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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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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Kraft, Josef08-02-192116-10-1994
Kraft, Karl07-01-189728-01-1942
Krag, Ernst August (Waffen SS)20-02-191524-05-1994more
Krah, Hans22-05-191021-07-1944
Krahl, Karl-Heinz (Jagdgeschwader 2)24-09-191413-04-1942
Krainz, Walter15-03-192414-03-2005more
Kraiß, Dietrich16-11-188902-08-1944more
Krakau, August12-09-189407-01-1975more
Kral, Ruprecht18-12-191909-09-1983
Kralemann, Friedrich25-12-191410-12-1943more
Krämer, Christoph21-08-191306-10-1990more
Kramer, Heinz06-02-192101-01-1945
Krämer, Paul (WH-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 93)26-09-189709-03-1945
Krämer, Peter Bruno (Kampfgeschwader 100)20-06-1914 more
Krämer, Richard (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 232)15-09-191526-03-1992more
Kramer, Rudolf (Kampfgeschwader 26)04-05-191612-02-1999
Krancke, Theodor30-03-189318-06-1973more
Kranenbrock, van, Wolfgang Bernard Horst (IR.31)11-08-190922-03-1986more
Kranz, Bernhard26-12-191326-02-2005more
Kranz, Rudolf27-12-191122-10-1979
Krappe, Günther (Generalleutnant)13-04-189331-12-1981more
Krappmann, Heinrich02-10-192319-09-2002
Kratsch, Dr., Günther13-09-189613-12-1984
Kratzenberg, Hans09-10-189024-01-1976
Kratzert, Rudolf25-04-189816-01-1996
Kraus, Adolf26-12-191630-09-1942more
Kraus, Eduard00-00-191400-00-1978
Kraus, Ewald06-03-190220-02-1993more
Kraus, Hans-Werner01-07-191525-05-1990more
Kraus, Rupert (Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 'HG')15-07-191731-05-1993
Krause, Bernhard11-05-191019-02-1945more
Krause, Fritz18-12-189725-01-1943
Krause, Johannes "Hans"13-01-192030-12-2006
Krause, Max12-11-191611-01-2004
Krause, Max (Grenadier Regiment 106)12-11-191611-01-2004
Krause, Richard08-02-191414-08-2002
Krause, Walter31-12-189025-10-1960more
Krauss, Bernhard (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 128)16-06-1913 
Krauss, Oswald (Waffen SS)20-10-191409-03-1945
Krauß, Walter (LW-Sturzkampfgeschwader 2)11-03-191717-07-1943more
Kräussel, Oskar18-06-191306-03-1943
Krebs, Erich06-07-191203-05-1993
Krebs, Günter-Wolfgang (Heeres-Gebirgsjäg.Bat.201)15-05-192114-12-1944
Krebs, Hans04-03-189801-05-1945
Krech, Günther21-09-191403-06-2000more
Kreckow, Günther20-09-1918 
Krei, Werner28-09-190917-04-1945
Kreiner, Herbert16-10-191124-01-2000more
Kreipe, Karl Heinrich Georg Ferdinand05-06-189514-06-1976
Kreitmair, Rudolf03-05-191428-09-1943more
Kremer, Hermann28-09-191424-12-1988
Krems, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 27 "Boelcke")04-05-192012-02-2017more
Krenz, Wilhelm10-12-192209-02-1999
Krenzer, Hermann01-03-190723-12-1988more
Kreß, Hermann23-07-189511-08-1943more
Kreß, Ulrich20-03-191915-01-1943
Kresse, Ludwig-Hilmar07-01-191418-06-1985more
Kressel, Wilhelm19-01-191800-01-1945
Kreßmann, Erwin02-06-191819-03-2017more
Kretschmer, Franz05-10-191828-05-1987
Kretschmer, Otto01-05-191205-08-1998more
Kretschmer, Theodor26-11-190105-12-1986more
Krettek, Heinz01-05-191901-11-2014
Kretzschmar, Wolfgang Hans (Jäger-Regiment 24)02-07-190727-12-1944more
Kreutz, Karl (Waffen SS)20-09-190927-07-1997more
Kreutzberg, Anton (s. Panzerjäger-Abteilung 525)21-04-191427-08-1988
Kreuzer, Eduard17-05-191122-02-1945
Kreuzer, Franz21-09-191803-04-1983
Kreuzinger, Othmar09-09-191913-09-1944
Krey, Heinz31-12-192123-05-1943
Krey, Hermann (Füsilier-Bataillon 30)29-06-191418-10-2004
Kreysing, Hans17-08-189014-04-1969more
Kriebel, Karl26-02-188828-11-1961
Krieg, Gerhard (Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 243)24-07-191503-07-2006
Krieg, Harald07-02-191005-04-1973more
Krieg, Johann-Otto14-03-191902-01-1999more
Krieger, Friedrich Wilhelm02-05-191601-09-1943more
Krieger, Werner24-06-191619-08-2005
Krieger, Wilhelm01-12-191801-04-1945
Kriening, Herbert Kurt Eugen20-01-191316-07-1944more
Krings, Josef16-04-191803-03-2010
Krink, Heinz25-03-191928-06-1975
Kroeg, Helmut28-01-191422-04-1990more
Krogmann, Otto16-03-190913-02-1981
Kroh, Hans13-05-190718-07-1967more
Krohn, Ernst30-08-1911 
Krohn, Hans11-10-191917-11-2012
Krohn, Hans09-10-191913-01-1978
Kröhne, Wilhelm15-08-191403-03-2015
Kroj, Theo01-09-191803-04-2012
Kroll, Hermann05-11-191326-04-1944
Krombholz, Franz Josef 'Sepp' (Waffen SS)13-08-192013-12-2000more
Kron, Otto-Wilhelm (SS-Totenkopf-Flak-Abteilung)28-02-191109-08-1955more
Kroner, Georg-Max14-05-191218-06-1973
Kropp, Fritz01-03-191610-02-1945
Kroschinski, Hans-Joachim11-05-192007-01-1995
Kroseberg, Heinz Gustav23-02-189912-05-1942
Krosigk, von, Dedo11-11-191313-02-1992
Krosigk, von, Ernst-Anton05-03-189806-03-1945more
Kroymanns, Willy09-04-1920 more
Krück, Fritz28-08-192108-02-2012
Kruck, Kurt08-03-191422-04-1981
Krüder, Ernst-Felix06-12-189708-05-1941more
Krügel, Albrecht Dr. (Waffen SS)22-04-191316-03-1945more
Krüger, Erwin (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 24)06-05-191427-12-1963
Krüger, Felix (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 6)24-01-191505-09-1994
Krüger, Friedrich-Wilhelm 'Freddy'08-05-189410-05-1945more
Krüger, Fritz (Artillerie-Regiment 37)18-12-191102-03-1994
Krüger, Hans-Heinrich (Kampfgruppe)17-06-1915 more
Krüger, Helmut (Grenadier-Regiment 151)02-12-191424-10-1997
Krüger, Horst (Generalmajor)23-05-191607-04-1989more
Krüger, Joachim (Waffen SS)30-11-192014-08-1943
Krüger, Kurt (Panzer-Abteilung 8)05-10-191915-01-1945more
Krüger, Kurt Paul Theodor (Artillerie-Reg.156)19-06-191412-07-1943
Krüger, Rudolf (Infanterie-Regiment 32)04-11-191128-10-1972
Krüger, Walter (General der Panzertruppe)23-03-189211-07-1973more
Krüger, Walter (Waffen-SS)27-02-189022-05-1945more
Krüger, Walther (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 71)26-03-190212-08-1958more
Krugner, Leopold30-11-191610-01-1991
Krumminga, Hans06-05-192028-11-1943
Krupinski, Walter11-11-192007-10-2000
Kruse, Ernst Gustav (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3)01-10-191505-10-1944more
Kruse, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 48)01-12-191811-04-1945more
Kruse, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiments-Gruppe 311)19-02-191619-02-2002more
Kruse, Heinz (schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 655)16-10-191918-03-1993
Krutemeier, Gustav09-03-191412-12-1971
Krützmann, Friedrich-Karl19-05-191716-05-2004more
Ksiag, Johann19-08-191423-07-1994
Kubel, Wilhelm16-12-191729-04-2003more
Kubisch, Walter07-09-191806-10-1944
Kübler, Ludwig02-09-188927-02-1947more
Kuchar, Jakob24-09-192301-01-2020
Küchler, von, Georg Karl Friedrich Wilhelm30-05-188125-05-1968more
Kudla, Karl Josef01-01-191424-10-1945
Kuffner, Andreas30-05-191830-04-1945more
Kugelstadt, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 485)17-01-192010-10-2000
Kugler, Eugen26-08-191809-06-1995
Kugler, Josef28-03-192006-04-2000
Kuhenne, Helmut28-09-192124-03-1988
Kuher, Josef25-04-191514-05-1981
Kühl, Dr.jur., Ernst18-03-188802-02-1972more
Kühl, Hermann06-03-190922-07-1942
Kuhlmann, Herbert (Waffen SS)07-04-191509-11-1995more
Kuhlmey, Kurt19-11-191330-04-1993
Kuhlwilm, Wilhelm (Fallschirm-Pz-Gren.Reg.3)17-08-191919-09-1968more
Kühme, Kurt03-10-191018-04-1978more
Kühn, Friedrich "Fritz"07-08-188915-02-1944more
Kühn, Hans-Jochen28-09-192215-08-1985
Kuhn, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 81)26-07-191426-05-2008more
Kuhn, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13)04-06-1912 
Kuhn, Walter09-01-192001-02-2010more
Kuhna, Bernhard15-05-1908 
Kühne, Martin01-11-191825-03-2003more
Kuhnert, Alfred19-03-189828-11-1977more
Kuhnert, Manfred26-11-192430-08-1995
Kühnfels, Rudolf19-08-191717-02-1994
Kuhnke, Günter07-09-191211-10-1990more
Kuhnle, Theophil19-02-191331-03-1994
Kujacinski, Norbert11-07-192002-05-2009
Kullmer, Arthur17-08-189628-03-1953more
Kulot, Josef21-07-191718-06-1997
Kulp, Karl07-06-192105-02-1945
Kuls, Wolfgang (Panzer-Regiment 24)27-02-192008-08-2002
Kult, Josef20-01-191222-02-1943more
Kumm, Otto (Waffen SS)01-10-190923-03-2004more
Kümmel, Johannes21-07-190926-02-1944
Kummer, Alfred08-03-191406-04-1945
Kummer, Gotthard19-11-190819-07-1983
Kummetz, Oskar (Generaladmiral)21-07-189117-12-1980more
Kümmling, Otto12-02-1922 
Kündiger, Herbert03-08-191000-02-1945more
Kunert, Gerhard (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33)17-02-192031-08-1944more
Kunert, Hans08-04-191231-12-1998
Kunert, Rudolf08-01-192015-06-1966
Künkel, Christian14-11-192127-01-1944
Kunkel, Kurt-Ernst13-01-192323-09-2012
Kunkel, Rolf28-09-191929-11-1944
Künnecke, Heinz14-10-191600-00-1969
Künsberg-Weidenberg, Freiherr von, Heino02-09-190529-01-1984more
Kunsch, Erwin30-10-191528-09-1943more
Kuntz, Albert10-02-191424-04-1965
Kuntz, Herbert15-02-191526-08-1998
Kuntze, Albrecht25-12-191205-07-1943
Kuntze, Walter23-02-188301-04-1960more
Kuntzen, Adolf-Friedrich26-07-188910-07-1964more
Kunz, Hermann12-12-191918-03-2012more
Kunz, Karl10-06-190331-01-1944
Kunz, Rudolf23-09-191809-08-2010
Kunze, Erhard31-08-191406-01-1942
Kunze, Gottfried15-07-191411-04-1995more
Kunze, Herbert17-02-191600-00-1945
Künzel, Hans-Joachim (Schützen-Regiment 10)06-11-191425-11-2000
Künzel, Karl-Friedrich (S-28)11-09-191825-12-1998more
Kunzmann, Karl17-04-191505-08-1944
Kupfer, Baptist12-09-192510-08-1990
Kupfer, Ernst02-07-190706-11-1943more
Kupka, Georg25-02-190622-11-1991more
Kupka, Hans01-07-192115-10-1943
Kuppinger, Ernst08-07-191403-08-1995
Kuppisch, Herbert10-12-190927-08-1943more
Kupsch, Gottfried (Radfahr-Abteilung 72)19-04-191916-06-1942
Kurowski, von, Eberhard10-09-189511-09-1957more
Kurscheid, Hans15-09-1913 
Kursell, von, Claus (Grenadier-Regiment 3)24-03-191022-02-1959
Kürsten, Hans29-03-191706-12-1942
Kurz, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 994)13-08-191613-06-1966
Kurz, Karl16-03-192002-08-2006
Kurz, Rudolf29-01-191612-06-1979more
Kurz, Wilhelm28-12-191501-12-1986
Kurze, Max22-06-191125-11-1997more
Kusatz, Franz11-09-190921-10-1942
Küsel, Alfred25-08-1912 
Kuske, Ortwin (Waffen SS)03-02-192119-02-1972more
Küspert, Karl14-09-191916-04-1945
Küster, Ferdinand24-03-191414-01-1945
Küster, Heinz17-03-1909 
Küster, Rudolf04-06-191629-07-1991more
Küster, Wilhelm (Wekusta 26)07-01-191725-11-1942more
Kutscha, Herbert24-04-191719-09-2003
Kutscher, Alfred29-01-191225-08-1944more
Kutschkau, Ernst23-11-191004-02-1947more
Kuzmany, Alfred24-10-189304-10-1961more
Kwasnitschke, Karl (Panzer-Regiment 33)15-06-1919 
Kylling-Schmidt, Ekkehardt (Inf.Reg. 26)21-06-191828-08-2000more
Kynast, Paul (Grenadier-Regiment 587)13-12-190716-04-1944more

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