List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ba–Bm)


The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military 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. 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 Reichsarbeitsdienst and the Volkssturm. There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of Nazi Germany.
There is currently no official German Government list of KC recipients. Analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients indicates that up to 7,321 awards may have been made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 . Fellgiebel was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and was also the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996, a second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of the recipients.
In 2007, Veit Scherzer published his Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 . Scherzer's book was compiled from documents held by the German Federal Archives, and cast doubt on 193 of the listings in Fellgiebel's 1996 book. The majority of the disputed recipients were listed as having received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of the Third Reich during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.
Listed here are the 368 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name is in the range "Ba–Bm". Scherzer has challenged the validity of 13 of these listings. This is the first of two lists of all 725 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last name starts with "B". The recipients whose last name is in the range "Bn–Bz" are listed at List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients.

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 second Knight's Cross related enactment of 3 June 1940. In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment 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 last Knight's Cross related enactment 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 for the 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 368 awards made to servicemen whose last name is in the range "Ba–Bm", 31 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 12 the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and one the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds; 19 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 232 of the medals; 15 went to the Kriegsmarine, 100 to the Luftwaffe, and 21 to the Waffen-SS. The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and 143 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients and are therefore denoted in parentheses. 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.




NameServiceRankRole and unitDate of awardNotesImage
+Heer14-HHauptmannChief of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 12430 June 1941Awarded 352nd Oak Leaves 10 December 1943—
+Heer17-HOberstCommander of Schützen-Regiment 11527 June 1942Awarded 402nd Oak Leaves 22 February 1944
111th Swords 16 November 1944
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannIn the Nahaufklärungsgruppe 526 April 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantPilot in the 5./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"14 June 1941*Killed in action 14 May 1941—
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 127 July 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 4103 May 1942——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantPilot and observer in the 3./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 12111 March 1943——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 1049 July 1941——
Waffen-SS20-WSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the PoliceCommanding general of the Korpsgruppe "von dem Bach" in Warsaw30 September 1944—
Heer12-HLeutnantArtillery observer in the IV./Artillerie-Regiment 2626 January 1942——
+Heer17-HOberst of the ReservesCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 23430 October 1943Awarded 550th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944—
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 1009 January 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesLeader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 17926 December 1941——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-HauptsturmführerLeader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Thule"28 February 1945——
Waffen-SS13-WSS-ObersturmführerAdjutant of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 "Frundsberg"10 February 1945——
Heer04-HObergefreiterIn the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 75 April 1945——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-HauptsturmführerLeader of the II./Freiwilligen-SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge"23 August 1944——
Luftwaffe09-LFahnenjunker-FeldwebelPilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 5227 July 1944——
?Heer10-HOberwachtmeisterZugführer in the 12./Panzer-Regiment 2411 May 1945——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 25 August 1940——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138 February 1944——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierZugführer in the 4./Panzer-Auklärungs-Abteilung 2326 August 1943——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantObserver in the 2./Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 1626 March 1944——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of Hochgebirgs-Jäger-Bataillon 312 August 1944——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 9523 August 1943——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 48911 October 1941——
+Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 4./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 1122 November 1943Awarded 652nd Oak Leaves 18 November 1944—
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 7715 October 1942—
Heer03-HGefreiterMachine gunner in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 2735 February 1945——
Heer09-HSanitäts-FeldwebelIn the Stab of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 3618 September 1943——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 95814 April 1945*Killed in action 22 March 1945—
+Heer15-HMajor of the ReservesCommander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 1111 January 1943Awarded 262nd Oak Leaves 1 August 1943
49th Swords 21 February 1944
+Heer16-HOberstleutnant im Generalstab Ia of the 16. Panzer-Division13 January 1944Awarded 761st Oak Leaves 28 February 1945
+Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 512 July 1941Awarded 31st Oak Leaves 14 August 1941
7th Swords 16 February 1942		—
+Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 1237 August 1942Awarded 243rd Oak Leaves 17 May 1943
45th Swords 23 January 1944		—
+Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 1./Kampfgeschwader 10021 December 1942Awarded 434th Oak Leaves 24 March 1944—
Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantChief of the 4. Schnellbootflottille4 January 1942——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3323 October 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 8./Jäger-Regiment 564 May 1944——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierZugführer in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 41 14 May 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the 6./Artillerie-Regiment 1711 June 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 21613 November 1942——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 443 December 1944*Died of wounds 28 November 1944—
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 628 March 1945——
?Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 369 May 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 103616 October 1944——
Heer03-HGefreiterMachine gunner in the 11./Jäger-Regiment 22824 June 1944——
Heer04-HObergefreiterGroup leader in the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1315 May 1944——
+Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Schützen-Regiment 13 June 1940Awarded 155th Oak Leaves 20 December 1942
25th Swords 4 March 1943
19th Diamonds 31 August 1944
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantObserver in the 2./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 228 August 1944——
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 3./Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 9118 November 1944——
?Luftwaffe10-LFahnenjunker-OberfeldwebelPilot in the 1./Aufklärungs-Gruppe 1249 May 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 53 23 November 1941*Killed in action 9 October 1941—
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"13 August 1942—
+Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 2714 June 1940Awarded 17th Oak Leaves 2 July 1941—
Heer15-HMajorCommander of Füsilier-Bataillon "Deba"9 April 1944——
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer of the 4./Panzer-Regiment 3630 November 1942——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesZugführer in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 107718 February 1945——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 1./Kampfgeschwader 5514 January 1945——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 1./schwere Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung 51915 March 1944——
Heer10-HOberwachtmeisterZugführer in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 24427 May 1942——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 22721 September 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 5812 February 1943——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Schützen-Regiment 361 and leader of a Kampfgruppe13 December 1941——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Artillerie-Regiment 1045 January 1943——
?Heer17-HOberstCommander of Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment Kreta10 May 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantAdjutant and technical officer of the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 319 September 1942——
Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantCommander of 30 April 1943——
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 5223 August 1942Awarded 175th Oak Leaves 11 January 1943
52nd Swords 2 March 1944		—
Waffen-SS06-WSS-UnterscharführerPanzer commander in the 4./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"27 August 1944——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 7./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment9 July 1941Died of wounds 20 February 1945
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 21129 October 1942——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of Panzergrenadier-Bataillon 106 "Feldherrnhalle"31 December 1944——
Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantCommander of Minensucher M-116 May 1940—
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesLeader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 39926 January 1944——
Luftwaffe06-LUnteroffizierPilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 513 November 1942——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantLeader of the 3./Flak-Regiment 293 22 November 1943——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 5329 October 1944*Killed in action 4 August 1944—
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelführer of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 5524 March 1943——
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1317 December 1942——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantPilot in the 3./Küstenflieger-Gruppe 50614 December 1940——
Heer11-HStabsfeldwebelZugführer in the 14./Infanterie-Regiment 1420 August 1942——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Artillerie-Regiment 1178 May 1943——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 6889 February 1945——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 512 October 1942——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 119 19 December 1943——
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 39314 January 1945——
Heer12-HLeutnantPioneer Zugführer in the Stabskompnie/Grenadier-Regiment 30 25 October 1943——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of Pionier-Bataillon 3356 November 1943——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11012 November 1943——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierRichtschütze in the 3./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 51918 July 1944——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the I./Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"10 September 1944——
Heer17-HOberst of the ReservesCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 9617 September 1944——
?Waffen-SS13-WSS-ObersturmführerLeader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"6 May 1945——
Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantLeader of a Sprengbootflottille 3 November 1944——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-HauptsturmführerLeader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2123 August 1944*Killed in action 11 August 1944—
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 5226 March 1944Awarded 526th Oak Leaves 20 July 1944
Swords 21 April 1945		—
Heer03-HGefreiterSquad leader in the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 1024 October 1944——
Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantCommander of 16 March 1942——
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the I./Panzer-Regiment 3313 September 1943*Killed in action 10 July 1943—
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 7729 February 1944——
Waffen-SS13-WSS-ObersturmführerLeader of the 3./SS-Panzergrenadier-Bataillon 5065 April 1945——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesRegiment adjutant of the Grenadier-Regiment 58512 June 1944——
Waffen-SS09-WSS-OberscharführerZugführer in the 3./SS-Panzer-Regiment 5 "Wiking"12 September 1943——
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 3./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"31 December 1943Awarded 618th Oak Leaves 30 September 1944—
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of Grenadier-Bataillon Belgard in the Festung Schneidemühl14 February 1945——
Luftwaffe17-LOberst im Generalstab Fliegerführer of Luftflottenkommando 414 May 1944——
Heer06-HOberjägerGroup leader in the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 9927 June 1942——
Luftwaffe09-LFeldwebelPilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 30031 October 1944——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 11723 October 1944——
?Heer12-HLeutnantLeader of the I./Panzer-Regiment 3329 April 1945——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 4992 February 1942——
Luftwaffe15-LMajorCommander of the II./Flak-Regiment 422 October 1941—
Heer15-HMajorLeader of a Kampfgruppe in the 15. Infanterie-Division11 March 1945——
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 330 July 1941Awarded 107th Oak Leaves 26 July 1942—
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmann of the ReservesStaffelkapitän of the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 7725 May 1942——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantBattery leader in the Flak-Regiment 37 21 December 1942*Killed in action 4 December 1942—
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 1./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 19726 March 1944——
+Waffen-SS15-WSS-SturmbannführerCommander of the III./SS-"Totenkopf"-Infanterie-Regiment 38 May 1942Awarded 277th Oak Leaves 22 August 1943
95th Swords 2 September 1944		—
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the Radfahr-Kompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 4221 September 1943——
Waffen-SS15-WSS-SturmbannführerQuartiermeister of the XI. SS-Armeekorps and leader of a Kampfgruppe27 January 1945——
+Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 308 May 1940Awarded 20th Oak Leaves 14 July 1941
16th Swords 17 August 1942
+Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 156 22 February 1942Awarded 199th Oak Leaves 27 February 1943—
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 5531 July 1943——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1735 September 1944——
Heer15-HMajorLeader of Infanterie-Regiment 4702 February 1942——
?Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 300 4 May 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 28610 February 1944——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantCompany leader in the 3./Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 512 March 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesLeader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 579 June 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7314 May 1944——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 195 October 1943——
?Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 269 May 1945——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 3./Aufklärungs-Gruppe 331 May 1945——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 2217 July 1941——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 11221 February 1944——
+Heer16-HOberstleutnant im Generalstab Chief of the general staff Generalstab DAK26 December 1941Awarded 258th Oak Leaves 6 July 1943
81st Swords 20 July 1944
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 29 20 January 1943——
Heer10-HOberwachtmeisterBattery officer in the 8./Artillerie-Regiment 12525 October 1943——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 50426 March 1943——
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 32011 March 1945——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 2902 April 1943——
Waffen-SS13-WSS-ObersturmführerLeader of the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"28 March 1943——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 14./Infanterie-Regiment "Großdeutschland"4 September 1940——
Heer14-HHauptmannRegiment adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 775 April 1945——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in the 7./Schützen-Regiment 39425 August 1941——
+Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 1829 October 1942Awarded 829th Oak Leaves 14 April 1945—
Heer15-HMajorCommander of Grenadier-Regiment-Gruppe 42521 September 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 41825 January 1943——
Heer18-HGeneralmajorCommander of the 370. Infanterie-Division6 April 1943——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 3./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 12228 February 1945——
Heer15-HMajor of the ReservesCommander of Ost-Bataillon 43923 August 1944——
Waffen-SS14-WSS-HauptsturmführerChief of the 2./SS-Panzerzgrenadier-Regiment 2 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"28 March 1943——
Heer12-HLeutnantLeader of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 11628 November 1940——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 8./Panzer-Regiment 3115 March 1943——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 5296 April 1944——
+Waffen-SS17-WSS-StandartenführerCommander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke"7 September 1943Awarded 595th Oak Leaves 21 September 1944—
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantChief of the 11./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 19 July 1941Awarded 780th Oak Leaves 12 March 1945
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 50327 January 1942——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 2./Jäger-Regiment 22820 March 1944——
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 12./Nachtjagdgeschwader 11 July 1942Awarded 198th Oak Leaves 26 February 1943—
+Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantPilot in the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 61 April 1944Awarded 792nd Oak Leaves 20 March 1945—
Heer04-HObergefreiterRichtkanonier in the 10./Artillerie-Regiment 3 25 October 1942——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6623 February 1944——
Luftwaffe06-LUnteroffizierGun leader in the II./Flak-Regiment 434 May 1944——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 129918 February 1945——
Luftwaffe15-LMajorGeschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 5118 September 1941—
Heer04-HObergefreiterIn the Stab III./Füsilier-Regiment 397 September 1943——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 4579 June 1944——
Luftwaffe16-LOberstleutnantCommander of Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 500 14 March 1943——
Heer10-HOberwachtmeisterVorgeschobener Beobachter in the 2./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2726 October 1943——
Luftwaffe17-LOberstGruppenkommandeur of the IV./Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 123 December 1942——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 3./Lehrgeschwader 123 November 1941——
+Luftwaffe06-LUnteroffizierPilot in the 10./Jagdgeschwader 516 October 1941Awarded 108th Oak Leaves 3 August 1942—
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 2119 December 1943——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 13218 December 1942——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 4./Panzer-Regiment 3523 February 1944——
Heer19-HGeneralleutnantCommander of the 34. Infanterie-Division11 October 1941——
Waffen-SS13-WSS-ObersturmführerChief of the 3./SS-Artillerie-Regiment 54 "Nederland"17 March 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantChief of the 4./Flak-Regiment 331 April 1945——
Heer15-HMajor of the ReservesCommander of Sicherungs-Bataillon 73826 March 1944——
+Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2038 February 1943Awarded 605th Oak Leaves 4 October 1944—
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesZugführer in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 66820 January 1944——
Heer14-HHauptmann zur Verwendung Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 16119 December 1942——
+Heer17-HOberstCommander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 200 23 February 1944Awarded 689th Oak Leaves 9 January 1945—
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesChief of the 13./Füsilier-Regiment 3928 March 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmannCompany chief in the III./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 20125 January 1943——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 3./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3 im DAK15 May 1941——
?Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantCompany leader in the I./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring"9 May 1945——
+Heer15-HMajorCommander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 48915 July 1941Awarded 421st Oak Leaves 6 March 1944
Swords 26 April 1945		—
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 524 December 1944——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesDeputy leader of the 3./Panzer-Abteilung 512 March 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 10627 March 1942——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 119317 March 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantPilot, observer and Verbindungsoffizier to the 5th Romanian Kampfgruppe6 December 1944——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 210 October 1941——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 399 July 1941——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 19 "List"5 November 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannLeader of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 125 September 1944—
+Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 549 May 1942Awarded 130th Oak Leaves 30 September 1942—
Heer14-HHauptmannChief of the 3./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 428 November 1940——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannChief of the 9./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring"30 September 1944——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 1./Nacht-Schlacht-Gruppe 328 January 1945——
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 66921 September 1944——
Heer17-HOberst of the ReservesCommander of the augmented Grenadier-Regiment 37428 February 1943——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 536 September 1942——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2530 April 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantPilot in Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 50023 December 1942——
Heer15-HMajor of the ReservesCommander of the IV./Artillerie-Regiment 2274 October 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 1./Kradschützen-Bataillon 3813 August 1941——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 38 September 1941——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 2730 December 1942——
Heer04-HObergefreiterKompanietruppmelder in the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13811 December 1943——
Heer09-HFeldwebelKompanietruppführer in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 54628 October 1944——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelPilot in the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 126 March 1943——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantPilot in the 7./Kampfgeschwader 5526 March 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannGruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 522 October 1942——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of the II./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 10227 October 1944——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantStaffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 30113 April 1945——
?Heer18-HGeneralmajorCommander of Festungs-Division Kreta10 May 1945——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of Grenadier-Bataillon 8/9 "Feldherrnhalle" in the Festung Schneidemühl12 February 1945——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelführer of Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 50024 March 1943——
+Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 8931 December 1941Awarded 406th Oak Leaves 22 February 1944—
Heer19-HGeneralleutnantCommander of the 102. Infanterie-Division23 October 1944——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 35816 October 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1916 April 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 16630 December 1943——
Heer10-HOberwachtmeisterVorgeschobener Beobachter in the 11./Artillerie-Regiment 3619 June 1944——
Kriegsmarine15-MKorvettenkapitänChief of the 1. Minensuchflottille3 August 1942——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 1879 July 1941——
Heer09-HFeldwebelShock troops leader in the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 13019 July 1940——
Kriegsmarine16-MFregattenkapitänChief of the 1. Zerstörerflottille4 August 1940——
Heer03-HGefreiterRichtschütze in the 14./Infanterie-Regiment 18717 September 1941—
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantBattery leader in the II./Flak-Regiment 411 in the Flak-Regiment 151 3 April 1943——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 10./Grenadier-Regiment "Feldherrnhalle"12 March 1944——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnant of the ReservesCompany leader in the 10./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 157 February 1945——
+Heer15-HMajorCommander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 845 August 1940Awarded 806th Oak Leaves 28 March 1945—
Heer15-HMajorCommander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 27 March 1944——
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 29614 April 1943——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesAdjutant of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 16215 April 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 3./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2327 August 1944*Killed in action 10 August 1944—
Heer04-HObergefreiterGroup leader in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 6964 October 1942——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 4./Panzer-Regiment 2626 November 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 8./Nachtjagdgeschwader 49 June 1944——
Heer15-HMajorLeader of the Fähnrichs-Regiment 1 of the Division "Märkisch Friedland"11 March 1945——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 91415 January 1945——
Heer19-HGeneralleutnantCommander of the 227. Infanterie-Division6 March 1944——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 14./Kampfgeschwader 555 April 1944*Killed in action 18 February 1944—
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelAir gunner in the III./Schlachtgeschwader 116 June 1944——
Luftwaffe15-LMajorLeader of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1515 March 1945——
Luftwaffe03-LGefreiterRichtkanonier in the 3./Flak-Regiment 183 November 1942——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Jäger-Regiment 2818 January 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmannChief inspector at the Heeres-Unteroffiziers-Schule Jauer14 February 1945——
Heer14-HHauptmann of the ReservesCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1659 January 1945——
Heer16-HOberstleutnant of the ReservesChief of the general staff of the XV. Armeekorps5 August 1940——
Kriegsmarine10-MOberfernschreibmeister Einzelkämpfer in a Kleinkampf Verband 5 August 1944——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 7719 September 1943*Killed in action 25 July 1943—
Heer18-HGeneralmajorCommander of the 31. Infanterie-Division4 December 1941——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannStaffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 614 January 1945——
Luftwaffe17-LOberstCommander of Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring"26 March 1945——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 23712 August 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannGruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"28 October 1940——
?Heer06-HUnteroffizierFestungs-Pak-Kompanie 13/X with the 180. Infanterie-Division9 May 1945——
Heer12-HLeutnantLeader of the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 1143 November 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 1034 October 1944——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 50527 July 1944——
Heer14-HRittmeisterCommander of Schnelle Abteilung 12329 December 1942——
Waffen-SS16-WSS-ObersturmbannführerCommander of SS-Festungs-Regiment 1 "Beßlein" in the Festung Breslau 30 April 1945——
Waffen-SS15-WSS-SturmbannführerCommander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Totenkopf"28 September 1941——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the 5./Panzer-Regiment 114 September 1940——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 268 August 1944——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in the 7./Infanterie-Regiment 41 30 August 1942*Killed in action 22 August 1942—
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the II./Schützen-Regiment 26 March 1942——
Heer17-HOberstLeader of the 50. Infanterie-Division16 June 1944*Killed in action 9 May 1944—
+Heer18-HGeneralmajorCommander of the 4. Panzer-Division5 September 1944Awarded 774th Oak Leaves 11 March 1945—
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 38214 May 1941——
Heer15-HMajorCommander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 7925 January 1945——
+Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannGruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"17 September 1941Awarded 336th Oak Leaves 25 November 1943—
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelführer of the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"4 May 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 3./Panzer-Regiment 214 February 1945——
Heer10-HOberwachtmeisterGun leader in the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 24513 August 1943——
Heer15-HMajorDivision adjutant of the 329. Infanterie-Division and commander of Schnelle Abteilung 32930 September 1944——
Heer15-HMajor of the ReservesCommander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 455 March 1945——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfeldwebelAir gunner in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 119 September 1942*Killed in action 19 July 1942—
Kriegsmarine17-MKapitän zur SeeChief of the 4. Zerstörerflottille9 May 1940—
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 330 August 1941——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 13112 September 1941——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannCommander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 49 June 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 69417 October 1942——
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 33317 September 1944——
Luftwaffe15-LMajorGruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 5123 December 1942——
Heer17-HOberstArtilleriekommandeur 358 August 1944——
+Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 18428 July 1943Awarded 566th Oak Leaves 2 September 1944—
Heer14-HHauptmann der LandwehrChief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 38618 March 1942——
Heer14-HHauptmannLeader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 86817 September 1943——
Heer19-HGeneralleutnantCommander of the 6. Infanterie-Division5 August 1940——
Waffen-SS09-WSS-OberscharführerZugführer in the 5./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"16 June 1944——
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 12430 July 1942——
?Heer18-HGeneralmajorFestung commander of Frankfurt/Oder9 May 1945——
Heer19-HGeneralleutnantCommander of the 73. Infanterie-Division26 October 1941——
Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnant Chief engineer on 10 February 1943——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 13./Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"7 October 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 28114 April 1945——
Luftwaffe09-LFeldwebelPilot in the 14./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"17 April 1945——
Heer14-HRittmeisterCommander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 3526 November 1944——
Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the 3./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 631 August 1943——
+Waffen-SS14-WSS-HauptsturmführerLeader of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"10 December 1943Awarded 685th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944—
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 2./Heeres-Unteroffizier-Schule Jülich11 December 1944*Killed in action 16 November 1944—
Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantCommander of 26 December 1941—
Heer12-HLeutnant of the ReservesLeader of the 3./Landungs-Pionier-Bataillon 8626 November 1944——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 4429 April 1943——
Heer04-HObergefreiterMessenger in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 4635 October 1944——
Heer14-HRittmeisterCommander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 32110 February 1945——
Heer13-HOberleutnantChief of the 2./Divisions-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 442 November 1941——
Luftwaffe09-LFahnenjunker-FeldwebelPilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 5227 July 1944——
Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantChief of the 1. Schnellbootflottille17 June 1940——
Luftwaffe10-LOberfähnrichZugführer in the 8./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring"19 October 1944——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantPilot in the 1./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 12110 May 1943——
Heer04-HObergefreiterIn the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 33714 April 1945——
Heer04-HObergefreiterGroup leader in the 1./Panzergenadier-Regiment 11212 March 1944——
Heer15-HMajorLeader of Panzergenadier-Regiment 59 December 1944——
Heer12-HLeutnantZugführer in the 1./Panzergenadier-Regiment 11530 April 1945——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 773 May 1942*Killed in action 2 April 1942—
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 October 1942——
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Schützen-Regiment 729 September 1940——
+Heer13-HOberleutnantLeader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 431 December 1941Awarded 669th Oak Leaves 26 November 1944
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantObserver in the 4./Aufklärungs-Gruppe des OB der Luftwaffe22 October 1941——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"29 August 1943——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 4234 November 1943——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesLeader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 39125 July 1942*Died of wounds 30 June 1942—
Heer12-HLeutnantZugführer in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 27018 January 1944——
Heer03-HGefreiterRichtkanonier in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 56128 November 1942——
Heer12-HLeutnantLeader of the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 418 November 1944——
+Waffen-SS17-WSS-OberführerCommander of SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland"14 December 1941Awarded 563rd Oak Leaves 28 August 1944
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 3./Panzer-Regiment 3522 March 1945——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 6./Artillerie-Regiment 3022 December 1942——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 12./Panzer-Regiment 624 July 1941——
+Kriegsmarine16-MFregattenkapitänLeader of the 9. Sicherungs-Division27 November 1944Awarded Oak Leaves 10 May 1945?—
Heer14-HHauptmannCommander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2520 July 1944——
Kriegsmarine13-MOberleutnant zur See of the ReservesGroup leader in the 36. Minensuchflottille7 September 1944——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmannGruppenkommandeur of the IV./Lehrgeschwader 14 September 1941——
+Heer20-HGeneral der InfanterieCommander-in-Chief of the 8. Armee30 September 1939Awarded 640th Oak Leaves 29 October 1944
Swords 25 April 1945
Luftwaffe16-LOberstleutnant im Generalstab Chief of the Generalstab II. Fallschirmkorps29 October 1944——
+Heer17-HOberst im Generalstab Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 32027 July 1944Awarded 746th Oak Leaves 19 February 1945—
Luftwaffe15-LMajorGruppenkommandeur of the I./Zerstörergeschwader 117 March 1943——
Luftwaffe13-LOberleutnantStaffelführer of the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 13 November 1942——
Luftwaffe14-LHauptmann of the ReservesStaffelkapitän of the 6. and leader of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"9 June 1944*Killed in action 4 June 1944—
+Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 4876 April 1944Awarded 621st Oak Leaves 18 October 1944—
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesAdjutant of the Stab I./Grenadier-Regiment 3586 May 1945——
+Kriegsmarine14-MKapitänleutnantCommander of 24 October 1940Awarded 125th Oak Leaves 23 September 1942
Heer16-HOberstleutnantCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 37914 December 1941——
Heer09-HFeldwebelZugführer in the 4./schwere Heeres-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 56324 February 1945——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 5520 December 1941——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelKompanietruppführer in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 4414 April 1945——
+Heer17-HOberstCommander of Infanterie-Regiment 20222 December 1941Awarded 331st Oak Leaves 22 November 1943—
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 26 June 1943——
Luftwaffe15-LMajorGruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"13 October 1940—
?Waffen-SS12-WSS-UntersturmführerLeader of the 12./SS-Panzergrenadier Ausbildung und Ersatz Bataillon 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"28 April 1945——
Heer10-HOberfeldwebelZugführer in the 8./Panzer-Regiment 116 April 1944——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnant of the ReservesZugführer in the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 124 May 1940Killed in action 21 May 1941
Luftwaffe09-LFeldwebelPilot in the 10./Schlachtgeschwader 328 January 1945*Killed after forced landing 19 September 1944—
Heer17-HOberstCommander of Grenadier-Regiment 3476 November 1943——
Heer19-HGeneralleutnantCommander of the 57. Infanterie-Division23 November 1941——
Heer14-HRittmeisterCommander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2411 March 1945——
Luftwaffe12-LLeutnantPilot in the 1./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 1221 July 1942——
Heer06-HUnteroffizierGroup leader in the 3./Infanterie-Regiment 12423 October 1941——
Heer13-HOberleutnant of the ReservesChief of the 7./Infanterie-Regiment "Großdeutschland"18 September 1942——
+Heer20-HGeneral der InfanterieChief of the Generalstab Heeresruppe D13 September 1944Awarded 741st Oak Leaves 18 February 1945—

Listed by Fellgiebel but disputed by Scherzer

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