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

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