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

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