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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
Ostermann, Max-Helmuth (Jagdgeschwader 54)11-12-191709-08-1942more
Ostermann, Felix (Divisions-Bataillon 260)22-12-191701-10-1996more
Obstfelder, von, Wolfgang (Panzerjäger-Abt. 346)10-09-191811-07-1981more
Oekenpöhler, Johann-Peter01-09-191714-08-1980
Odenhardt, Wilhelm26-01-191412-04-1992more
Otte, Dr., Maximilian03-09-191020-05-1944more
Oesau, Walter28-06-191311-05-1944more
Ostendorff, Werner (Waffen SS)15-08-190301-05-1945more
Olboeter, Erich Fritz Hermann (Waffen SS)26-06-191702-09-1944more
Obschil, Adolf, Alois (Waffen SS)21-11-191923-09-2000more
Overhagen, Theo08-01-191423-05-1944
Overhoff, Gerold (Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 11)27-11-191418-06-2001more
Ostermeier, Hans-Arno (Fallschirm-Pz-Gren.Reg.3)10-02-190313-06-1989more
Oppeln-Bronikowski, von, Hermann Leopold August02-01-189919-09-1966more
Otte, Albrecht (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 32)04-02-192120-08-1974
Oppenländer, Kurt (Generalleutnant)11-02-189217-03-1947more
Offschany, Karl21-01-191104-10-1944
Obleser, Friedrich21-02-192305-06-2004more
Oesterwitz, Karl-Heinz15-03-191413-06-1999more
Oberwöhrmann, Erich20-02-191401-06-2002
Orinschnig, Egon30-12-191311-09-1942
Ohlrogge, Walter15-01-190930-04-2003more
Orzegowski, Ernst19-10-191902-08-2005more
Oberländer, Werner16-12-191212-10-1996
Olejnik, Robert09-03-191129-10-1988
Opitz, Heinz-Eberhard13-07-191211-10-1997
Obergethmann, Eduard30-04-189813-04-1943more
Otte, Friedrich Wilhelm22-09-189808-05-1944more
Oven, von, Karl29-11-188820-01-1974more
Opdenhoff, Hermann09-01-191522-03-1945
Ott, Eugen20-05-189011-08-1966more
Osterkamp, Theodor15-04-189202-01-1975more
Ohmsen, Walter07-06-191119-02-1988
Oesten, Jürgen24-10-191305-08-2010more
Ott, Heinz (Panzer-Regiment 24)06-06-192120-08-1997
Ochs, Heinrich19-04-191512-10-1943more
Otto, Ernst (WH-Infanterie-Regiment 454)14-10-191411-06-1993more
Orlowski, Helmut07-10-191408-11-1943
Ondarza, von, Leon08-09-190321-04-1945
Oster, Dieter15-01-191806-12-2015
Otolski, Oskar02-12-191322-04-1945
Orth, Heinrich14-01-191610-03-1942
Oeckel, Erich08-06-191613-07-1943
Obst, Walter24-05-192010-10-1943
Oberweg, Herbert20-09-191106-04-1945
Oberndorff, Dr.jur., Graf von, Fritz20-12-189127-03-1970
Oswald, Franz (WL-Schlagtgeschwader)09-08-191513-01-2003more
Ochsner, Wilhelm-Francis "Willifrank"31-03-189905-12-1990
Ochßner, Heinrich Wilhelm28-05-191216-09-1944more
Oberkircher, Karl10-12-191628-11-1976
Oberloskamp, Walther27-01-192026-06-1944
Ofenloch, Heinrich17-11-191906-01-1969
Omert, Emil15-01-191824-04-1944
Orthofer, Alfons07-12-190912-10-1942
Österreicher, Karl24-08-191330-08-1954
Otto, Rudolf14-12-191220-12-2006
Ott, Rudolf10-02-190519-10-1987
Oehmichen, Dr., Hermann16-11-189929-04-1987more
Oberhofer, Hans06-09-190020-02-1945
Obstfelder, von, Hans06-09-188620-12-1976more
Odebrecht, Job20-02-189220-11-1982more
Oehl, Heinz10-11-191105-07-1943
Oehrn, Victor21-10-190726-12-1997
Oelker, Heinrich27-04-191004-02-1999more
Oepke, Karl26-08-191110-06-1944
Oesterlin, Albert14-01-190323-01-1944
Ohrloff, Horst02-04-191709-05-1997more
Okrent, Wilhelm26-02-191608-05-1945
Olbricht, Friedrich04-10-188821-07-1944more
Oll, Herbert05-03-190918-04-1944
Olschewski, Georg02-06-191129-09-1996more
Oppermann, Walter (Jäger-Regiment 38)31-05-192120-03-1943
Oriola, Graf von, Ralf09-08-189528-04-1970more
Orth, Karl18-04-190620-07-1968
Ortlieb, Karl04-06-190528-01-1981
Ossege, Theodor22-08-192129-07-1944
Osterhold, Wilhelm12-01-191403-04-2002more
Ott, Helmuth05-12-191524-04-1945
Ott, Joachim22-02-191826-06-1998
Ottawa, Norbert31-05-191821-01-1974
Ottenbacher, Otto-Ernst18-11-188807-01-1975more
Otto, Werner14-04-191211-11-1985

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