List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (E)


The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the acceptance by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients. Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe —as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reich Labour Service, and the Volkssturm. There were also 43 foreign recipients of the award.
These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings. The majority of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany in the final days of World War II in Europe left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.
Listed here are the 188 Knight's Cross recipients whose last name starts with "E". Scherzer has challenged the validity of three of these listings. The recipients are initially ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.

Background

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes. As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.

Recipients

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade. Of the 188 awards made to servicemen whose last name starts with "E", 22 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and two the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords; eleven presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 126 of the medals, six went to the Kriegsmarine, 41 to the Luftwaffe, and 15 to the Waffen-SS.




NameServiceRankRole and unitDate of awardNotesImage
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader of the Stabskompanie /Grenadier-Regiment 5017 February 1943——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"20 March 1945——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantStaffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"5 November 1940—
+Heer15-HMajorCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 2209 April 1944Awarded 763rd Oak Leaves 5 March 1945—
Luftwaffe09-LFeldwebelPilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"7 April 1943——
+Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Panzer-Regiment 354 July 1940Awarded 42nd Oak Leaves 31 December 1941
Waffen-SS16-WSS-ObersturmbannführerIa of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"23 August 1944——
Heer19-HGeneralleutnantCommander of the 60. Infanterie-Division 31 December 1941——
Waffen-SS15-WSS-SturmbannführerCommander of estn. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Bataillon "Narwa"4 August 1943*Killed in action 21 July 1943—
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 6./Kampfgeschwader 768 August 1944*Killed in action 31 May 1944—
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtschlacht-Gruppe 2026 January 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantChief of the 10./Flak-Regiment 23 14 April 1945——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelCompany troop leader in the 12./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 134 November 1943——
Heer16-HOberstleutnant of the ReservesCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 46414 April 1945——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 3./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13719 November 1941——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 728 October 1944——
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the 4./Panzer-Regiment 415 July 1944——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantAdjutant of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 130 August 1941——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 5217 December 1943——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantObserver in the 4./Aufklärungs-Gruppe 319 November 1944——
+Heer15-HMajorCommander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 916 March 1944Awarded 634th Oak Leaves 28 October 1944—
+Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 5418 September 1941Awarded 82nd Oak Leaves 12 March 1942—
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 9./Panzer-Regiment 333 August 1942——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 11./Jäger-Regiment 2299 June 1944——
Waffen-SS13-WSS-Obersturmführer of the ReservesLeader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" of the SS-Panzer-Kampfgruppe "Das Reich"4 May 1944——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 11 6 October 1942*Killed in action 11 August 1942—
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 1./Panzer-Abteilung 828 March 1945——
+Heer17-HOberstCommander of Jäger-Regiment 3820 May 1942Awarded 644th Oak Leaves 3 November 1944—
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 50317 September 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Artillerie-Regiment 1789 April 1943——
+Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the II./Schützen-Regiment 117 March 1941Awarded 48th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941—
Waffen-SS04-WSS-RottenführerRichtschütze in the 1./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend"18 November 1944——
+Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Radfahr-Abteilung 130 July 1941Awarded 162nd Oak Leaves 23 December 1942
105th Swords 23 October 1944		—
Heer17-HOberstAbschnittskommandant eines Verteidigungsabschnitts in Berlin26 April 1945——
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 124 June 1944Awarded 663rd Oak Leaves 25 November 1944—
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 48128 November 1940——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"30 November 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 1912 October 1943——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 40715 April 1944——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 114 June 1944*Died of wounds 13 April 1944—
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesAide-de-camp in the Stab/Grenadier-Regiment 68018 April 1943——
+Heer15-HMajorCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 9420 April 1943Awarded 468th Oak Leaves 4 May 1944—
?Waffen-SS13-WSS-ObersturmführerZugführer in the 1./schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 50228 April 1945——
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantLeader of the 10./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 19 July 1941Awarded 510th Oak Leaves 24 June 1944
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannChief of the 3./Flak-Regiment 6421 August 1942——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierRichtschütze in the 7./Panzer-Regiment 614 December 1943——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 11629 August 1943—
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 13./Infanterie-Regiment 49016 March 1942——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesChief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 91220 April 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantLeader of the 8./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 535 July 1944——
Heer18-HGeneralmajorCommander of the 4. Gebirgs-Division23 October 1941——
Heer06-HOberjägerGroup leader in the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 10022 August 1943—
+Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesLeader of the 1./Kradschützen-Bataillon 1527 July 1941Awarded 673rd Oak Leaves 29 November 1944—
Luftwaffe15-LMajorGruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 129 August 1943——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 1 "Oesau"9 June 1944——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 1621 February 1945——
Waffen-SS16-WSS-ObersturmbannführerCommander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"23 February 1944——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 536 April 1944*Killed in action 8 March 1944—
Heer16-HOberstleutnant im Generalstab Ia of the 22. Infanterie-Division 26 May 1940——
+Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54 September 1942Awarded 265th Oak Leaves 2 August 1943
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 41 3 May 1942——
+Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 13115 August 1940Awarded 50th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941
21st Swords 19 December 1942		—
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 28220 January 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the Stab/Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"5 April 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 6./Schützen-Regiment 1114 March 1942——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 8./Panzer-Regiment 3620 April 1943——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer of the ReservesIn the Stab SS-Pionier-Bataillon 5 "Wiking"15 January 1943——
Heer14-HHauptmannDeputy leader of the II./Artillerie-Regiment 20 21 September 1944——
Heer17-HOberst of the ReservesCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 30616 November 1944——
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 18912 August 1944——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 21229 January 1943——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 6./Panzer-Regiment 2920 December 1943——
Luftwaffe09-LFeldwebelPilot in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 3016 August 1940——
Heer15-HMajor of the ReservesCommander of leichte Flak-Abteilung 854 11 June 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 43618 August 1942——
Kriegsmarine13-MOberleutnant zur SeeCommander of 31 March 1944——
+Waffen-SS19-WSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SSCommander of SS-Division "Totenkopf"26 December 1941Awarded 88th Oak Leaves 20 April 1942
+Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 17124 September 1942Awarded 283rd Oak Leaves 24 August 1943—
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 975 March 1943——
Heer14-HRittmeisterLeader of the II./Reiter-Regiment 3230 September 1944——
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 10511 January 1944——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of Grenadier-Regiment Gruppe 18410 September 1944——
called von RothmalerHeer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesVorgeschobener Beobachter in the I./Artillerie-Regiment 2304 December 1942——
?Heer17-HOberstCommander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2111 May 1945*Suicide 8 May 1945—
Heer04-HObergefreiterIn the III./Jäger-Regiment 3828 February 1945——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 3666 June 1943—
+Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 6115 December 1943Awarded 695th Oak Leaves 12 January 1945—
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 5410 October 1944——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 1765 April 1944——
Heer09-HFeldwebelReconnaissance troop leader in the 1./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 239 December 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 156 25 August 1942——
Heer09-HFeldwebelPioneer Zugführer in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 6231 August 1943——
?Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 981 June 1945——
Heer15-HMajorLeader of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 989 December 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannCommander of the III./Luftwaffen-Jäger-Regiment 308 August 1944——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 21210 June 1943——
Heer16-HOberstleutnant im Generalstab Ia of the 13. Panzer-Division15 January 1945——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 33022 August 1943——
+Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 958 October 1943Awarded 347th Oak Leaves 5 December 1943—
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelObserver in the 14./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"9 June 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1428 February 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the Heeres-Pionier-Bataillon 52 9 December 1943——
+Heer18-HGeneralmajorLeader of the 9. Panzer-Division9 December 1944Awarded 801st Oak Leaves 23 March 1945—
Luftwaffe16-LOberstleutnantCommander of Kampfgruppe 80621 August 1941*Killed in action 28 June 1941—
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 46423 February 1944——
+Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantCommander of 27 November 1942Awarded 256th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesLeader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 28231 December 1941——
Kriegsmarine17-MKapitän zur SeeHarbor commander of "Saint-Malo"18 August 1944——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 4923 February 1944——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 5455 April 1945——
+Kriegsmarine13-MOberleutnant zur SeeCommander of 5 September 1940Awarded 14th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941—
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the I./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 7414 August 1943——
Heer19-HGeneralleutnant zur Verwendung Commander of the 212. Infantrie-Division13 July 1940——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer of the ReservesLeader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke"23 March 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesChief of the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 21914 August 1943——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 323 November 1941——
+Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Füsilier-Regiment 274 July 1944Awarded 679th Oak Leaves 11 December 1944
Heer06-HUnteroffizier of the ReservesGun leader of the 2./Sturm-Geschütz-Abteilung 2592 November 1943——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 112217 March 1945——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnant of the ReservesPilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"28 February 1945——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 528 February 1945——
Heer18-HGeneralmajorCommander of the 163. Infanterie-Division9 May 1940——
Heer09-HWachtmeisterZugführer of the 1./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 9820 January 1944——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer and Hauptmann of the SchupoLeader of the II./SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 1911 December 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 30 9 April 1943——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantChief of 8./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 629 February 1944—
Heer10-HOberwachtmeister of the ReservesZugführer in the 2./Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 23228 February 1945——
Heer15-HMajorLeader of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 1518 December 1944——
+Heer15-HMajorLeader of Panzer-Aufklärung-Abteilung 1212 August 1944Awarded 788th Oak Leaves 16 March 1945—
Heer14-HHauptmannChief of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 91227 July 1944——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 52313 September 1942*Died of wounds 1 September 1942—
Luftwaffe09-LFeldwebelPilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"2 October 1942—
Heer15-HMajorLeader of Grenadier-Regiment 9718 November 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannGruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"21 July 1940——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 125 14 May 1941——
Waffen-SS15-WSS-SturmbannführerCommander of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"23 August 1944——
Luftwaffe09-LFahnenjunker-FeldwebelPilot in the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"8 August 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 2./Kampfgeschwader 7631 December 1943——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 1./Schlachtgeschwader 1028 February 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 35 July 1941——
Heer15-HMajor im Generalstab Ia in the XXXXVI. Panzerkorps13 April 1944——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierTroop leader in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 35124 December 1944——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 5312 September 1941——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 793 January 1943——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 310 December 1942*Killed in action 7 December 1942—
Heer12-HLeutnantLeader of the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 669 December 1944——
Luftwaffe17-LOberstCommander of Flak-Regiment 153 13 February 1945——
Luftwaffe19-LGeneralleutnantCommander of the 7. Fallschirmjäger-Division8 February 1945——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 17120 March 1942——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 30 27 February 1942——
Kriegsmarine15-MKorvettenkapitänCommander of destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp 3 November 1940——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in Grenadier-Regiment 48123 March 1945——
Heer17-HOberst of the ReservesCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 53815 March 1943——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantAdjutant of the II./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"8 August 1944——
Heer12-HLeutnantZugführer in the 1./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 51922 January 1944——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelDeputy leader of the 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 923 March 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 7256 October 1944——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 10020 October 1944——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer of the ReservesRegiment adjutant of the niederländisch SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 "De Ruyter"23 August 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 27631 January 1944——
Heer04-HObergefreiterMachine gunner in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 129 January 1945——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 8513 June 1941——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 45124 September 1943——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the 4./Feldersatz-Bataillon 11612 August 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of the 6. Schützen-Brigade4 July 1940——
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 427 July 1941——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 3122 September 1941——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesLeader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 2732 September 1944——
Waffen-SS10-WSS-HauptscharführerZugführer in the 3./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 5 "Wiking"19 June 1943——
+Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantStaffelführer of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"1 June 1943Awarded 289th Oak Leaves 31 August 1943—
Waffen-SS15-WSS-Sturmbannführer and Major of the SchupoCommander of SS-Polizei-Panzer-Abteilung 417 March 1945*Killed in action 20 November 1944—
Heer13-HOberleutnantZugführer in the 2./Kradschützen-Bataillon 83 June 1940——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of fortress Glogau22 March 1945——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-HauptsturmführerCommander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 22 "Frundsberg"15 October 1944——
Heer14-HHauptmannChief of the 3./Panzer-Regiment 3610 February 1945——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 3./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 12117 December 1941——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 2714 December 1941——
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 36 July 1942——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesZugführer in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 29821 August 1941——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 5220 April 1945——
Luftwaffe15-LMajorCommander of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 212 September 1944—
Luftwaffe15-LMajorGruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"9 December 1942——
+Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 223 November 1941Awarded 750th Oak Leaves 22 February 1945—
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10418 August 1942——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 27418 July 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesCommander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12918 April 1943*Killed in action 20 February 1943—
Kriegsmarine18-MKonteradmiralCommander of auxiliary cruiser Komet 29 November 1941——
Heer14-HHauptmannChief of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 313 November 1944——