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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
Ebbecke, Gert  
Ebbert, Wilhelm  
Ebbighausen, Friedrich  
Ebel, Erwin  
Ebel, Fritz  
Ebeling, Ernst22-11-191916-01-1991more
Ebeling, Karl-Heinz07-05-191801-03-1945
Ebeling, Werner21-11-191325-08-2008more
Ebeling, Wolfgang (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74)14-01-191729-09-1943
Ebenberger, Wilhelm (Pz-Art.Reg. 74)  
Ebener, Kurt (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")04-05-192007-05-1975more
Eberding, Knut18-12-189528-06-1978more
Eberhard, Hans  
Eberhard, Hans (Lw-Fliegergeschwader)  
Eberhardt, Georg (Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 111)  
Eberhardt, Werner (U-277)26-01-191601-05-1944
Eberl, Josef  
Eberle, Fritz  
Eberle, Hermann  
Eberle, Josef  
Eberle, Josef (Lw-Schlachtgeschwader)  
Eberlein, Gebhart  
Eberlein, Kurt  
Eberlein, Ritter von, Dr., August  
Eberlein, Siegfried  
Eberlein, Wolfgang (Infanterie-Regiment 427)05-09-1912 more
Ebersbach, Hans19-05-192131-05-1944
Ebersbach, Martin  
Ebersberger, Kurt (Jagdgeschwader 26 'Schlageter')11-02-191424-10-1943more
Eberspächer, Helmut (Nachtschlachtgruppe 20)18-11-191519-06-2011
Eberstein, von, Ernst (Pionier-Bataillon 3)  
Eberstein, von, Ernst (SS-Panzergr.-Regiment 4)19-07-1913 
Ebert, Adolf  
Ebert, Erich (Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 108)21-12-1910 
Ebert, Fredo  
Ebert, Fritz  
Ebert, Jürgen (Küstenfliegergruppe 606)25-11-1916 
Ebert, Walter  
Ebert, Werner (Lw-Schlachtgeschwader)  
Ebert, Werner (Lw-Transportgeschwader)  
Ebert, Wilhelm  
Ebert, Wilhelm  
Eberth, Anton19-03-188805-09-1955
Ebertz, Hans  more
Eberwein, Manfred  
Ebke, August-Friedrich14-04-191329-06-1981
Eble, Erich  
Eble, Hermann00-00-1917 more
Ebner, Ernst  
Ebner, Georg  
Ebner, Johann  
Ebner, Roland  
Ebrecht, Sievert  
Ebser, Erhard24-04-191000-02-1992
Eccher, Walter  
Echt, Herbert  
Echterhoff, Johannes  
Eck, Karl  
Eck, Karl (WH-Geb.Jg.Rgt. 99)  
Eckardt, Hermann04-10-192016-09-2010more
Eckardt, Reinhold26-03-191830-07-1942
Eckardt, Sepp  
Eckardt, Willi05-08-191519-03-1966
Eckart, Hugo  
Ecke, Hermann  
Ecke, Kurt  
Eckebrecht, Fritz08-05-191208-02-1973
Eckel, Ferdinand  
Eckel, Heinrich  
Eckel, Walter  
Eckelberg, Wilhelm  
Eckenstein, Walter  
Ecker, Paul21-05-191327-02-1979more
Ecker, Rudolf  
Eckermann, Helmut  
Eckerscham, Roland18-11-1915 
Eckert, Franz  
Eckert, Franz (WH-Infanterie-Regiment)  
Eckert, Fritz20-03-191429-07-1972more
Eckert, Hans (Waffen SS)01-06-191611-07-1974more
Eckert, Hans-Georg  
Eckert, Heinrich  
Eckert, Heinz  
Eckert, Helmut  
Eckert, Karl  
Eckert, Karl  
Eckert, Karl (Feldersatz-Bataillon 162)  
Eckert, Oskar  
Eckert, Rolf28-07-1917 
Eckhardstein, Freiherr von, Gottfried  
Eckhardt, Carlhanns  
Eckhardt, Johann-Heinrich03-12-189615-05-1945more
Eckhardt, Richard21-11-191424-03-1945
Eckhardt, Wilhelm20-08-191728-01-2002
Eckholt, Oskar04-11-189412-08-1982more
Eckler, Kurt  
Eckoldt, Helmut  
Eckstein, Gerhard (Ergänzungsgruppe 2)  
Eckstein, Hans  
Eckstein, Herbert27-11-1894 more
Eckstein, Otto  
Eckstein, Richard  
Eckstein, Willi  
Eckstein, Willi (WH-Infanterie)18-11-191408-02-1986more
Edelbluth, Raimund  
Edelhoff, Fritz  more
Edeling, Theodor  
Edelmann, Adolf  
Edelmann, Eugen  
Eden, Karl  
Edenhofer, Josef  
Edenhofner, Anton  
Eder, Emil  
Eder, Franz07-11-191327-02-1942
Eder, Georg-Peter08-03-192111-03-1986
Eder, Hans  
Eder, Heinrich  
Eder, Karl04-02-1915 
Eder, Martin (Infanterie-Regiment 481)22-12-190206-04-1983more
Ederer, Josef  
Edhofer, Heinz15-12-191727-05-1978more
Edlinger, Franz  
Effenberger, Herbert (SS-Grenadier-Regiment 8)04-08-1909 
Effmann, Willi16-01-191929-03-1945
Egeler, Gotthilf  
Egen, Hans  
Eger, Kurt (U-453)09-11-1919 
Egert, Heinrich  
Egert, Horst  
Egerth, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 508)03-09-191328-03-1943
Egge, Otto  
Eggeling, Helmut10-03-191019-01-1984more
Eggemann, Wilhelm05-09-190827-09-1959more
Egger, Erich  
Egger, Georg  
Egger, Gerhard (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 263)13-10-190828-04-1945
Egger, Hans  
Egger, Josef09-06-1921 more
Egger, Lorenz  
Egger, Paul (Waffen SS)26-11-191612-07-2007more
Egger, Reinhard Karl11-12-190510-06-1987
Eggers, Emil13-04-1919 more
Eggers, Hans  
Eggers, Heinrich  
Eggers, Heinz  
Eggers, Helmut  
Eggers, Hermann25-10-191422-04-2006
Eggers, Klaus07-12-1921 
Eggers, Walter01-12-191400-08-1944
Eggerstorfer, Joseph09-11-1909 
Eggert, Alfred  
Eggert, Helmut30-11-1919 
Eggert, Lothar  
Eggert, Otto  
Eggert, Wolfgang (Aufklärungsgruppe 12)30-04-1916 more
Egghardt, Alfred17-02-192017-03-1996more
Egler, Carl  
Eglinger, Wilhelm  
Eglseder, Ludwig  
Ehgartner, Ewald  
Ehlbeck, Walter  
Ehle, Walter28-04-191317-11-1943
Ehlen, Jakob  
Ehler, Arthur21-09-1905 
Ehlers, Ernst  
Ehlers, Günter26-07-1917 more
Ehlers, Hans15-07-191427-12-1944more
Ehlers, Heinz-August  
Ehlers, Hermann  
Ehlers, Jürgen  
Ehlers, Werner  
Ehlers, Wolfgang (Aufklärungsgruppe 23)03-12-1913 more
Ehlert, Günther  
Ehling, Hans-Robert (Flak-Abteilung 76)13-06-191608-12-1998
Ehm, Ewald30-12-191920-02-2015more
Ehm, Ludwig  
Ehm, Otto  
Ehmke, Kurt  
Ehrat, Willi  
Ehrath, Fritz (Waffen SS)09-08-190920-08-1972more
Ehreke, Hans  
Ehren, von, Hans-Joachim  
Ehrenberger, Erich (KG 51 'Edelweiss')  
Ehrenberger, Rudolf25-08-191508-03-1944more
Ehrenhardt, Max  
Ehrenkrook, von, Harald  
Ehrensperger, Johann  
Ehrhardt, Edmund  
Ehrhardt, Otto  
Ehrhardt, Peter  
Ehrhardt, Werner  
Ehrig, Walter  
Ehrig, Werner Julius Clement22-04-189731-01-1981more
Ehrk, Gustav  
Ehrl, Josef  
Ehrler, Heinrich17-09-191704-04-1945more
Ehrlich, Heinz  
Ehrlicher, Andreas  
Ehrlicher, Kurt  
Ehrmann, Alois  
Ehrmann, Walter  
Ehrmeier, Josef04-06-1912 
Ehrne, Alfons  
Ehrnsperger, Anton  
Eiba, Jakob  
Eiben, Dr., Adolf  
Eibenstein, Rudolf02-07-189411-01-1984
Eibl, Johann  
Eich, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 266)  
Eichblatt, Herbert19-10-191612-12-1942
Eichel, von, Otto  
Eichel, Willi  
Eichel-Streiber, von, Diethelm10-08-191413-05-1996
Eichelbaum, Ernst (Kampfgeschwader 55 'Greif')08-03-191621-10-1942more
Eichenberg, Gottfried  
Eichendorff, Friedrich-Wilhelm Hugo16-12-191526-11-1948more
Eichert, Hans-Henning25-01-191709-07-1943
Eichert, Robert (Panzer-Regiment 36)14-06-191423-09-1944more
Eichert, Werner18-12-191301-08-1943
Eichhorn, Ernst  
Eichhorn, Ewald  
Eichhorn, Franz  
Eichhorn, Heinrich  
Eichhorn, Horst  
Eichhorn, Thomas  
Eichhorst, Dietrich, Franz31-07-191919-12-1943more
Eichin, Albert  
Eichinger, Georg  
Eichler, Alfred  
Eichler, Harry  
Eichler, Hilmar10-09-189520-05-1973
Eichler, Horst28-06-192115-07-1943
Eichler, Richard03-04-190331-01-1943
Eichlinger, Anton  
Eichmeier, Friedrich  
Eichner, Anton23-02-1917 
Eichner, Josef18-08-191315-11-1985
Eichner, Otto  
Eichner, Wilhelm  
Eichschmidt, Alfons (Kampfgeschwader 6)  
Eichwald, Friedrich  
Eichwald, Kurt10-07-1914 
Eick, Alfred (U-510)09-03-191612-04-2015
Eick, Reinhold (Kradschützen-Bataillon 43)17-11-190115-08-1942
Eicke, Bernd Bernot 'Bert' (Kampfgeschwader 26)21-09-1915 
Eicke, Heinz (Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor")28-03-1905 
Eickelbeck, Emil (Aufklärungsgruppe 11) 24-09-1942
Eicken, von, Heinrich ('M-422')03-11-1918 
Eicken, von, Kurt03-11-191812-05-1943
Eicker, Jakob (Aufklärungsgruppe 22)  
Eickermann, Friedrich (Grenadier-Regiment 282)  
Eickholt, Gottfried (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment)04-09-192116-12-1944
Eickmann, Josef (Heeres-Pionier-Bataillon 658)  
Eickmann, Walter (Aufklärungsgruppe)07-02-1914 more
Eickriede, Hans (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment)  
Eidam, Heinrich  
Eidel, Alfred23-05-191023-06-1944
Eidens, Johann  
Eidt, Otto  
Eifert, Friedrich  
Eiffländer, Kurt13-09-192001-05-1943
Eifler, Horst  
Eigenbrod, Erwin  
Eigenfeldt, Franz09-09-1911 
Eigler, Johann (Waffen SS)31-01-191306-01-2005more
Eikmeier, Johannes "Hans"03-12-191805-09-2012
Eilermann, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 484)14-11-191118-09-1944
Eilers, Ernst  
Eilers, Friedrich  
Eilert, Hermann  
Eilhauer, Kurt  
Eimannsberger, von, Ludwig Karl Edmund Alexander31-10-191028-04-1951more
Eimannsberger, von, Robert01-05-191925-01-1943
Eimermacher, Hugo  more
Eimers, Georg  
Eimers, Wilhelm  
Einbeck, Eberhard05-05-1908 
Einbecker, Nikolaus  
Einbrodt, Günther  
Einem, von, Hans-Egon26-09-190708-05-1945
Einem, von, Kurt Marino Gustav (75. ID)08-02-190404-09-1987
Einenkel, Kurt  
Einfeldt, Willy  
Einhellinger, Georg05-06-1921 
Einsiedel, Graf von, Heinrich (Jagdgeschwader 3)26-07-192118-07-2007more
Einsiedel, Graf von, Wittigo (Aufklärungs-Abt.44)28-11-191921-06-1980
Einsiedler, Anton  
Eisel, Walter  
Eisele, Adolf  
Eisele, Aloisius22-02-191404-12-2008more
Eisele, Franz  
Eisele, Wilhelm  
Eisemann, Wilhelm06-12-191202-10-1943more
Eisen, Philipp  
Eisenach, Franz11-08-191821-08-1998
Eisenbach, Günther  
Eisenbarth, Rupprecht  
Eisenberg, Karl  
Eisenberger, Fritz (Kriegsmarine)14-08-1896 
Eisenblätter, Erich14-01-192009-08-1996
Eisenhart-Rothe, von, Hans-Henning  
Eisenheim, Heinz  
Eisenhut, Georg  
Eisenmann, Franz  
Eisenmenger, Kunibert  
Eisenrieth, Hans-Joachim  
Eisermann, Edwin  
Eisermann, Johannes08-02-190003-05-1976
Eisgruber, Georg  
Eisgruber, Karl02-12-190525-04-1980
Eisinger, Ludwig  
Eisl, Alois21-10-191226-12-2006
Eislöffel, Karl  more
Eismann, Alex01-03-1914 more
Eismann, Hans-Georg  
Eissner, Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 12)  
Eitel, Emil06-06-191514-09-1944
Eitner, Otto  
Eitner, Volkhard02-01-191405-11-1996
Eizinger, Wendelin  
Ekesparre, von, Arthur08-01-191312-02-1945
Elbert, Adam (Jäger-Regiment 228)09-02-191117-09-1943
Elbing, Alfons (U-82)12-07-190706-02-1942
Elbl, Josef26-03-189310-11-1943
Elchlepp, Johannes "Hans"03-10-190224-01-1943
Elf, Adolf27-02-1920 
Elfeldt, Otto10-10-189523-10-1982more
Elfering, Norbert07-07-191713-02-1943
Elfgang, Josef  
Elflein, Edmund  
Elflein, Walter10-12-191430-12-2000more
Elicki, Ulrich 02-12-1946more
Elies, Heinrich  more
Ellenberg, Karl  
Ellendt, Franz  
Ellendt, Hans20-03-192125-05-2007more
Eller, Helmut  
Eller, Otto  
Ellerbrock, Hans-Hermann  
Ellerbrock, Theodor12-10-191104-10-2011
Ellermann, Konrad  more
Ellersiek, Erwin (Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1)26-07-1918 
Ellert, Kurt  
Ellfeldt, Hans-Günther  
Ellguth, Franz  
Elling, Ernst  
Ellmer, Fritz  
Ellmer, Konrad28-07-192109-12-1944
Ellrott, Wilhelm  
Ellwanger, Gottlob  
Elpers, Karl  
Elsberger, Franz (Aufklärungsgruppe 10)08-06-191023-12-1944
Elsen, Alfred  
Elser, Richard (Divisions-Bataillon 268)  
Elser, Siegfried (U-409)15-10-1919 
Elsig, Andreas  
Elsner, Dr., Theodor  
Elsner, Ernst  
Elsner, Gerhard (Jäger-Regiment 38)01-02-1914 
Elsner, Heinz  
Elsner, Herbert09-02-191810-05-2008more
Elster, Wolfgang (Generalmajor)05-04-189715-02-1944more
Eltze, Otto  
Elverfeldt, Freiherr von, Harald06-02-190006-03-1945more
Elvers, Jürgen  
Elwert, Karl05-10-1916 
Emendoerfer, Wilhelm  
Emmenthal, Karl  
Emmerling, Heinz03-11-191023-11-1977
Emmerstorfer, Heimo06-05-1919 more
Emminghaus, Albert26-03-1910 
Emminghaus, Otto-Friedrich  
Emmler, Friedrich  
Emmrich, Günther  
Emnrich, Rudolf  
Empl, Josef  
Emrich, Arthur (Transportgeschwader 4)04-10-1902 more
Emrich, Hermann (Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment)  
Ende, Karl (Pz.Rgt. 24)09-12-191328-04-1944
Endell, Egon02-05-191101-01-1945
Endell, Werner05-03-189423-12-1985
Endemann, Franz  
Endemann, Hans  
Enderle, x  
Enderlein, Max  
Enders, Heinrich  
Enders, Herbert  
Enders, Otto  
Enders, Rudolf  
Enderweit, Fritz20-09-1916 
Endiger, Erwin  
Endler, Carl-August17-12-189319-07-1957
Endler, Ernst  
Endorf, Walter  
Endres, Josef  
Endres, Wilhelm-Werner17-01-1918 
Endreß, Hans (Waffen SS)05-07-191114-01-1969more
Enge, Georg00-00-1920 
Engel, Adolf  
Engel, Alwin  
Engel, Ernst  
Engel, Franz06-11-189512-05-1965
Engel, Günter  
Engel, Hans  
Engel, Heinrich22-08-1898 
Engel, Heinrich  
Engel, Heinz  
Engel, Herbert (U-666)29-01-191204-01-1991
Engel, Karl  
Engel, Otto14-04-191930-01-2005
Engel, Paul  
Engel, Viktor  
Engel, von, Hans-David  
Engel, von, Wichard  
Engel, Walter  
Engel, Walter (Lw-Kampfgeschwader)  
Engel, Walter (LW-Nachtjagdgeschwader 5)01-05-191926-04-2011
Engelbrecht, Erwin (WH-Panzer-Regiment 36)  
Engelbrecht, Georg  
Engelbrecht, Ludwig  
Engelbrecht, Richard  
Engelbrecht-Greve, Ernst  
Engelhardt, Conrad (Seetransportchef)26-03-189828-10-1973
Engelhardt, Günter (Grenadier-Regiment 30)10-01-189824-02-1975
Engelhardt, Helmut (Gren.Reg.11)  
Engelhardt, Josef (KG6)  
Engelhardt, Kurt (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 232)25-03-191404-12-1987
Engelhardt, Otto (Artillerie-Regiment 292)08-06-1896 more
Engelhardt, Paul ('U-97')01-03-191404-08-1943
Engelhardt, Walter (Aufklärungsgruppe 9)20-08-1918 more
Engelhorn, Eduard  
Engelhorn, Helmut  
Engelien, Fritz (Division-Füsilier-Bataillon 15)04-01-191724-11-1981
Engelien, Hans (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25)30-05-191309-05-1945more
Engelke, Gerhard (Infanterie-Regiment 77)  
Engelke, Heinz  
Engelke, Rolf (Kampfgeschwader 55)  more
Engelken, Gerhard (SS-Regiment "Der Führer")08-01-1913 more
Engelmann, Albert  
Engelmann, Fritz (Lw-SG 1)  
Engelmann, Heinz  
Engelmann, Hubert  
Engelmann, Richard30-12-191919-10-1944
Engelmann, Rudolf (Lw-KG 100)  
Engelmann, Wilhelm  
Engelmayer, Eduard  
Engels, Hans  
Engels, Josef  
Engels, Wilhelm  
Engemann, Karl (U-46)23-02-190914-12-1941
Engfer, Alfred30-11-191503-09-1942more
Engfer, Herbert  
Engl, Josef  
Englbrecht, August  
Engler, Alfred04-05-190912-05-1973
Engler, Edmund  
Engler, Erich  
Engler, Hans  
Engler, Helmut  
Engler, Johann  
Englert, Willi  
Englisch, Helmut  
Engst, Franz  
Engst, Heinz  
Engst, Rudolf  
Engster, Paul  
Engstler, Karl  
Engstler, Wilhelm  
Enichlmayr, Johann  
Ennulat, Emil  
Ennulat, Franz  
Enseleit, Heinz  
Enseling, Rudolf (Waffen SS)30-08-191425-01-1977more
Ensinger, Willy  
Ensle, Wolfgang (Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann")29-07-192027-09-2007more
Entian, Wilhelm  
Entleutner, Fritz  
Entrop, Johann  
Entz, Walter  
Enzenberger, Fritz (Kampfgeschwader 100)08-10-192017-01-1987
Enzenhofer, Alphons  
Enzensberger, Josef (Schlachtgeschwader 10)21-08-191406-09-1975more
Enzinger, Albert  
Enßle, Alfred18-06-191226-05-1989
Epp, Franz  
Eppel, Johann  
Eppel, Walter  
Eppendorff, Henning  
Epple, Wilhelm  
Epplen, Gerhard (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99)  
Eppler, Werner  
Erb, Franz  
Erb, Karl-Otto  
Erbse, Ewald  
Erdelkamp, Wilhelm  
Erdmann, Anton  
Erdmann, Armin24-01-191321-07-1961
Erdmann, Dipl.-Ing., Wolfgang (Generalleutnant)13-11-189805-09-1946more
Erdmann, Gerhard (10. Marine-Bordflakabteilung)18-07-1920 
Erdmann, Hans25-12-191607-12-1942

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