, Eitel-Albert (Kampfgeschwader 55)07-12-191504-05-2004more
Baier, Joseph August (Grenadier-Regiment 36)04-12-190901-09-2004more
Buschhausen, Friedrich-Wilhelm11-12-190801-10-2004more
Boska, Karl-Heinz (Waffen SS)18-10-192022-10-2004more
Bielig, Gerhard (U 177)28-04-191629-10-2004more
Beerenbrock, Franz-Josef (Jagdgeschwader 51)09-04-192013-12-2004more
Bloch, Johann07-07-191513-12-2004
Bonath, Hans25-03-191925-12-2004more
Ballasko, Edler von, Otto29-04-191905-02-2005more
Binnig, Otto18-12-192327-05-2005
Bursche, Gustav-Adolf27-09-191804-07-2005more
Bäcker, Rudolf21-02-191403-09-2005
Beeger, Horst08-06-191306-11-2005
Beier, Gerhard (Panzerjäger-Kompanie 1193)11-12-191917-11-2005
Buchner, Hermann (Schlachtgeschw. 2 "Immelmann")30-10-191901-12-2005more
Bülow, von, Otto (U 404)16-10-191105-01-2006more
Becker, Martin12-04-191608-02-2006more
Bürger, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3)06-08-192102-04-2006
Brunner, Eduard08-12-191813-05-2006more
Bertram, Ludwig08-01-191730-06-2006more
Birnbaum, Fritz (Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 'HG')10-08-191213-07-2006more
Büchau, Bruno10-10-191712-09-2006
Bunge, Hellmut (Pz-Gren.Reg."Feldherrnhalle")01-06-192000-12-2006more
Bäuerle, Emil10-05-191716-03-2007more
Becher, Karl15-09-191610-05-2007
Brunk, Edgar Erich22-05-192131-08-2007more
Busch, Rudolf (Lw-Aufklärungsgruppe)29-09-191505-09-2007
Bertram, Hans-Wilhelm17-05-191801-10-2007
Bennemann, Helmut16-03-191507-11-2007
Bretz, Hans29-07-192623-11-2007
Beier, Karl30-06-191929-12-2007more
Born, Heinrich06-11-191819-01-2008more
Bachor, Wilhelm "Willy"04-05-192120-03-2008more
Boeselager, Freiherr von, Philipp06-09-191701-05-2008more
Berner, Emil (Flak-Regiment 18)04-12-192113-06-2008
Brettschneider, Konrad (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 904)06-01-192009-07-2008more
Brosow, Siegfried (Waffen SS)10-12-191818-11-2008more
Bahr, Günther28-07-192129-04-2009more
Blond, Friedrich "Friedel" (Waffen SS)29-04-192024-05-2009more
Barkmann, Ernst (Waffen SS)25-08-191927-06-2009more
Bartels, Herbert (Flak-Regiment 42)15-08-191701-07-2009more
Bockhoff, Engelbert17-05-191326-01-2010
Bachmann, Erwin (SS-Panzer-Regiment.10)05-05-192118-02-2010more
Beutler, Heinz23-12-191526-09-2010
Banaski, Helmut08-06-192115-01-2011more
Behr, Winrich22-01-191825-04-2011
Borck, Hans-Georg (Panzer-Pionier-Bat. 209)24-09-192108-05-2011more
Beschwitz, Freiherr von, Werner19-01-191525-05-2011more
Brommann, Karl (Waffen SS)20-07-192030-06-2011more
Bauer, Erhard (Pionier-Bataillon 102)25-12-192402-09-2011
Böhm, Walter (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Regiment 8)16-12-191823-09-2011
Bose, Georg (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 177)20-10-192126-09-2011more
Breuker, Helmuth04-07-191728-05-2012
Bischof, Kurt16-12-192411-01-2013
Bleher, Georg04-02-191925-02-2013more
Brasack, Paul ('U-737')09-05-191611-03-2013more
Bleckl, Karl26-09-191926-03-2013
Bob, Hans-Ekkehard24-01-191712-08-2013
Benning, Anton15-05-191829-09-2013
Bayer, Franz03-02-192028-04-2014more
Büssecke, Arthur08-07-191828-07-2014
Brandenburg, Max06-09-191928-11-2014
Boosfeld, Joachim (Waffen SS)01-06-192219-06-2015more
Buck, Friedrich (Waffen SS)30-01-192225-09-2015more
Becker, Karl-Heinz (Jäger-Regiment 228)02-10-192026-02-2016
Braake, Günter10-04-192121-05-2016more
Becker, Arthur (Schützen-Regiment 394)31-12-192012-10-2016
Biehl, Johann (Infanterie-Regiment 124)29-01-191712-03-2017more
Barths, Karl-Ludwig13-05-192018-09-2018
Bierbrauer, Günther (Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke")20-05-192226-06-2019more
Brinckmann, Friedrich28-07-192027-12-2019
Bauer, Ludwig (Panzer-Regiment 33)16-02-192320-05-2020more

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