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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

The German Cross (Deutschen Kreuz) is build up out of 5 separate parts and although the name suggests otherwise, it has the shape of a large 8-pointed breast star with in the center a large black swastika which is outlined in silver. The name of this award comes from this 21,5 mm big swastika. This swastika is placed upon a red-bordered silver disk and upon this red border is a golden laurel leaf wreath mounted. The golden wreath measures 39 mm across and is made out of single laurel leaves that are bounded together with a silk lint. At the bottom of the wreath is a square box with the year 1941 impressed into it. This date refers to the year of institution and from underneath this wreath emerge the eight star points. These points are chemically blackened and have the appearance of sunrays. Underneath these points is a 63 mm large silver backing plate placed which has the same shape as the award, only it’s slightly bigger so it forms the outer line of the award. At the reverse are 4 or 6 rivets visible and through the number of rivets you can recognize if the award was made in Germany or Austria. The German Crosses with 4 rivets were made in Germany and the pieces with 6 rivets in Austria. Further is there at the reverse a large width pin with a standard hook construction placed. If the award is marked with the LDO-number of the producer, then it is stamped in either the front or backside of the pin. To prevent damaging the award during combat, there was also a cloth version made. This cloth version has a metal wreath and the backing cloth colour is the same as the tunic colour of the corresponding Army branch. Fieldgrey is for the Army (Heer) and Waffen-SS, bleu-grey for the Air Force, (Luftwaffe) Marine bleu for the Navy (Kriegsmarine) and black for the Armored forces.

The German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) was awarded for bravery and outstanding achievements in combat but where the Knight’s Cross wasn’t awarded for. The recipient did however already had to own the Iron Cross 1st Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1 Klasse) or Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse with swords. The exact number of times that the German Cross in Gold was bestowed is still unknow at this time.

The OKW barred/stopped by decree the awarding of the Gernan Cross in Gold for "multiple remarkable services in troop leadership" from March 10th, 1945 on.

Bidermann, Gottlob-Herbert* August 28th, 1920
† September 1st, 2010

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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Laabs, Herbert  
Laabs, Herbert (WH-Infanterie-Regiment 478)18-11-190500-07-1944
Laaff, Eduard  
Laag, Heinrich  
Laass, Albert  
Laatikainen, Taavetti27-07-188615-04-1954more
Laatz, Otto  
Laaß, Peter22-10-1921 
Labahn, Karl  more
Labeda, Albert02-01-192207-11-2009
Labenski, Helmut30-09-191222-03-1976
Laber, Günter (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 125)11-07-191711-06-2013
Laborenz, Heinz  
Labrenz, Erich (Infanterie-Regiment 480)06-12-190300-07-1949more
Labrenz, Erwin  
Labusch, Paul  
Lachmann, Hans  
Lachner, Adolf08-03-1921 
Lachner, Alfred  
Lachner, von, Horst  
Lade, Werner  
Ladeburg, Albert  
Ladicke, Hans-Joachim  
Ladwig, Conrad  
Laegeler, Hellmuth (Generalmajor)22-01-190213-07-1972more
Laepple, Bernhard  
Lafrenz, Claus (Grenadier-Regiment 919)05-03-191510-07-1944
Lage, Hans  
Lagmöller, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 287)  
Lagoda, Max23-01-192001-04-2016more
Lagois, Ehrenfried23-05-191515-04-1944
Lahl, Werner  
Lahmann, Walter  
Lahme, Dr., Walter  
Lahousen, Edler von Vivremont, Erwin  
Lahr, von der, Karl  
Lahrmann, Willi  
Laibe, Egon  
Laible, Adolf (Waffen SS)09-04-1912 
Laicher, Fritz  
Laier, Gustav03-12-191526-02-1979
Lakenmacher, Helmut  
Lallensack, Rudolf  
Lambach, Helmut (Grenadier-Regiment 88)14-01-191829-06-2000more
Lambach, Josef  
Lambert, August (Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann")18-02-191617-04-1945more
Lambert, Kurt  
Lambrecht, Arnold  
Lambrichs, Peter  
Lamby, Hermann30-12-191318-05-1998
Lamche, Erich  
Lamers, Hermann  
Lamey, Hubert30-10-189607-04-1981more
Lammel, Josef  
Lammerding, 'Heinz' Heinrich Dipl.Ing. (Waffen SS)27-08-190513-01-1971more
Lammers, Bernhard  
Lammers, Karl26-10-1919 
Lammers, Paul  
Lamp, Eduard  
Lampe, Friedrich-Wilhelm  
Lampe, Georg  
Lampe, Heinz  
Lampe, Hermann11-01-189120-04-1982
Lampe, Theodor19-10-1913 
Lampersdörfer, Eduard  
Lampmann, Rolf11-08-1918 more
Lamprecht, Hans-Georg  
Lamprecht, Karl  
Land, Alfred  
Landau, Christian-Johannes Dipl.Landw.13-10-189710-12-1952more
Landau, Wilhelm  
Landenhammer, Alois (Grenadier-Regiment 164)  
Landerer, Dr., Werner  
Landerer, Eugen31-01-1914 more
Landerer, Ludwig  
Landes, Kurt  
Landfried, Karl  
Landolt, Klemens  
Landsmann, Alois07-06-191528-11-1944
Landsmann, Herbert  
Landsmann, Paul  
Landtreter, Josef  
Landwehr, Helmich  
Lanfer, Matthias  
Lang, Alfons  
Lang, Emil14-01-190903-09-1944more
Lang, Erich  
Lang, Ernst  
Lang, Eugen  
Lang, Franz Maximilian16-03-1914 
Lang, Friedrich  
Lang, Friedrich (Aufklärungs-Abteilung)  
Lang, Friedrich (LW-Flieger)12-01-191529-12-2003more
Lang, Georg  
Lang, Georg (Aufklärungsgruppe 12)27-12-191215-03-1960
Lang, Heinz  
Lang, Helmut  
Lang, Hermann (Wh-Aufklärungs-Abteilung)23-12-191518-09-1990more
Lang, Joachim-Friedrich "Fritz"14-09-189916-04-1945
Lang, Johannes  
Lang, Josef  
Lang, Josef  
Lang, Karl  
Lang, Matthäus "Mathias"14-03-192018-04-1945
Lang, Richard  
Lang, Rudolf  
Lang, Viktor12-12-189229-02-1972
Lang, Walter  
Lang, Walter  
Lang, Walter (Kampfgeschwader 27)10-06-191605-07-1943
Lang, Willi  
Lang, x  
Langanka, Richard 00-00-1993
Langanke, Walter  
Langbehn, Joachim08-11-191025-11-1942
Langbein, Erich  
Lange, Albert  
Lange, Arthur  
Lange, August28-02-1909 more
Lange, August  
Lange, Bruno (Kampfgeschwader)  
Lange, Bruno (SS-Polizei)  
Lange, Bruno (Sturmgeschütz)  
Lange, Dr., Werner  
Lange, Dr.med.dent, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 43)14-07-189830-10-1982more
Lange, Eberhard  
Lange, Emil  
Lange, Erwin19-03-191318-05-1945
Lange, Erwin  
Lange, Ewald  
Lange, Fritz  
Lange, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 26)04-10-1914 more
Lange, Gerhard (Panzer-Regiment 35)14-07-191610-04-1996more
Lange, Hans  
Lange, Hans  
Lange, Hans (Lw-KG 51)06-10-191418-06-1942
Lange, Hans-Günther ('U-711')28-09-191603-04-2014more
Lange, Heinz (LW-Flieger)02-10-191726-02-2006
Lange, Heinz-Joachim  
Lange, Helmut  
Lange, Herbert  
Lange, Herbert (Lw-ZG 26)  
Lange, Karl  
Lange, Karl-Heinz10-02-191825-08-1944
Lange, Karl-Heinz  
Lange, Karl-Heinz  
Lange, Kurt12-08-190300-00-1995
Lange, Kurt (Lw-KG 53)  
Lange, Paul  
Lange, Paul  
Lange, Richard  
Lange, Rudolf18-04-191023-02-1945
Lange, Werner31-10-1917 
Lange, Werner (Kommandierender Admiral Ägäis)18-07-189319-11-1965more
Lange, Willy  
Langel, Dietrich  
Langemeyer, Carl06-08-190725-07-1982
Langen, Johann  
Langen, Peter  
Langenbeck, Otto  
Langenberg, Karl09-08-191418-03-1944
Langendorf, Georg (Waffen SS)28-07-192028-01-1999more
Langenfeld, Alfred  
Langenfeld, Paul  
Langenn-Steinkeller, von, Ernst-Hasse (PAA 24)07-12-191605-09-2004more
Langenstrass, Ernst-Friedrich16-01-191422-09-2010
Langer, Alfred  
Langer, Claus (Artillerie-Regiment 64)  
Langer, Erich  
Langer, Franz  
Langer, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 27)27-09-191523-07-1943
Langer, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 40)  
Langer, Gerhard (XI. Flieger-Korps)  
Langer, Gottfried  
Langer, Heinrich  
Langer, Johannes11-04-1916 
Langer, Karl  
Langer, Karl-Heinz (Jagdgeschwader 3)19-04-191406-05-1955
Langer, Klaus (Artillerie-Regiment 34)27-08-191729-12-1942
Langer, Lothar  
Langer, Paul  
Langer, Siegfried  
Langer, Willibald  
Langerfeldt, Konrad Otto Friedrich31-01-1914 
Langesee, Hans04-04-190809-02-1973
Langesee, Karl18-09-191004-03-1989more
Langewiesche, Fritz  
Langguth, Gerhard (XI. Fliegerkorps)24-10-191400-00-2008more
Langhammer, Anton  
Langhart, Theodor21-09-191922-12-1942
Langheld, Georg03-02-1905 
Langheld, Heinrich  
Langkamp, Josef  
Langkeit, Willy02-06-190727-10-1969more
Langkopf, Paul07-07-191506-11-1961
Langmaier, Matthias30-03-191031-01-1972more
Langmann, Heinz Eugen Friedrich (22. ID)27-08-190501-08-1979more
Langoth, Rudolf  
Lankenau, Franz08-07-1912 
Lankenbeck, Herbert  
Lannewers, Gottfried  more
Lantermann, Georg  
Lanzen, Heinrich (Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "GD")  
Lanzinger, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 188)  
Lanzinner, Max (Grenadier-Regiment 289)  
Laps, Conrad  
Laqua, Karl  
Laquai, Toni  
Larbig, Friedrich  more
Larbig, Heinz01-07-1914 more
Larisch, Hasso  
Larisch, von, Heribert18-07-189416-05-1972more
Larsen, Rudolf02-05-192119-04-1998
Lasalle von Louisenthal, Freiherr de, Max  
Lasch, Karl02-05-1897 more
Laschinsky, Ulrich  
Laschober, Hans  
Laske, Karl  
Laskowski, Erwin27-05-191413-10-1983
Lass, Hans03-09-1917 
Lassen, Ernst-August  
Lassig, Günther  
Lassig, Heinz  
Laszakovits, Franz24-05-191905-08-1944
Latein, Erich  
Latka, Rudolf  
Latsch, Walter  
Latsch, Werner  
Lattka, Engelbert  
Lattmann, Hans  
Lattorff, von, Claus-Just (Grenadier-Regiment 68)26-08-189518-12-1941more
Latz, Albert-Rudolph 'Rolf' (Divisions-Gruppe 323)04-06-189606-11-1943more
Latz, Hartmut  
Latza, Artur  
Latza, Kurt  
Lau, Fritz23-09-191101-01-2003
Lau, Heinrich15-09-191114-09-1956
Lau, Karlheinz  
Lau, Kurt12-04-191630-04-1993more
Lau, Lothar (Stukageschwader 2 "Immelmann")30-01-191304-09-1981more
Laubach, Peter  
Laube, Fritz  
Laube, Heinz21-01-191108-12-1942
Laube, Kurt  
Laubisch, Heinz21-05-191729-01-1943more
Laubner, Gotthard07-09-1922 
Laubrich, Joachim  
Laubscheer, Heinz  
Laubscher, Walter  
Lauchert, von, Meinrad29-08-190504-12-1987more
Lauchstädt, Edmund12-04-1924 
Laucht, Walter  
Laudenbach, Otto25-02-191302-02-1944
Laudien, Gustav-Adolf  
Laue, Georg  
Lauenstein, Hermann  
Lauer, Erich  
Lauer, Hans  
Lauer, Willi04-05-191222-03-1945
Lauermann, Erich Alfred02-05-191531-12-1945
Laufs, Hermann  
Laufs, Peter  
Laug, Fritz07-12-191908-03-2001
Lauk, Kurt  
Laun, Otto  
Launer, Hugo  
Launer, Kurt (Waffen SS)19-09-190605-02-1990more
Laupenmühlen, Oskar (Grenadier-Regiment 399)26-02-190623-09-2000more
Laurinat, Franz  
Laus, Josef  
Lausch, Alfred  
Lausch, Bernhard  
Lauser, Eduard  
Lautenbach, Erich  
Lautenbacher, Fritz  
Lautenschlager, Anselm10-03-188818-03-1958
Lautenschlager, Walter31-05-192030-03-1945
Lautenschläger, Gerhard (Jagdgeschwader 54) 16-05-1942
Lautenschläger, Horst  
Lauter, Dethardt  
Lauterbach, Heinz  
Lauterbach, Josef  
Lauterbach, Kurt  
Lauterbach, Rudolf  
Lauterbach, Wilhelm  
Lauterbach-Emden, Hans-Jürgen20-05-1919 
Lautwein, Jakob  
Lautz, Friedrich16-12-191025-05-2001more
Lautz, Rudolf  
Laux, Adam  
Lauxmann, Kurt28-05-1923 
Lauzemis, Albert  
Lawall, Dr. jur., Erich28-06-189917-09-1973more
Lawatsch, Friedrich  
Lawerentz, Karl  
Lawicka, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 102)  
Lawrenz, Hugo  
Lawrenz, Johannes11-12-191512-11-2009
Layer, Wilhelm  
Layh, Karl  
Lazarzik, Herbert  
Laßka, Gustav18-09-189802-12-1992
Le Claire, Erich 08-01-1943
Le Mang, Hermann  
Le Suire, von, Karl Hans Maximilian08-11-189818-06-1954more
Le Tanneux von Saint Paul, Dietrich François22-03-191211-10-2000
Le Tanneux von Saint Paul, Guy-Bernhard (PR 24)15-12-191602-02-1943more
Le Tanneux von Saint Paul, Harry (Inf.-Reg.151)24-11-191419-08-1942
Lebek, Franz  more
Lebek, Richard11-01-1920 
Leben, Fritz  
Leben, Fritz  
Leben, Wilhelm  
Leber, Heinz14-05-192001-06-1943
Lebkücher, Andreas  
Lech, Erwin  
Lechelmayr, Oskar Bernhard22-10-1912 
Lechens, Wilhelm  
Lechner, Adolf  
Lechner, Alois01-10-191123-02-1944
Lechner, Friedrich09-02-190410-04-1945more
Lechner, Hugo  
Lechtenberg, Josef (Flak-Regiment 241)  
Lechtenberg, Josef (Flak-Regiment 5)  
Lechtenbörger, Dipl.Ing., Willi02-02-191427-08-1943
Leckschat, Helmut  
Leddin, Albert  
Leddin, Martin  
Ledebrink, Karl-Heinz  
Ledebur, Freiherr von, Hans-Jürgen27-07-190301-06-1983
Ledebur, Graf, Franz  
Leder, Hubertus  
Lederer, Joachim02-07-191428-06-1977more
Lederer, Johann20-07-191813-04-1945
Lederer, Willibald  
Leeden, van der, Horst-Georg28-03-1919 
Leegel, Otto  
Leesmann, Karl-Heinz (Jagdgeschwader 52)03-05-191525-07-1943more
Leesten, Erwin  
Legal, Hans  
Legat, Karl15-08-190826-07-1942
Legath, Hermann  
Leger, Albrecht  
Leggewie, Heinz  
Lehm, Walter  
Lehmann, Albert (Kampf-Geschwader 4)  more
Lehmann, Dr. Curt (Grenadier-Regiment 409)12-07-1898 more
Lehmann, Dr. Paul Hugo (Kriegsmarine)11-10-188608-04-1972more
Lehmann, Emil (Grenadier-Regiment 307)  
Lehmann, Erhard (Kampf-Geschwader 3)  more
Lehmann, Erich (Transport-Geschwader 4)  
Lehmann, Erwin (Aufklärungsgruppe 121)  more
Lehmann, Franz (Feldersatz-Bataillon 248)25-01-191414-01-1944
Lehmann, Franz (KM-Uboot)30-03-1914 
Lehmann, Fritz (Infanterie-Regiment 454)  
Lehmann, Günter (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3)  
Lehmann, Günther (Waffen SS)  
Lehmann, Hans ('U-997')24-09-191525-11-1981more
Lehmann, Hans (Artillerie-Regiment 14)  
Lehmann, Hans (Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 16)  
Lehmann, Hans Georg (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abt.13)22-02-191923-07-1941
Lehmann, Hans-Georg (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3)27-11-191520-10-1944more
Lehmann, Hans-Joachim (Artillerie-Regiment 31)  
Lehmann, Heinz (Kampf-Geschwader 3)  more
Lehmann, Heinz (Waffen SS)13-10-190923-08-1944
Lehmann, Heinz Hugo (U-1228)09-09-1915 
Lehmann, Helmut (Stuka-Geschwader 2 'Immelmann')  more
Lehmann, Joachim (Infanterie-Regiment 70)20-03-191015-12-1942
Lehmann, Johannes (Kampf-Geschwader 30)23-02-191528-05-1943more
Lehmann, Karl-Heinz (Panzer-Artillerie-Reg.16)14-11-191500-04-1945
Lehmann, Klaus (Schützen-Regiment 66)11-12-191727-06-1943
Lehmann, Kurt (Kampfgeschwader 53)25-11-191625-06-1981more
Lehmann, Ludwig (Flak-Regiment 24)03-06-1916 
Lehmann, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66)  
Lehmann, Paul (Flak-Regiment 24)19-08-191202-06-1982more
Lehmann, Rudolf "Rudi" (Waffen SS)30-01-191417-09-1983more
Lehmann, Rudolf (Artillerie-Regiment 187)03-07-190714-12-1943
Lehmann, Siegfried (Pionier-Bataillon 62)27-08-191717-02-1943
Lehmann, Siegfried (Sturm-Bataillon AOK9)  
Lehmann, Waldemar (Grenadier-Regiment 3)29-04-191307-06-1997more
Lehmann, Walter (Kampfgeschwader 4)  
Lehmann, Werner (Kampfgeschwader 30)  more
Lehmberg, Werner  
Lehmeier, Josef  
Lehmeier, Josef  
Lehmkühler, Friedrich  
Lehmkämper, Wilhelm (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 156)03-09-1918 
Lehnart, Fritz  
Lehne, Hermann  
Lehneke, Walter26-07-1902 more
Lehner, Alfred07-03-192004-04-1945
Lehner, Franz14-02-191825-08-2000
Lehner, Hubert  
Lehner, Josef  
Lehner, Leopold  
Lehner, Martin 19-03-1944more
Lehnert, Ernst  
Lehnert, Georg  
Lehnert, Helmut  
Lehnert, Otto  
Lehnert, Willy09-03-191610-07-1975
Lehnhoff, Erich16-09-1909 
Lehnhoff, Ernst-Günter06-04-191422-09-1980
Lehr, Reinhard  
Lehrig, Herbert02-12-191514-07-1991more
Lehrling, Hans  
Lehrner, Richard10-11-192030-08-1942
Lehsten, von, Joachim  
Lehwess-Litzmann, Walter05-06-190716-09-1986more
Leibl, Richard  
Leibnitz, Gerhard (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5)16-08-191926-09-1945more
Leibold, Alfons  
Leibrandt, Wilhelm  
Leicht, August08-03-190912-02-1944
Leicht, Helmut02-11-191626-06-1944more
Leickhardt, Hans Robert 04-03-1945
Leidenbach, Ludwig  
Leidl, Georg  
Leidl, Paul  
Leidreiter, Hans-Martin (Waffen SS)14-09-192006-04-2007more
Leie, Erich10-09-191607-03-1945
Leier, Herbert  
Leifheit, Walter30-08-1910 
Leigh, Hermann26-11-191129-01-1945
Leikam, Friedrich17-01-1913 
Leimer, Wilhelm  
Leinemann, Heinrich ('U-437')12-05-1915 more
Leinenbach, Herbert  
Leinert, Rudolf  
Leingärtner, Ludwig22-12-191911-04-1944
Leinhos, Heinrich  
Leipold, Eduard  
Leipold, Hermann24-12-1914 
Leipzig, von, Konrad  
Leise, Wilhelm  
Leisser, Anton  
Leist, Siegfried  
Leiste, Hermann17-11-191908-06-1942
Leister, Hermann 03-01-1943
Leisterer, Fritz  
Leistner, Armin02-05-190404-12-1981
Leistner, von, Hellmut  
Leistner, Walter  
Leiter, Bernhard  
Leitermann, Karl  
Leitl, Alfred14-01-191516-03-1998more
Leitner, Georg  
Leitner, Josef (Artillerie-Regiment Breslau)  
Leitner, Josef (Kampf-Geschwader 55)25-12-192020-11-1944more
Leitner, Otto  
Leitner, Roman  
Leja, Karl-Heinz  
Lekschat, Arthur  more
Lekschat, Helmuth02-02-191415-07-1944
Leliveldt, Friedrich  
Lell, Dr., Otto  
Lell, Rudolf  
Lembke, Armin10-03-191313-02-1991
Lembke, Heinrich  
Lembke, Wilhelm-Max (Stu.Gesch.Abt. 203)13-04-191504-09-1944
Lemcke, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 89)23-01-191319-05-2004more
Lemelsen, Joachim Hermann August26-09-188830-03-1954more
Lemkau, Ernst  
Lemke, Fritz16-07-191624-10-1944
Lemke, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 77)21-07-1911 
Lemke, Herbert  
Lemke, Konrad  
Lemke, Kurt (1. Infanterie-Division)01-03-1921 more
Lemke, Kurt (19. Panzer-Division)  
Lemke, Max07-04-189529-05-1985more
Lemke, Siegfried07-04-192118-12-1995
Lemke, Willy  
Lemm, Heinz-Georg "Hein Lemm"01-06-191917-11-1994more
Lemm, Willi Kurt (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 162)14-05-192209-09-1944
Lemmen, Werner  
Lemp, Hermann20-07-191409-11-1943
Lemp, Paul  
Lempp, Otto17-08-191811-08-1944
Lemser, Hugo  
Lenberger, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126)10-03-1915 
Lendeckel, Herbert  
Lender, Philipp ('U-518')10-03-191322-04-1945more
Lendzian, Heinrich  
Lenert, Johannes 'Hans' (U-170)  
Leniger, Hermann  
Lenk, Dr., Rolf  
Lenke, Alfred  
Lenkeit, Horst25-05-191930-04-1945
Lenkeit, Karl Heinz  
Lenkowski, Karl  
Lennarz, Josef  
Lenné, Ernst19-04-190706-11-1944
Lensch, Otto  
Lensing, Eduard  
Lenski, von, Arno Ernst Max20-07-189304-10-1986more
Lent, Helmuth13-06-191807-10-1944more
Lentes, Peter  
Lentz, Dietrich  
Lenz, Alois  
Lenz, Artur  

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