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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

The German Cross (Deutschen Kreuz) is build up out of 5 separate parts and although the name suggests otherwise, it has the shape of a large 8-pointed breast star with in the center a large black swastika which is outlined in silver. The name of this award comes from this 21,5 mm big swastika. This swastika is placed upon a red-bordered silver disk and upon this red border is a golden laurel leaf wreath mounted. The golden wreath measures 39 mm across and is made out of single laurel leaves that are bounded together with a silk lint. At the bottom of the wreath is a square box with the year 1941 impressed into it. This date refers to the year of institution and from underneath this wreath emerge the eight star points. These points are chemically blackened and have the appearance of sunrays. Underneath these points is a 63 mm large silver backing plate placed which has the same shape as the award, only it’s slightly bigger so it forms the outer line of the award. At the reverse are 4 or 6 rivets visible and through the number of rivets you can recognize if the award was made in Germany or Austria. The German Crosses with 4 rivets were made in Germany and the pieces with 6 rivets in Austria. Further is there at the reverse a large width pin with a standard hook construction placed. If the award is marked with the LDO-number of the producer, then it is stamped in either the front or backside of the pin. To prevent damaging the award during combat, there was also a cloth version made. This cloth version has a metal wreath and the backing cloth colour is the same as the tunic colour of the corresponding Army branch. Fieldgrey is for the Army (Heer) and Waffen-SS, bleu-grey for the Air Force, (Luftwaffe) Marine bleu for the Navy (Kriegsmarine) and black for the Armored forces.

The German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) was awarded for bravery and outstanding achievements in combat but where the Knight’s Cross wasn’t awarded for. The recipient did however already had to own the Iron Cross 1st Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1 Klasse) or Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse with swords. The exact number of times that the German Cross in Gold was bestowed is still unknow at this time.

The OKW barred/stopped by decree the awarding of the Gernan Cross in Gold for "multiple remarkable services in troop leadership" from March 10th, 1945 on.

Bidermann, Gottlob-Herbert* August 28th, 1920
† September 1st, 2010

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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Paar, Karl  
Paashaus, Karl  
Pabst, Hans  
Pabst, Herbert  
Pabst, Karl-Heinz  
Pabst, Wilhelm  
Pache, Erwin  
Pacher, Alois25-04-191001-05-1945more
Pachnio, Jürgen28-09-191705-03-1943
Packebusch, Martin  
Packhäuser, Ernst  
Paczensky und Tenczin, von, Ferdinand  
Pade, Gerhard (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4)21-06-191220-10-1983
Padell, Hans  
Padinger, Franz  
Paech, Hans-Jürgen  
Paege, Arno05-12-191510-09-2000
Paeschke, Helmut  
Paeseler, Rudolf  
Paetow, Hans-Joachim15-11-1915 
Paetsch, Otto (Waffen SS)03-08-190916-03-1945more
Paetzel, Gustav (Artillerie-Regiment 299)  
Paffrath, Benno22-12-191205-11-1980
Paffrath, Waldemar  
Page, Bernd  
Pagel, Horst  
Pagels, Christian17-06-190001-01-1944
Pahl, Heinz  
Pahl, Hugo24-01-1900 
Pahl, Richard (Kampf-Geschwader 51)06-02-192019-04-1944more
Pahlen, Baron von der, Douglas  
Pahlke, Reinhold  
Pahnke, Hermann  
Pahnke, Walter22-01-191609-11-1944
Pajonk, Walter  
Pajunk, Dr. jur., Ferdinand  
Pakheiser, Otto (Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 102)  
Palenta, Kurt  
Palige, Walter  
Palitza, Georg08-05-192108-05-1979
Palkowitz, Franz  
Palkus, Hans  
Pallas, Max-August-Richard  
Pallasch, Harry  
Palliardi, Karl (Kampfgeschwader 54)03-08-1917 
Pallmann, Karl  
Pallowitz, Heinz  
Palm, Albert  
Palm, Ernst  
Palm, Günther  
Palm, Hans  
Palm, Mathias  
Palm, Paul (Panzer-Regiment 35)24-02-191314-03-1990
Palm, Werner  
Palmer, Paul16-12-1914 
Palmowski, Anton  
Paltzo, Rudolf Karl  
Pamletschka, Michael  
Pamme, Konrad  
Panck, Bernhard  
Pancke, Walter  
Pandel, Alfred13-07-191820-10-1943
Panek, Wilhelm  
Panknin, Herbert27-12-191315-03-2001
Panknin, Waldemar  
Pankow, Werner  
Pankrath, Gerhardt (Kampf-Geschwader 53)  
Pankratz, Helmut  
Pannhausen, Walter  
Pannicke, Otto  
Pannier, Rudolf Ernst Max (Waffen SS)10-07-189719-08-1978more
Pannier, Theodor  
Panse, Werner (Schlachtgeschwader 1)19-12-192123-06-1995more
Pantel, Egon  
Pantel, Ernst  
Pantel, Fritz  
Pantel, Walter  
Pantenius, Hans-Jürgen18-05-191402-05-2004
Pantenius, Peter  
Panz, Rudolf  
Panzer, Bernhard  
Panzert, Georg24-10-191318-03-1945
Pape, Albert03-07-191316-02-1944
Pape, Erich30-01-1914 
Pape, Günther14-07-190721-01-1986
Pape, Kurt-Albert12-05-191707-07-1943
Pape, Werner (Lw-KG 51)14-09-192114-03-1944
Pape, Werner (WH-Gren.Rgt. 209)14-06-190900-00-1981
Pape, Wilhelm  
Papendick, Heinz (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")19-04-192002-03-1944
Papenfuß, Karl  
Papengut, Max  
Papin, Horst  
Paprotta, Gustav (Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Bde 244)08-12-191204-05-1945
Paradeiser, Oswald  
Parhofer, Ludwig  
Paringer, Georg01-05-188902-12-1943
Paris, Alfred  
Paris, Horst  
Parisius, Heinrich (Aufklärungsgruppe 13)06-07-191011-02-1945more
Parlitz, Oskar  
Parpart, Hans  
Parteina, Ernst  
Partsch, Gustav  
Paschedag, Hans-Joachim  
Paschek, Peter  
Paschke, Alfred  
Paschke, Hugo  
Paschke, Rudolf  
Pasewaldt, Georg19-09-1900 
Pasquay, Fridtjof03-07-190525-11-1941
Passarge, Erwin  
Passeck, Adolf  
Passow, Friedrich  
Pasternack, Gerhard (Artillerie-Regiment 161)  
Pasternak, Arthur21-08-191715-09-1944
Pastewka, Fritz  
Pastofski, Rudi18-02-191729-03-1945
Path, Heinrich  
Patry, Walter15-04-191722-01-1945
Patschke, Walter (Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1)22-02-1921 
Patschkowski, Otto05-01-191615-07-1943
Pattberg, Rudolf01-09-191510-08-1944
Patuschka, Dr., Horst22-05-191206-03-1943
Patzak, Karl  
Patzelt, Helmut (Grenadier-Regiment 547)02-08-191106-08-1944
Patzer, Kurt  
Patzwahl, Eitel-Friedrich  
Paukner, Ernst04-09-191915-06-2013
Paukowitz, Hans (Fallschirm-Sanitäts-Abteilung)29-11-1913 
Paul, Alfred  
Paul, Erwin03-03-1919 
Paul, Friedrich-Karl31-01-190901-05-1998
Paul, Joachim  
Paul, Karl  
Paul, Karl (4. Zerstörerflottille)19-03-1908 
Paul, Karl (Lw-KG x)  
Paul, Karl (Lw-SG 2)  
Paul, Karl (WH-Gren.Rgt. 133)  
Paul, Karl-Heinz  
Paul, Kurt  
Paul, Reinhard  
Paul, Reinhard  
Paul, Roland30-09-1920 
Paul, Siegfried  
Paul, Werner  
Paul, Wilhelm  
Paul, Wilhelm  
Paul, Wilhelm  
Paulat, Walter  
Pauletto, Günther  
Paulewicz, von, Herbert  
Paulfeit, Johann  
Pauli, Carl-Theodor19-05-191425-12-1944
Pauli, Gerhard (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100)  
Pauli, Johannes  
Pauli, Ludwig  
Pauli, Rudolf  
Paulich, Hans  
Paulig, Fritz  
Paulmann, Rudolf  
Pauls, Friedrich  
Paulsen, Andreas (Pz-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 120)  
Paulsen, Ernst (Füsilier-Regiment 26)22-04-191607-02-2002
Paulsen, Henning (Grenadier-Regiment 376)  
Paulsen, Karl-August (Kampfgeschwader 30)23-01-191517-06-2007more
Paulus, Peter  
Paulus, Viktor  
Paulus, Wilhelm  
Pauly, Fritz  
Pautz, Kurt  
Pavel, Karl  
Pavelka, Hans (Waffen SS)30-03-191716-07-1943
Pawel, Bronislaw (Infanterie-Regiment 81)28-07-189003-02-1946more
Pawel, Hans-Joachim  
Pawel, Richard  
Pawel, von, Hans-Walter  
Pawelke, Ingomar  
Pawlitz, Otto  
Payer, Johann  
Pean, Ernst01-02-190011-02-1966
Pech, Alois  
Pech, Hans-Jochen  
Pech, Herbert  
Pech, Johann  
Pech, Ortwin  
Pechtold, Dr., Walter00-00-189800-00-1977
Pedersen, Robert  
Peek, Wilhelm12-03-191823-10-1944
Peer, Erasmus  
Peganz, Johann  
Pegel, Heinrich  
Pehle, Waldemar  
Peichl, Adolf „Adi", Adam, August08-12-191704-06-1969more
Peikert, Martin  
Peiler, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment "GD")  
Pein, von, Franz  
Peine, Wilhelm  
Peinemann, August  
Peiper, Joachim 'Jochen' (Waffen SS)30-01-191514-07-1976more
Peiser, Adolf  
Peitz, Gerhard (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 190)  
Peißert, Herbert25-06-191904-09-1942
Pekarek, Max  
Pekrun, Dieter15-07-191718-07-2005
Pelchen, Walter Karl13-05-190527-09-1984more
Pelikan, Paul  
Pellikan, Josef19-04-1919 more
Pellin, Gerhard (Waffen SS)13-04-1914 
Peloschek, Gottfried  
Pelz, Alfred  
Pelzer, Kurt  
Pengel, Günter  
Penke, Werner  
Penker, Josef  
Penth, Paul03-03-1894 more
Pentzien, Hans08-07-191403-05-2007
Peppler, Fritz  
Perfall, von, Markwart  
Perfler, Michael (Aufklärungsgruppe 14)  more
Perignon, Theodor  
Perkuhn, Oskar  
Perl, Josef  
Perleberg, Rüdiger09-03-191321-10-1990
Pernack, Willi  
Perner, Fritz ( Grenadier-Regiment 1)  
Perner, Willi (Panzer-Abteilung "Großdeutschland")13-12-191129-11-1942
Peroutka, Otto  
Perras, Ludwig  
Persch, Franz ('U-181')23-12-191400-00-1966more
Perschke, Werner  
Persson, Joachim18-03-191725-02-1944
Perz, Johann  
Perzl, Friedrich  
Pesch, Albert  
Pesch, Erwin06-04-191816-04-1984
Peschel, Karl  
Peschel, Rudolf (Lw-AG 12)  
Peschel, Rudolf (WH-Inf.Rgt. 163)21-04-189430-06-1944
Peschke, Fritz  
Peschke, Gustav Theodor07-05-190910-12-1943
Peslmüller, Ignatz  
Pessel, Heinz  
Pest, Günter28-04-1920 
Peteani, Josef18-08-191804-09-1942
Peter, August  
Peter, Erich (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann")19-09-192025-04-1945more
Peter, Ernst  
Peter, Georg25-05-1914 
Peter, Horst  
Peter, Josef  
Peter-Pirkham, Heinrich18-07-1916 
Peterburs, Hans09-10-191211-01-1944more
Petereit, Hansgeorg  
Petereit, Werner  
Peterhoff, Franz  
Peterhänsel, Horst-Egon06-12-191328-07-2000
Peterleitner, Ferdinand  
Petermann, Edgar  
Petermann, Heinz  
Petermann, Heinz  
Petermann, Helmut  
Petermann, Josef  
Petermann, Viktor26-05-191619-05-2001more
Peters, Arno  
Peters, Claus (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 93)  
Peters, Dr., Johannes15-07-189605-10-1951
Peters, Ernst-August24-11-1914 
Peters, Ernst-August (Artillerie-Regiment 30)  
Peters, Friedrich-Karl22-08-192204-05-1945
Peters, Hans17-01-191829-07-1944more
Peters, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 89)  
Peters, Heinz (8. Zerstörerflottille)08-11-1905 
Peters, Heinz (Grenadier-Regiment 850)  
Peters, Heinz (Küstenschutzflottille Mazedonien)20-06-1895 
Peters, Heinz (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 32)17-11-1914 
Peters, Herbert  
Peters, Hermann (Füsilier-Regiment 26)  
Peters, Holger12-04-192222-09-1943
Peters, Joachim-Henning23-04-192123-09-1944
Peters, Johann (KS 30)30-08-191425-11-1941
Peters, Josef Richard20-02-192011-12-2004more
Peters, Karl02-01-191412-12-1954more
Peters, Karl (Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 131)  
Peters, Karl (Gren.Rgt. 453)  
Peters, Kurd (WL-Aufklärungsgruppe 22)07-08-191424-07-1957
Peters, Kurt (Kampfgeschwader 3)13-12-190821-12-1941
Peters, Lothar (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 4)  
Peters, Reinhard13-01-192214-04-1992
Peters, Rolf15-09-192217-10-1944
Peters, Rudolf09-08-189914-09-1990
Peters, Römer (Grenadier-Regiment 89)08-12-191226-02-1945
Peters, Werner15-10-191128-11-1944
Peters, Wilhelm 'Willi' (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment)  
Peters, Wilhelm (Kampfgeschwader)  
Peters, Willem (Füsilier-Regiment 26)  
Petersdorff, von, Hans00-00-1896 more
Petersen, Erich Karl Alexander25-08-188904-07-1963more
Petersen, Franz (Grenadier-Regiment 399)  
Petersen, Heinrich (Infanterie-Regiment 184)23-09-191107-08-1943
Petersen, Herbert12-06-191914-01-1944more
Petersen, Hermann  
Petersen, Johann  
Petersen, Johannes (Flak-Lehr-Regiment)13-03-1914 
Petersen, Karl28-10-192025-09-1992
Petersen, Karl Eduard (Grenadier-Regiment 154)08-02-191123-02-1945
Petersen, Karl-August (Kampfgeschwader 27)26-05-191223-11-1980more
Petersen, Karl-Heinz  
Petersen, Klaus13-01-1917 
Petersen, Kurt20-09-1916 
Petersen, Peter30-11-1906 
Petersen, Rudolf (Grenadier-Regiment 585)24-05-191425-02-1943
Petersen, Siegfried (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2)  more
Petersen, Theodor (U-874)14-01-191425-03-1999
Petersen, Ulv (Inf.Regt. 67)00-00-1914 
Petersen, Werner (Kampfgeschwader 53)02-01-1908 more
Petersen, Willy (Pz.Abt. 44)  
Peth, Hans-Günther  
Petrelli, Rudolf (Panzer-Regiment 35)10-03-1921 
Petri, Reinhard  
Petri, Wilhelm  
Petrich, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 55)  
Petrich, Hans  
Petrowski, Artur  
Petruschkat, Fritz  
Petry, Ernst29-07-191426-06-1944more
Petry, Günther  
Petry, Rudolf  
Petsch, Kurt  
Petschelt, Richard  
Petschner, Rudolf  
Petter, Dietrich  
Pettke, Bruno  
Petz, Georg  
Petzeit, Horst  
Petzel, Friedrich  
Petzel, Klaus  
Petzel, Paul  
Petzel, Wilhelm  
Petzel, Wilhelm  
Petzold, Dr., Hans-Hermann  
Petzold, Ernst06-08-191420-04-1999more
Petzold, Joachim26-02-191323-07-1991more
Petzold, Max  
Petzsch, Heinz  
Peuker, Friedrich-Wilhelm  
Peuker, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 4)  
Peukert, Rudolf  
Peyk, Walter  
Pezold, von, Wilhelm06-03-1918 
Peßler, Hans  
Pfab, Albert (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144)  
Pfaff, Jakob (Feld-Flak-Abteilung 253)  
Pfaff, Johann (Grenadier-Regiment 421)  
Pfaff, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40)15-10-191319-04-1945more
Pfafferott, Werner (Oberst i.G.)19-08-190311-12-1968
Pfaffinger, Dr., Paul (U-441)03-01-191512-04-1982
Pfahlar, Hans (Infanterie-Regiment 72)  
Pfahler, Hans (Jagdgeschwader 51) 10-07-1943more
Pfannenschmidt, Heinz (U-870)04-12-191806-03-1994
Pfarr, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 55)  
Pfau, Eugen (Aufklärungsgruppe O.b.d.L.)20-09-191204-10-1942more
Pfau, Fritz (Nachtschlachtgruppe 1)  more
Pfau, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Reg."Großdeutschland")28-12-192100-03-1945
Pfeffer, Alfred25-12-191914-01-1945
Pfefferle, Walter  
Pfeifenbring, Hermann  
Pfeifer, Hans-Hellmuth (Generalleutnant)18-02-189422-04-1945more
Pfeifer, Josef23-05-1913 
Pfeifer, Kurt (Art.Rgt.5)  
Pfeifer, Kurt (Stuka-Geschwader 2)13-11-192125-07-1943
Pfeifer, Willi (Stuka-Geschwader 1)  
Pfeifer, Willi (WH-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12)22-02-192425-01-1962
Pfeiffer, Alexander (KG 4)25-12-191626-04-1944more
Pfeiffer, Dieter (Kampfgeschwader 77)25-03-1914 more
Pfeiffer, Dr., Georg05-05-189028-06-1944more
Pfeiffer, Erich  
Pfeiffer, Franz (Grenadier-Regiment 43)  
Pfeiffer, Franz (WH-Gebirgsjäger)23-10-190720-11-1994more
Pfeiffer, Fritz (Schützen-Regiment 3)  
Pfeiffer, Gerhard (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment)  
Pfeiffer, Gert  
Pfeiffer, Hans  
Pfeiffer, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 330) 31-08-1942
Pfeiffer, Heinrich (Panzergrenadier-Regiment)12-11-192028-05-1989
Pfeiffer, Heinz  
Pfeiffer, Heinz ("U 862")07-07-1920 
Pfeiffer, Herbert  
Pfeiffer, Johann  
Pfeiffer, Karl  
Pfeiffer, Karl (WH-Panzerjäger)  
Pfeiffer, Kurt  
Pfeiffer, Max  
Pfeiffer, Reinhard  
Pfeiffer, Rudolf  
Pfeifle, Erwin (Radfahr-Schwadron 235)11-06-191626-05-1944more
Pfeil, John Hermann Otto (Gren.Rgt. 80)09-12-191313-02-1944more
Pfeil, Karl  
Pfennig, Horst  
Pfenninger, Hans  
Pferr, Willi  
Pfetten, Lothar  
Pfeufer, Josef08-01-1921 
Pfingstag, Karl  
Pfingstl, Hans  
Pfirmann, Willi  
Pfister, Artur20-08-191505-04-1944
Pfister, Konrad  
Pfister, Pankraz  
Pfisterer, Georg03-06-1917 
Pfisterer, Hermann  
Pfisterer, Walter  
Pfitzer, Max  
Pfitzner, Wolfgang (Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Reg.901)21-03-191529-11-1944
Pflanz, Hans-Jochen Dr. (258. Infanterie-Division)  
Pflanz, Rudolf 'Rudi' (JG 2 „Richthofen")01-07-191431-07-1942more
Pflaum, Karl17-11-189018-12-1957more
Pfleger, Fritz  
Pfleger, Hermann04-10-1894 
Pfleiderer, Friedrich (Pz-Gren.Reg.40)  
Pfleiderer, Herbert (Artillerie-Regiment 1558)16-03-191209-12-1982
Pfleiderer, Richard (Panzer-Regiment 23)  
Pfleiderer, Wolfgang (Infanterie-Regiment 194)16-02-191507-07-1942
Pflieger, Kurt (Generalleutnant)18-05-189013-09-1958more
Pflug, von, Jürgen25-06-1923 
Pflug, Willi  
Pflugbeil, Johann24-08-188221-10-1951more
Pflüger, Ernst  
Pfnür, Friedrich  
Pfründer, Wilhelm15-09-191030-07-1942
Pfränger, Willi  
Pfuhlstein, von, Alexander17-12-189920-12-1976
Pfützner, Reinhold (Infanterie-Regiment 287)07-06-190821-07-1944
Pförringer, Ernst  
Pförtner, Bernhard  
Pförtner, Helmut (Waffen SS)22-04-191328-02-1943more
Philipowski, Ernst  
Philipp, Alfred  
Philipp, Artur  
Philipp, Christian03-09-189316-10-1963more
Philipp, Ernst  
Philipp, Hans (Jagdgeschwader 54)17-03-191708-10-1943more
Philipp, Hans (Lw-Aufklärungsgruppe x)  
Philipp, Hans-Otto16-02-189810-12-1952
Philipp, Heinrich  
Philipp, Kurt25-04-1916 
Philipp, Rudolf  
Philipp, Rudolf  
Philipp, Siegfried  
Philipp, Wilhelm31-01-191610-01-1986
Philipp, Willi  
Philippi, Jürgen  
Philippi, Peter  
Philipps, Karl08-05-192005-05-1982
Philipps, Martin  
Philipps, Wilhelm29-07-189413-02-1971more
Phleps, Artur Gustav Martin (Waffen SS)29-11-188121-09-1944more
Phoenix, Harry Hermann Albert (Waffen SS)21-12-191221-12-1999more
Pianka, Artur  
Piasenki, Leonhard  
Picard, Alfred  
Pichelmair, Anton  
Pichler, Johann15-12-191216-02-1995
Pichler, Josef  
Pichler, Norbert  
Pichlmair, Johann22-12-191715-10-2008
Pichlmayr, Heinrich  
Picht, Alfred10-01-191416-12-1978
Picht, Günther  
Picht, Ludwig  
Pichy, Gerhard (Stuka-Geschwader 77)31-08-191921-08-1944
Pick, Otto  
Pick, Willi  
Pickard, Otto  
Pickel, Alfred  
Pickel, Wilhelm  
Pickelmann, Wilhelm05-02-1915 
Pickert, Hermann15-06-1909 
Pickert, Wolfgang (General der Flakartillerie)03-02-189719-07-1984more
Pickhardt, Walter  
Pickl, Alois19-06-1922 
Pidde, Paul  
Piech, Alfred 09-08-1943
Piechotta, Vincent  
Piedmont, Max  
Piefer, Friedrich18-01-191417-02-1986more
Piékarski, Felix  
Pielmeier, Hans10-11-191525-10-1993
Piepenstock, Rudolf13-01-1909 
Pieper, Alois  
Pieper, Anton  
Pieper, Arthur  
Pieper, Günter  
Pieper, Heinz (Grenadier-Regiment)20-02-191716-01-1943
Pieper, Horst  
Pieper, Karl02-06-192027-02-1997
Pieper, Walter  
Pieper, Willi (Befehlshaber Ostslowakei)  
Piepereit, Günther August26-02-192120-07-1944more
Piepkorn, Wilhelm 'Willi' (Infanterie-Regiment 94)  more

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