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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.

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

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