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

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