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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.

Grid List
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Jaeger, Karl-Heinz25-06-191420-12-1992more
Jarosch, Alfred10-10-191530-08-2001more
Jäckel, Adolf11-02-190017-03-1945
Johne, Max Otto07-07-191902-04-1945
Jungwirt, Hans05-05-191423-11-1977more
John, Wolfram (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 209)17-02-191827-04-1945
Jäckel, Karl (U-907)20-12-191307-12-1984more
Jungclaussen, Heinz (Stuka-Geschw.2 "Immelmann")07-03-191926-12-1944more
Jany, Gustav21-10-188316-11-1947
Janke, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 159)26-01-190310-05-1981more
Janke, Karl (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2)07-02-191222-12-1981
Jamrowski, Siegfried (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3)01-11-191703-09-2012more
Jodl, Alfred Josef Ferdinand10-05-189016-10-1946more
Jürgensen, Klaus (Grenadier-Regiment 46)26-05-191700-00-2003
Jürgensen, Justus (Bau-Pionier)14-08-189705-02-1945
Jürgensen, Arnold Bernhard (Waffen SS)17-05-191023-12-1944more
Jürgens, Heinz (Waffen SS)21-03-191707-07-2008more
Juchem, Hans (Waffen SS)04-06-191713-08-1943more
Joerchel, Wolfgang (Waffen SS)19-08-190712-05-1945more
Jentschke, Walter (Waffen SS)15-12-192403-05-1997
Jeckeln, Friedrich August (Waffen SS)02-02-189503-02-1946more
Jahnke, Arthur13-12-192128-08-1960more
Jaeger, Gerhard (Infanterie-Regiment 418)15-09-191119-09-1942more
Jung, Heinrich (Lw-Jagdgeschwader)15-08-191230-07-1943more
Juditzki, Georg24-10-191901-07-2007
Jolitz, Günter13-08-192012-02-1944
Johannes, Bernhard08-01-192011-07-1944
Jente, Heinz13-01-191909-10-1986
Jenne, Peter05-06-192002-03-1945
Jenster, Jakob14-03-191710-03-2009more
Jäschke, Hans-Joachim18-07-192121-07-1944more
Jaschinski, Erich03-10-191401-08-1977
Jakob, Georg27-03-191501-09-1991
Jödicke, Joachim03-08-191331-01-1968
Jaeckel, Egbert16-10-191917-07-1943
Jözwiak, Gerhard (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104)13-11-192102-09-1993
Jüttner, Arthur (Grenadier-Regiment 164)18-08-190801-12-2003more
Jander, Arthur (62. Infanterie-Division)14-11-190728-04-1972
Junck, Werner (Generalleutnant)28-12-189506-08-1976more
Jahr, Arno Friedrich Adam (387. ID)03-12-189021-01-1943more
Jordan, Adolf10-10-190321-08-1942
Johannsen, Kurt24-11-191514-06-1944
Jursa, Franz04-02-191314-05-1985
Jesser, von, Curt04-11-189017-08-1950
Jennewein, Josef21-11-191926-07-1943
Jaschke, Herbert30-12-191507-05-1972
Jaquet, Fritz17-05-191412-09-2000
Jansky, Paul-Vincenz18-01-191622-10-1998
Jansa, Ernst18-10-189925-09-1974more
Jochims, Hermann-Gustav (Gren.Reg.90)08-08-190928-04-1945more
Jesse, Rudolf12-10-190802-04-1981
Jerschke, Wilhelm04-09-191623-10-1981
Joseph, Walter03-03-191930-10-1979
Jenatschek, Josef01-05-191922-03-2004
Jentzsch, Erich03-01-191524-04-1944
Jensen, Max14-11-191428-02-1990more
Jost, Walter (WH-Jäger)25-07-189624-04-1945more
Jung, Valentin14-02-191130-06-1944
Junge, Herbert17-02-191810-07-1999
Josten, Günther07-11-192107-07-2004
Jodl, Ferdinand Alfred Friedrich28-11-189609-06-1956more
Jollasse, Erwin08-12-189214-03-1987more
Jungklaus, Siegfried18-11-191422-04-1943more
Jochimsen, Bernhard25-12-191914-10-1999more
Jeserer, Helmut30-11-191409-02-2017more
Jeckstat, Erich08-07-191911-10-1958more
Jacob, Karl-Peter30-12-190922-02-1992
Jungkunst, Johann24-10-191721-03-1988
Jung, ter, Dietrich19-02-191622-11-2018
Jäger, Erich (Flak-Regiment 23)17-09-191621-03-1981
Jäger, Rolf Karl Ernst, Dr.med. (Fallschirmjäger)01-11-191206-01-1984more
Jäger, Friedrich Gustav "Fritz" (Inf.Reg.8)25-09-189521-08-1944more
Juschkat, Franz13-02-191703-12-1967more
Jura, Georg25-07-191227-01-1995more
Jürgen, Friedrich-Wilhelm02-10-189516-07-1954more
Jordan, Hans (WH-General der Infanterie)27-12-189220-04-1975more
Jancke, Paul21-04-191517-03-1985
Jahn, Gunter27-09-191012-04-1992
Jähnert, Erhard (Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)17-08-191723-07-2006more
Junker, Heinz03-05-192226-12-1944
Junge, Wilhelm18-04-191629-03-1945
Jürgens, Karl04-07-191116-10-1941
Jünemann, Walter17-08-191914-08-1944
Jordan, Hermann10-10-191602-08-1943
Jordan, Herbert20-07-191317-03-1945more
Joecks, Martin02-11-190023-11-1989
Jobelius, Hermann31-03-190900-00-1971
Jahncke, Paul21-04-1915 
Jagusch, Bruno20-10-192014-12-1967
Jacoby, Fritz09-04-192019-03-1943
Jähde, Willy18-01-190825-04-2002
Jost, Hans-Wilhelm17-09-191923-02-1944
Jordan, Manfred05-09-192010-05-1944
Jordan, Günther07-03-1892 more
Jenisch, Roland24-10-189516-09-1977
Jedele, Ernst09-07-191508-03-1944
Jakob, Willy04-11-191927-01-1942
Jörß, Karl14-05-191015-01-1969
Jordan, Hans (72. Infanterie-Division)08-07-191322-12-1997
Jacobi von Wangelin, Hans-Joachim19-09-191418-08-1942more
Jais, Maximilian04-03-189124-01-1957
Jacob, Paul04-02-190918-08-1979
Jabs, Hans-Joachim14-11-191726-10-2003
Jannes, Ewald28-06-191105-06-1976
Jasiek, Franz08-03-191530-09-1982more
Jauernik, Georg23-11-191508-02-1945
Johanns, Günther16-04-190416-11-1990
Joswig, Wilhelm02-02-191207-07-1989more
Jungnickel, Edgar23-02-191407-04-1992
Jacobeit, Fritz01-03-191612-04-1990more
Jacob, Eberhard18-01-191727-02-1982
Jacobs, Martin24-12-192217-05-1987
Jaedtke, Alfred31-12-191306-06-1992more
Jaenecke, Erwin22-04-189003-07-1960more
Jakob, Friedrich18-03-191009-09-1994
Jakob, Georg-Rupert29-09-191501-10-1981
Jakwert, Josef22-07-191421-10-2003
Jansen, Willi17-03-191431-10-2004
Jansing, Theodor17-01-191702-11-1943
Janssen, Ewald11-10-191300-00-1985
Janz, Siegfried28-12-192117-08-2005
Jaschke, Erich11-05-189014-10-1961more
Jass, Georg02-09-190906-01-1989
Jauer, Georg25-06-189605-08-1971more
Jedermann, Otto24-10-191012-06-1996
Jenisch, Hans19-10-191329-04-1982more
Jenninger, Karl28-07-191921-06-2008
Jentzsch, Hans13-05-191623-01-1996
Jescheck, Hans-Heinrich10-01-191527-09-2009
Jeschonnek, Hans09-04-189919-08-1943more
Jetting, Ernst01-08-191524-12-1999more
Jochems, Hermann18-08-191419-12-1972
Johannesson, Rolf22-07-190006-12-1989
Johannmeyer, Willy27-07-191514-04-1970
Johannsen, Hans29-01-191305-03-1961
Johanssen, Karl-Ludwig15-05-192111-08-2009
John, Richard (Generalleutnant)21-06-189620-02-1965
John, Richard (Grenadier-Regiment 445)14-11-191621-06-2010
Johnen, Wilhelm "Wim"09-10-192107-02-2002more
Jokisch, Fritz23-12-191914-07-1943
Jooß, Ludwig01-10-191502-10-2002
Jope, Bernhard10-05-191431-07-1995
Joppien, Hermann-Friedrich19-07-191225-08-1941more
Jürgens, Wilhelm19-08-191129-03-1970

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