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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
Schulze-Hinrichs, Alfred (Kriegsmarine)06-11-189922-06-1972more
Schulz, Karl12-01-190612-06-1995
Schroeter, von, Horst ('U-123')10-06-191925-07-2006more
Schroeteler, Heinrich  
Schrader, von, Otto18-03-188819-07-1945more
Schneider, Walter-Erich (Kriegsmarine)15-02-190925-10-1987more
Schneider, Gerd-Dietrich (Kriegsmarine)25-03-192115-07-2004
Schmidt, Klaus-Degenhard ('S 54')03-01-191822-12-1944
Schirlitz, Ernst07-09-189327-11-1978more
Schaar, Paul-Heinrich Gerhard 'Gerd' (U-957)05-03-191924-01-1983more
Saltzwedel, Martin13-09-190601-04-1987
Saalwächter, Alfred (Generaladmiral)10-01-188306-12-1945more
Swientek, Josef (SS-Art.Rgt. 3)01-02-191229-06-1991more
Styr, Josef (SS-Pz.Gren.Reg. 9 "Germania")03-03-192030-06-1984more
Streckenbach, Bruno (Waffen SS)07-02-190228-10-1977more
Stoffers, Arnold Johannes (Waffen SS)01-09-191025-02-1944more
Steiner, Felix Martin Julius (Waffen SS)23-05-189612-05-1966more
Spörle, Richard (Waffen SS)20-07-191517-04-1945
Simon, Max (16. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division)06-01-189901-02-1961more
Sigmund, Hans (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 9)11-08-192115-07-1993more
Senghas, Paul (Waffen SS)31-01-191606-11-1996more
Seibold, Emil (SS-Panzer-Regiment 2)26-02-190711-09-1990more
Seela, Max (Waffen SS)15-07-191131-07-1999more
Schümers, Karl (Waffen SS)17-10-190518-08-1944more
Schumacher, Kurt (SS-Pz.Rgt.5)08-03-192320-03-1945more
Schulz-Streeck, Karl-Heinz (s.SS-Pz-Jäger-Abt.11)21-01-190901-09-1978more
Schulze, Heinrich Herbert "Vati" (Waffen SS)01-04-191402-02-1992more
Schuldt, Hinrich Rudolf (Waffen SS)14-06-190115-03-1944more
Schubach, Joachim (Waffen SS)17-09-191005-11-1980more
Schreiber, Gustav (Waffen SS)25-12-191605-03-1995more
Schreiber, Franz (Waffen SS)08-05-190426-02-1976more
Schönfelder, Manfred (Waffen SS)18-03-191204-03-1983more
Schönberger, Georg (SS-Panzer-Regiment 1)21-02-191120-11-1943more
Scholz, von, Friedrich "Fritz" (Waffen SS)09-12-189628-07-1944more
Schmidt, Walter (SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 'Westland')28-01-191728-07-2000more
Schluifelder, Georg (Waffen SS)17-04-191824-01-1945
Scherg, Johannes 'Hans' (Waffen SS)16-05-191822-12-1997more
Scheibe, Siegfried24-05-191617-04-1945more
Schäfer, Ernst (Waffen SS)16-12-191315-03-1975more
Säumenicht, Rudolf (Waffen SS)13-02-191626-08-1944more
Sandig, Rudolf 'Rudi' (Waffen SS)11-09-191111-08-1994more
Schmidt, August (Generalleutnant)03-11-189217-01-1972more
Schobert, Ritter von, Eugen Siegfried Erich13-03-188312-09-1941more
Schmidt, Georg (WH-Jäger)27-06-191203-03-2000more
Stadler, Sylvester "Vestl" (Waffen SS)30-12-191023-08-1995more
Seebach, Walter (Waffen SS)05-11-192104-07-2004more
Schreiber, Helmut (SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3)25-03-191706-12-2008more
Schmelzer, Heinrich (Waffen SS)14-03-191404-07-1985more
Schlags-Koch, Jakob Emil Walter "Walter"07-09-189817-10-1983more
Sawatzki, Otto19-07-191715-08-1944more
Sauer, Johann03-10-191519-05-1944more
Schack, Friedrich August27-03-189224-07-1968more
Schwalbe, Felix25-03-189212-06-1974more
Springer, Heinrich Adolf Leopold (Waffen SS)03-11-191427-10-2007more
Strauß, Adolf  more
Schörner, Johann Ferdinand12-06-189202-07-1973more
Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche u. Cam., Graf, Hyazinth30-07-189325-04-1968more
Schnaufer, Heinz-Wolfgang16-02-192215-07-1950more
Schulz, Adelbert20-12-190328-01-1944more
Saucken, von, Dietrich16-05-189227-09-1980more
Stapf, Otto (111. Inf.Div.)13-11-189030-03-1963more

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