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
Dewitz, von, Eckhardt (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 143)15-02-192105-07-1943more
Drolshage, Hubertus31-00-192312-10-1944
Doemming, von, Diethelm14-02-191229-04-1945
Doff, Franz12-07-192001-04-1945
Dimming, Joseph (Divisions-Gruppe 112)25-05-192301-01-1945
Dietl, Eduard Wohlrath Christian (Generaloberst)21-07-189023-06-1944more
Dyroff, Adam Franz (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115)06-05-191624-03-1998more
Düwell, Klaus03-03-191715-02-1998
Düvert, Walter02-10-189304-02-1972
Düskow, Alwin (Artillerie-Regiment 295)13-01-189726-12-1971more
Dürrwanger, Alfred07-04-191523-07-2003
Dürr, Emil (Waffen SS)11-06-192027-06-1944
Durchdenwald, Wilhelm27-06-191417-08-1942
Dürbeck, Wilhelm25-01-191219-01-1941
Dünser, Lothar22-04-191814-08-1943more
Dünkler, Joachim08-07-191519-04-1945
Dünker, Edgar22-08-190229-12-1941
Dünkel, Friedrich07-03-192008-02-1984
Duncker, Christoph10-12-191407-06-1998
Dumßner, Andreas12-12-192208-10-1949more
Dumke, Günther02-08-191428-01-1944
Dumitrescu, Petre18-02-188215-01-1950more
Dumitrache, Ioan00-00-188906-03-1977
Düe, Rolf (PzJgAbt 19)28-01-191514-04-2005more
Dubicki, Albert12-07-192125-10-2009
Druschel, Alfred (Schlachtgeschwader 1)04-02-191701-01-1945more
Drünkler, Ernst-Georg08-07-192012-03-1997
Drüke, Wilhelm30-10-190404-01-1971
Drude, Hans14-09-191430-04-2000
Droste, Hans29-03-191513-07-1976
Drössiger, Kurt03-08-190803-05-1983
Drossel, Leo (Infanterie-Regiment 102)02-02-190316-07-1983more
Dropmann, Hermann25-03-190810-02-2004more
Droitsch, Herbert18-05-191216-01-1975
Drexler, Walter (SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 8)25-09-191623-02-1945more
Drexler, Hans (WH-Panzer)25-11-191312-08-1993
Drolshagen, Franz (Grenadier-Regiment 698)10-07-191224-06-1965
Drexel, Johann (Grenadier-Regiment 408)20-12-191909-02-2004
Drewes, Wilhelm26-05-190714-07-1982
Drewes, Martin20-10-191813-10-2013
Dressel, Albert15-09-191408-09-1944
Drescher, Georg-Wilhelm15-02-192006-05-2016
Dreike, Franz-Josef (Waffen SS)27-10-191024-07-1988
Dreher, Johann "Hans"30-11-192004-03-1945
Drees, Karl-Heinz17-09-192314-07-2008
Draxenberger, Josef 'Sepp' (SS-Panzer-Regiment 5)27-03-192123-03-1945
Dratwa, Johannes22-11-191412-08-2003
Dragalina, Corneliu05-02-188711-07-1949
Dowerk, Paul09-02-191023-06-1944
Dous, Willi16-06-191602-09-1941more
Doser, Otto08-05-191730-12-1992
Dortenmann, Hans11-12-192101-04-1973
Dorsch, Walter09-11-191702-03-1979
Dörries, Josef07-06-192309-07-2007
Dorow, Otto (Infanterie-Regiment 514)22-09-189902-08-1980
Dörnemann, Heinrich "Heinz"19-09-191017-12-2001
Dörnbrack, Werner29-02-191616-03-1981
Dorn, Heinrich11-08-189715-07-1956
Dörmann, Karl (Artillerie-Regiment 1542)23-05-191302-05-1945
Döring, Johann25-12-191002-11-1982
Dorfmeister, Hans09-12-191416-09-1970
Dörflinger, Walter30-05-191925-09-1944
Dörffel, Georg (Schlachtgeschwader 1)27-07-191426-05-1944more
Dörfel, Josef02-03-191503-04-2002
Dorenbeck, Paul15-12-189527-09-1984
Donth, Rudolf16-02-192019-06-2001more
Dönitz, Karl16-09-189124-12-1980more
Donhauser, Georg22-08-190901-10-1982
Donat, Gottfried22-10-191624-06-1944
Domrich, Otto10-03-191811-08-1943
Dommes, Wilhelm16-04-190723-01-1990
Dombrowski, Kurt29-07-189500-03-1945
Domaschk, Erich19-05-190814-02-1974
Dollwet, René22-10-192215-12-1983more
Dollmann, Friedrich02-02-188228-06-1944more
Dohle, Herbert27-03-190914-04-1946
Doering, von, Bernd16-01-190307-07-1944
Doering, Alfred26-03-191222-09-1944
Doench, Fritz19-05-190414-06-1942
Dobratz, Kurt09-04-190421-12-1996
Dobberstein, Werner04-04-191125-02-1993more
Dobberkau, Hans07-01-191723-02-1981
Dix, Kurt (Grenadier-Regiment 510)29-08-190830-07-1994
Dittrich, Dr. jur., Stefan (Artillerie-Reg. 46)28-06-191205-02-1988
Dittmer, Joachim26-11-191503-11-1943
Dirlewanger, Dr., Oskar Paul (Waffen SS)26-09-189507-06-1945more
Dirkmorfeld, Josef04-05-191220-03-1990
Dipberger, Wilhelm 'Willi'30-05-191810-09-2005more
Dinort, Oskar23-06-190127-05-1969more
Dinkelaker, Ulrich01-11-190417-10-1997more
Dilz, Fritz01-01-191512-01-1972
Dietz, Valentin12-11-191206-07-1989
Dietsche, Bernhard Anton (Waffen SS)03-02-191228-01-1975more
Degen, Günther (Waffen SS)30-08-191713-03-1945
Dietlen, Walter07-02-189715-03-1982
Dietz, Edwin-Oskar04-07-191417-07-1941
Diesing, Ulrich12-03-191117-04-1945more
Dierks, Karl-Heinz (Grenadier-Regiment 42)29-03-191625-01-1979more
Diepold, Max (Schlachtgeschwader 77)01-02-192118-08-2001more
Dienhold, Johannes23-02-190104-11-1990
Dienenthal, Erich17-12-191526-07-1990more
Diem, Otto13-10-191708-08-1943
Dieling, Horst11-04-192105-01-1944
Diefenthal, Josef "Jupp" (Waffen SS)05-10-191513-04-2001more
Dieckmann, August Hinrich29-05-191210-10-1943more
Diddens, Diddo Siebels (Stug.-Abteilung "GD")22-04-191727-09-1997more
Dicke, Anton25-08-191126-01-1943
Devers, Hans-Werner25-06-191005-08-1960
Deventer, Hugo10-11-191606-01-1979
Deutschländer, Erich07-01-191004-10-1969
Deutsch, Heinz21-07-192015-10-1995
Deutsch, Ferdinand07-02-191015-09-1980
Dettenberg, Werner14-02-191712-09-1944
Detmers, Theodor22-08-190204-11-1976
Dessloch, Otto11-06-188913-05-1977more
Denninger, Rudolf03-01-191131-03-1945
Denk, Wilhelm26-01-191530-03-2003
Deneke, Siegfried19-05-190816-03-1944
Demand, Waldemar09-03-192421-02-1945
Delius, Paul11-12-191205-08-1992
Deisenberger, Hermann13-04-191508-07-1998more
Dehner, Ernst05-03-188913-09-1970more
Dehmel, Ernst (Waffen SS)07-04-191507-08-1945more
Deegener, Johannes09-02-190531-07-1943
Debiel, Leo Otto17-11-191409-10-1944
David, Ernst08-07-192011-08-1943more
Dauser, Hans (Waffen SS)31-07-190820-11-2001more
Daumiller, Hans (Geb.Jäg.Rgt 98)24-08-191012-01-1942more
Dath, Friedrich26-04-191903-12-2002
Daske, Karl17-11-1919 
Darnedde, Erich14-12-190611-11-1996
Darjes, Paul-Friedrich20-03-191120-02-1989
Darius, Wolfgang (Panzer-Abteilung 21)02-04-191118-11-2000more
Dargies, Walter13-10-189913-05-1945
Darges, Fritz (Waffen SS)08-02-191325-10-2009more
Danzer, Hermann25-06-191620-06-1940
Dannebaum, Alfred (Pz.Aufklär.Abt.24)06-02-191821-10-1999more
Damm, Otto29-05-191416-07-1943
Damerius, Dieter17-04-192428-12-2018
Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels, Freih. von, Friedrich-Karl01-04-190709-07-1940
Dally, Hans06-05-191602-04-1997
Dallmeier, Josef29-01-191104-07-1982
Dähne, Paul-Heinrich "Sarotti 2"07-07-192124-04-1945
Dahmer, Hugo07-05-191501-08-2006
Dahlmann, Kurt04-03-191829-08-2017
Dahlke, Hermann (Waffen SS)17-02-191705-07-1943more
Düttmann, Peter "Bonifazius"23-05-192309-01-2001more
Düllberg, Ernst28-03-191327-07-1984
Dudeck, Gerhard (Transportgeschwader 2)22-12-191305-06-1976more
Dose, Paul10-02-192113-03-2003more
Dörries, Helmut05-09-191107-01-1980
Dörr, Franz10-02-191310-10-1972more
Döring, Wilhelm "Willy" (Kampfgeschwader 53)02-10-191803-08-1955more
Döring, Arnold (Nachtjagdgeschwader 3)29-01-191810-04-2001more
Dommeratzky, Otto03-05-191613-10-1944
Dombacher, Kurt09-02-192008-10-1993
Doering-Manteuffel, Johann-Wilhelm17-07-189821-01-1963
Döbrich, Hans24-03-191606-04-1984more
Döbele, Anton16-11-191011-11-1943
Dinger, Friedrich 'Fritz' (JG 53 "Pik As")20-08-191527-07-1943more
Dilley, Bruno29-08-191331-08-1968more
Dietrich, Johann05-08-191102-04-1943
Diekwisch, Erwin-Peter12-08-192020-08-2013more
Dickfeld, Adolf20-02-191017-05-2009more
Dettke, Oskar01-01-191317-03-1967more
Denzinger, Dipl.Ing., Franz (Art.Rgt. z.b.V. 553)16-08-189510-03-1974more
Denk, Gustav24-01-191513-02-1943
Delica, Egon04-01-191526-04-1999more
Deichmann, Paul (Generalleutnant)27-08-189810-01-1981
Debus, Otto (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 12)21-08-191414-10-2000more
Dawedeit, Herbert20-05-191403-08-1999more
Dassow, Rudolf23-01-192025-08-1944
Daser, Edmund01-10-190806-09-1974
Dammers, Hans08-12-191317-03-1944
Dahl, Walther17-03-191625-11-1985more
Dominik, Hans24-11-190610-11-1980
Dammeier, Heinrich (U-270)09-02-191416-05-2001more
Drexler, Oskar (SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 12)09-03-191128-01-1982more
Drexel, Hans Carl (Waffen SS)22-11-191912-04-1962more
Dorr, Hans (Waffen SS)07-04-191221-03-1945more
Dörner, Helmut (Waffen SS)26-06-190911-02-1945more
Dietrich, Wilhelm Heinrich August (Waffen SS)17-11-191212-03-1944more
Diergarten, Hans (Waffen SS)05-04-191321-08-1944more
Deisenhofer, Dr.jur., Eduard „Eddi" (Waffen SS)27-06-190931-01-1945more
Debus, Heinrich (Waffen SS)30-06-192105-03-1996
Damsch, Werner (Waffen SS)22-07-191807-11-1994more
Dallmann, Werner (Waffen SS)07-04-192400-02-1945more
Dietrich, Gerhard (Kampfgeschwader 55)30-04-191710-08-1982more
Degrelle, Leon Marie Joseph Ignace (Waffen SS)15-06-190631-03-1994more
Duve, Werner (Grenadier-Regiment 183)19-11-191103-03-1945more
Dutter, Franz Karl24-10-191721-11-1996more
Düppenbecker, Herbert10-02-191601-10-1997more
Dunkel, Konrad14-10-190820-02-1945more
Dubigk, Karl08-02-190317-11-1981
Druffner, Alfred28-05-190429-09-1943more
Dreyer, Georg28-07-190304-09-1952
Drexler, Hans (WH-Infanterie)25-12-191114-11-2001
Drexel, Josef Anton (Grenadier-Regiment 436)11-04-189425-02-1976more
Drewes, Dr.jur., Heinrich (Kradschützen-Bat.10)14-12-189424-02-1984more
Dresel, Bernhard05-04-190920-03-1945
Drescher, Otto05-10-189513-08-1944more
Drekmann, Dipl.Ing., Paul13-11-189309-03-1960more
Drechsler, Gerhard (Divisions-Füsilier-Bat. 14)23-12-192027-07-1992more
Drebber, von, Moritz (Generalmajor)12-02-189230-05-1968more
Drange, Günther14-03-189718-06-1970
Dormann, Hermann (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 64)11-10-191222-01-1943more
Dörmann, Friedrich (Grenadier-Regiment 528)29-01-190505-06-1999more
Donnhauser, Anton Johann Karl08-04-191330-10-1984more
Domaschk, Joachim20-05-191421-06-1986more
Doering, Ernst11-12-190708-05-1989
Doergens, Hans-Joachim26-12-191207-06-1970
Doenicke, Hans-Günther07-08-191801-07-1944
Dixius, Karl22-04-191428-05-1962
Dittlof, Heinrich14-08-191620-02-1945more
Dittfeld, Johannes18-09-190712-09-1944
Ditter, Hans (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7)31-01-191729-01-2011
Digeon von Monteton, Baron, Constantin28-02-188627-06-1944
Dietrich, Karl-Heinz15-06-191522-03-1983
Diestel, Erich (Generalleutnant)08-11-189203-08-1973more
Diesener, Joachim20-02-191809-03-1994
Deutschmann, Siegfried28-12-191215-09-1986more
Dethleffsen, Erich02-08-190404-07-1980
Deppe, Hans-Werner21-03-192130-12-2009
Dennhardt, Oskar-Hubert30-06-191519-06-2014
Denkert, Walter23-02-189709-07-1982more
Dempke, August11-12-191501-03-1945
Demme, Rudolf03-06-189405-01-1975more
Deichen, Kurt "Charly"20-04-191427-02-1969
Degel, Franz07-08-192010-06-1946
Degen, Hans18-02-189918-11-1971more
Dederichs, Bruno09-04-191108-07-1949
Decker, Karl Gustav Adolf30-11-189721-04-1945more
Deboi, Heinrich-Anton06-04-189305-07-1955
Dauner, Nikolaus "Klaus"03-03-190220-12-1966more
Daubert, Henning31-05-190001-11-1980more
Danowski, Franz18-02-191710-10-1944
Daniels, Edler von, Alexander17-03-189106-01-1960
Daniel, Richard24-12-190004-05-1986more
Danhauser, Paul02-08-189211-12-1975
Dahms, Paul28-05-191319-03-1988
Dietrich, Josef 'Sepp' (Waffen SS)28-05-189221-04-1966more

Sources