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

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