TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!

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
Orth, Heinrich14-01-191610-03-1942
Ondarza, von, Leon08-09-190321-04-1945
Offschany, Karl21-01-191104-10-1944
Oeckel, Erich08-06-191613-07-1943
Obst, Walter24-05-192010-10-1943
Oberwöhrmann, Erich20-02-191401-06-2002
Oberndorff, Dr.jur., Graf von, Fritz20-12-189127-03-1970
Oberkircher, Karl10-12-191628-11-1976
Oberloskamp, Walther27-01-192026-06-1944
Ofenloch, Heinrich17-11-191906-01-1969
Österreicher, Karl24-08-191330-08-1954
Otte, Albrecht (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 32)04-02-192120-08-1974
Orinschnig, Egon30-12-191311-09-1942
Oven, von, Karl29-11-188820-01-1974more
Ott, Eugen20-05-189011-08-1966more
Opdenhoff, Hermann09-01-191522-03-1945
Ohmsen, Walter07-06-191119-02-1988
Obstfelder, von, Wolfgang (Panzerjäger-Abt. 346)10-09-191811-07-1981more
Oberhofer, Hans06-09-190020-02-1945
Oepke, Karl26-08-191110-06-1944
Otto, Rudolf14-12-191220-12-2006
Overhagen, Theo08-01-191423-05-1944
Otto, Werner14-04-191211-11-1985
Oelker, Heinrich27-04-191004-02-1999more
Obschil, Adolf, Alois (Waffen SS)21-11-191923-09-2000more
Ostermann, Felix (Divisions-Bataillon 260)22-12-191701-10-1996more
Ott, Helmuth05-12-191524-04-1945
Oppermann, Walter (Jäger-Regiment 38)31-05-192120-03-1943
Ossege, Theodor22-08-192129-07-1944
Oehl, Heinz10-11-191105-07-1943
Overhoff, Gerold (Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 11)27-11-191418-06-2001more
Olschewski, Georg02-06-191129-09-1996more
Oehrn, Victor21-10-190726-12-1997
Ochs, Heinrich19-04-191512-10-1943more
Orthofer, Alfons07-12-190912-10-1942
Oll, Herbert05-03-190918-04-1944
Oesten, Jürgen24-10-191305-08-2010more
Ostermann, Max-Helmuth (Jagdgeschwader 54)11-12-191709-08-1942more
Osterkamp, Theodor15-04-189202-01-1975more
Ohrloff, Horst02-04-191709-05-1997more
Ott, Heinz (Panzer-Regiment 24)06-06-192120-08-1997
Otte, Dr., Maximilian03-09-191020-05-1944more
Otolski, Oskar02-12-191322-04-1945
Oster, Dieter15-01-191806-12-2015
Orzegowski, Ernst19-10-191902-08-2005more
Orlowski, Helmut07-10-191408-11-1943
Omert, Emil15-01-191824-04-1944
Ohlrogge, Walter15-01-190930-04-2003more
Oekenpöhler, Johann-Peter01-09-191714-08-1980
Odenhardt, Wilhelm26-01-191412-04-1992more
Odebrecht, Job20-02-189220-11-1982more
Obleser, Friedrich21-02-192305-06-2004more
Oberweg, Herbert20-09-191106-04-1945
Oberländer, Werner16-12-191212-10-1996
Obergethmann, Eduard30-04-189813-04-1943more
Orth, Karl18-04-190620-07-1968
Oswald, Franz (WL-Schlagtgeschwader)09-08-191513-01-2003more
Olejnik, Robert09-03-191129-10-1988
Oesterlin, Albert14-01-190323-01-1944
Ostendorff, Werner (Waffen SS)15-08-190301-05-1945more
Olboeter, Erich Fritz Hermann (Waffen SS)26-06-191702-09-1944more
Otto, Ernst (WH-Infanterie-Regiment 454)14-10-191411-06-1993more
Otte, Friedrich Wilhelm22-09-189808-05-1944more
Ottawa, Norbert31-05-191821-01-1974
Ott, Rudolf10-02-190519-10-1987
Ott, Joachim22-02-191826-06-1998
Osterhold, Wilhelm12-01-191403-04-2002more
Ortlieb, Karl04-06-190528-01-1981
Oriola, Graf von, Ralf09-08-189528-04-1970more
Oppenländer, Kurt (Generalleutnant)11-02-189217-03-1947more
Oppeln-Bronikowski, von, Hermann Leopold August02-01-189919-09-1966more
Opitz, Heinz-Eberhard13-07-191211-10-1997
Oesterwitz, Karl-Heinz15-03-191413-06-1999more
Oehmichen, Dr., Hermann16-11-189929-04-1987more
Ochßner, Heinrich Wilhelm28-05-191216-09-1944more
Ochsner, Wilhelm-Francis "Willifrank"31-03-189905-12-1990
Obstfelder, von, Hans06-09-188620-12-1976more
Ostermeier, Hans-Arno (Fallschirm-Pz-Gren.Reg.3)10-02-190313-06-1989more
Olbricht, Friedrich04-10-188821-07-1944more
Okrent, Wilhelm26-02-191608-05-1945
Ottenbacher, Otto-Ernst18-11-188807-01-1975more
Oesau, Walter28-06-191311-05-1944more

Sources