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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
Naas, Werner  
Nabakowski, Kurt  
Nabben, Bernhardt29-05-1917 
Naber, Erich (Grenadier-Regiment 434)  
Naber, Josef 'Sepp' (SS-Pz.-Jäg.-Abt. 'Das Reich')06-10-191600-05-1992more
Nabrich, Josef  
Nachbar, Otto  
Nachtigall, August  
Nachtmann, Ferdinand  
Nachtweh, Georg  
Nack, Herbert  
Nacke, Karl  
Nacke, Rudolf19-02-191429-10-1988
Naddig, Walter  
Naderwitz, Kurt28-03-191615-06-1999
Nadolski, Werner (Flak-Regiment 61)02-10-190808-11-1982more
Naegele, Emil  
Naether, Reinhard05-01-1914 
Naeve, Peter  
Nagel zu Aichberg, von, Konrad06-09-191209-08-1944
Nagel, Edmund  
Nagel, Erich  
Nagel, Gernot  
Nagel, Gustav09-10-1906 
Nagel, Hans-Ulrich  
Nagel, Heinrich  
Nagel, Helmut  
Nagel, Helmut (WH-Gren.Rgt. 163)30-04-1914 
Nagel, Herbert  
Nagel, Hermann  
Nagel, Johannes  
Nagel, Karl  
Nagel, Karl-Heinz  
Nagel, Oskar  
Nagel, von, Konrad  
Nagel, Wilhelm12-06-189823-04-1980
Nagele, Raimund  
Nagengast, Georg03-03-190904-07-1944
Nagler, Ernst18-03-191521-07-1944
Nagorny, Gerhard (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 'HG')23-01-191523-04-1943
Nagorsen, Kurt  
Nahde, Werner  
Nahr, Hermann  
Nahrgang, Ernst22-08-1919 
Nahrstedt, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 279)  
Nahstoll, August  
Najock, Karl-Heinz29-02-191624-05-1967
Nake, Albin01-03-188800-00-1947
Namyslo, Bruno27-09-191226-08-1988
Nanz, Günter19-05-1917 more
Napiralla, Heinrich  
Naporra, Willi  
Narjes, Anton03-10-190521-11-1975
Narten, Heinrich  
Nasall, August  
Naseband, Werner08-01-191629-08-1997more
Naser, Max  
Naskau, Hanns  
Nasner, Werner  
Naso, von, Roger  
Nass, Walter29-05-191006-10-1982more
Nather, Alois  
Natzmer, von, Oldwig Otto29-06-190401-04-1980
Nau, Herbert08-04-191328-08-1944
Nauck, Hans03-10-1922 
Naucke, Otto  
Naue, Kurt (U-193)17-01-191628-04-1944
Nauerz, Arnulf  
Naujoks, Fritz18-05-1908 more
Naujoks, Otto  
Nauk, Wolfgang (Schlacht-Geschwader 151)13-05-1923 more
Nauke, Norbert  
Naumann, Albert  
Naumann, Andreas  
Naumann, Friedrich  
Naumann, Gert  
Naumann, Hans  
Naumann, Hansjörg08-01-191813-10-1943
Naumann, Heinz (Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Reg.3)00-00-191900-00-2012
Naumann, Helmut12-08-191221-06-1997
Naumann, Johannes11-10-191722-03-2010
Naumann, Kurt  
Naumann, Walter  
Naumann, Walter (11. Armee)  
Nauroth, Hermann  
Nausester, Günther  
Naust, Werner  
Navarini, Enea01-04-188522-03-1977more
Naß, Oswald  
Naßhan, Rupprecht19-12-191404-08-1943
Nebauer, Andreas (Infanterie-Regiment 246)16-02-189302-02-1943more
Nebe, Paul-Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 22)  
Nebel, Wolfgang (Aufklärungsgruppe O.b.d.L.)29-01-1913 more
Nebeling, Johannes  
Nebelung, Harald06-08-191817-11-1942
Nebgen, Friedrich  
Nebl, Walter  
Nechutnys, Klaus18-05-1918 
Neck, Erich02-07-191814-09-1943
Neckaig, Heinz04-03-1915 
Neckenauer, Christian-Daniel18-08-1913 
Necker, Maximilian  
Necker, von, Hans-Horst (Fallschirmjäger-PGR 2)28-08-190327-02-1979more
Nedden, Hans-Günther17-07-191328-04-1945
Neef, Karl  
Neelmeyer, Hans  
Neemann, Emil  
Neese, Alfred  
Negendank, Ernst  
Neher, Martin  
Nehrig, Adolf  
Nehring, Erwin  
Neide, Kurt08-07-191622-09-1980
Neidhart, Josef  
Neidhart, Ludwig  
Neidholdt, Fritz16-11-188705-03-1947
Neidt, Karl  
Neidthard, Ernst  
Neikes, Josef  
Neipperg, Graf von, Josef Hubert22-07-191812-09-2020
Neise, Walter07-06-189809-02-1946
Neisse, Paul  
Neitzel, Heinrich  
Neitzel, Robert  
Neitzel, Walter09-05-191302-09-1944more
Neitzke, Hans  
Neitzke, Helmut  
Nekat, Ernst  
Nelius, Horst  
Nellen, Heinz  
Nellhiebel, Hermann  
Nelte, Joachim  
Nemec, Alfred  
Nemecek, Ludwig24-08-191613-04-1943
Nemitz, Willi01-11-191011-04-1943
Nemnich, Gerhart "Gert"10-11-191215-03-1945more
Nennhuber, Ottmar  
Nennstiel, Wilhelm  
Nentwig, Günther24-09-189831-01-1943
Neppl, Reinhold  
Nerge, Karl  
Nessmann, Willi17-11-1915 
Neswadba, Josef  
Netsch, Rudolf  
Nettel, Otto  
Nettelbusch, Wilhelm  
Netter, Walter05-12-191922-05-1943
Netz, Erich  
Netzband, Karl-Heinz  
Netzbandt, Harald03-08-189227-05-1941
Netzelmann, Gerhard (Aufklärungsgruppe 12)11-06-191629-12-1944
Neu, Kurt28-02-192107-04-1945
Neubacher, Willy  
Neubarth, Günter  
Neubauer, Franz (Infanterie-Regiment 35 mot.)  
Neubauer, Fritz (Artillerie-Abteilung 423)  
Neubauer, Herbert (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 743)  
Neubauer, Johann (Artillerie-Regiment 156)  
Neubauer, Johann (Grenadier-Regiment 130)  
Neubauer, Josef (Grenadier-Regiment 976)  
Neubeck, Eberhard  
Neuber, Wilhelm  
Neubert, Arno  
Neubert, Erhard  
Neubert, Frank28-09-191513-12-2003more
Neubert, Hans  
Neubert, Hans (Lw-KG 55)10-11-191620-11-1942
Neubert, Heinz  
Neubert, Paul  
Neubert, Rudolf08-09-191419-04-1995more
Neubert, Rudolf (Lw-AG 120)16-09-191716-08-1944
Neubert, Walter  
Neuborn, Willi  
Neuendorff, Joachim-Peter  
Neuenhaus, Friedrich-Peter  
Neuenhaus, Ludwig  
Neuer, Herbert (Infanterie-Regiment 124)14-01-191802-05-1942
Neuer, Walther09-02-191021-12-1999
Neuerburg, Hermann07-12-1917 
Neuert, Hans  
Neues, Josef  
Neufeld, Ernst29-03-191505-10-2010
Neufellner, Karl02-02-189216-06-1970
Neugebauer, Clemens (Grenadier-Regiment 30)  
Neugebauer, Franz (Jäger-Regiment 49)  
Neugebauer, Josef (Infanterie-Regiment 87 mot.)04-03-191001-04-1942
Neugebauer, Richard (Kampf-Geschwader)  more
Neugebauer, Robert (Aufklärungsgruppe 32)  more
Neugebauer, Walter (Transportgeschwader 1)  more
Neugeborn, Josef  
Neuhaus, Gustav  
Neuhaus, Heinz  
Neuhaus, Johann  more
Neuhaus, Theodor  
Neuhaus, Walter  
Neuhaus, Wilhelm  
Neuhoff, Hermann11-04-191817-01-2006
Neuhoff, Karl24-04-191525-12-2001more
Neuhäuser, Karl26-09-1910 more
Neukirch, Heinz  
Neukum, Otto  
Neuling, Ferdinand22-08-188520-02-1960more
Neumann, Alfred30-12-1896 
Neumann, Artur  
Neumann, Eduard  
Neumann, Eggert 'Eggi ' (Waffen SS)30-12-191228-05-1970more
Neumann, Ernst (WH-Gren.Rgt. 324)06-08-1914 
Neumann, Friedrich23-12-189504-10-1961
Neumann, Fritz  
Neumann, Fritz (Lw-ZG x)  
Neumann, Georg  
Neumann, Gustav24-12-1918 more
Neumann, Günter Heinz13-05-1916 
Neumann, Hans (Lw-KG 1)  
Neumann, Hans (Lw-SG 77)29-06-1916 
Neumann, Hans (WH-Infanterie-Regiment)  
Neumann, Harald  
Neumann, Heinrich  
Neumann, Heinz  
Neumann, Helmut21-11-192121-04-1992more
Neumann, Hermann  
Neumann, Hermann (Lw-KG 55)  
Neumann, Horst  
Neumann, Hubert  
Neumann, Joachim03-11-191617-10-2000more
Neumann, Karl-Friedrich  
Neumann, Klaus05-10-192310-12-2000
Neumann, Kurt  
Neumann, Kurt (Lw-KG 4)27-11-1913 
Neumann, Lothar  
Neumann, Lothar  
Neumann, Martin  
Neumann, Paul  
Neumann, Paul  
Neumann, Paul (Lw-TG 4)  
Neumann, Peter  
Neumann, Rudolf24-09-192008-11-1995
Neumann, Siegfried  
Neumann, Volker  
Neumann, Werner13-05-190504-07-1970more
Neumann, Werner  
Neumann, Wilhelm  
Neumann, Willy13-03-1908 
Neumann-Cosel, von, Berthold01-04-192022-10-1999
Neumayer, Adolf  
Neumayr, Franz  
Neumeier, Ludwig  
Neumeir, Emil  
Neumeister, Ernst  
Neumeister, Karl15-08-190302-10-1990more
Neumeister, Willi  
Neumeyer, Friedrich-Wilhelm  
Neumuth, Heinrich (Aufklärungsgruppe 122)18-12-192125-06-1944
Neumüller, Franz  
Neumüller, Fritz14-03-192001-09-1944
Neundlinger, Guido  
Neunecker, Ernst  
Neuner, Josef06-02-191529-09-1944
Neuner, Martin  
Neunhoeffer, Lothar27-03-191725-08-1973
Neupert, Egon  
Neureiter, Hans  
Neusch, Hans-Klaus (Artillerie-Regiment 485)  
Neuse, Johannes  
Neusens, Albert  
Neuss, Georg  
Neusüß, Hans (Pionier-Bataillon 251)  
Neutz, Adolf  
Neuweger, Walter  
Neuß, Egon  
Nevermann, Rudolf  
Newerla, Bruno  
Newerla, Hans  
Newiger, Albert04-01-188900-00-1956more
Nezdvihalek, Wenzel  
Neßlinger, Georg17-10-1896 more
Nicht, Rudolf  
Nichter, Alfred00-00-1914 
Nickel, Alfred  
Nickel, Emil (WH-Grenadier)  
Nickel, Erwin28-09-1906 
Nickel, Ewald  
Nickel, Fritz16-05-1920 
Nickel, Heinrich-Georg05-12-189402-01-1979more
Nickel, Richard  
Nickel, Rudolf  
Nickel, Walter08-06-191910-03-1994
Nickel, Wilhelm  
Nickel, Wolf-Dietrich (Sturzkampfgeschwader 2) 11-09-1943more
Nickisch, Wilhelm  more
Nickl, Ernst  
Nickl, Johann  
Nicklas, Martin  
Nickmann, Alfred  
Niclaus, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 185)  
Nicol, Dr., Karl  
Nicolai, Ernst  
Nicolai, Günther  
Nicolai, Hans-Jürgen  
Nicolussi-Leck, Karl „Nico" (Waffen SS)14-03-191730-08-2008more
Nieber, Hans22-01-1922 
Niechoj, Edmund  
Niederbacher, Heinrich24-09-192008-01-1944more
Niederhoefer, Karl (Infanterie-Regiment 55)  
Niederlein, Gottfried31-07-1915 
Niederländer, Horst01-04-190824-04-1944
Niedermaier, Hermann  
Niedermaier, Stefan (Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 35)  
Niedermayr, Josef (Grenadier-Regiment 133)  more
Niedermeier, Hans  
Niedermeier, Hermann  
Niederschuh, Herbert09-10-1915 
Niederwöhrmeier, Julius  
Niedieck, Werner  
Niedrig, Bruno  
Niedrighaus, Rudolf  
Niegsch, Karl31-10-190604-07-1969
Niehoff, Hermann (General der Infanterie)03-04-189705-11-1980more
Niehues, Bernhard  
Niehus, Walter07-04-1916 
Niehuus, Heinz26-04-191329-06-1989
Niekamp, Heinz  
Nielsen, Andreas23-12-189924-04-1957
Nielsen, Nicolai  
Niemann, Eduard25-10-188307-04-1973
Niemann, Ernst  
Niemann, Friedrich  
Niemann, Heinz08-10-1916 
Niemann, Johannes (Art.Rgt.131)26-09-1914 more
Niemann, John (Art.Reg.20)23-09-189726-01-1943
Niemann, Konrad  
Niemann, Otto  
Niemann, Walter  
Niemeyer, Heinrich ('U-547')15-06-191001-11-1991more
Niemeyer, Herbert  more
Niemöller, Albert (Artillerie-Regiment 65)  
Nienaber, Alfred (Stuka-Geschwader 2 'Immelmann')  
Nienaber, Johann (Grenadier-Regiment 501)  
Nienas, Hermann  
Nienhagen, Heinz (Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 8)  
Niepel, Joachim  
Niepold, Gerd25-05-191325-10-2007
Niepold, Horst06-10-1908 
Nierhaus, Walter  
Nierle, Heinz24-05-191313-09-1944
Nierle, Hubert  
Nierling, Werner  
Niermann, Ernst-August00-00-1914 
Nies, Josef  
Nies, Paul  
Niesse, Erhard  
Nietschmann, Paul  
Niewiera, Alois  
Niewöhner, Heinz  
Nieße, Bernhard  
Nießwand, Paul  
Niggemann, Heinz  
Niggemann, Wolfgang (Flak-Regiment 24)  
Nikolaus, Arnold23-07-1913 more
Nikolaus, Herbert  
Nill, Hans11-02-1915 
Nilshon, Hans25-11-191611-05-2001
Nimtz, Kurt  more
Nimz, Paul  
Nippa, Erhard07-02-192227-06-2003
Nippgen, Peter  
Niquet, Erwin  
Nischan, Karl  
Nischan, Martin  
Nischann, Walter  
Nischwitz, Bernhard  
Nischwitz, Karl  
Nistler, Richard  
Nitche, Ernst-Friedrich  
Nitsch, Alfred12-04-191726-04-2000
Nitsch, Friedrich  
Nitsche, Ernst  
Nitsche, Herbert  
Nitsche, Kurt  
Nitsche, Otto (Infanterie-Regiment 90)  
Nitschke, Fritz  
Nitschke, Karl  
Nitschmann, Helmut  
Nitschmann, Richard  
Nitzsche, Friedrich  
Nitzsche, Wolfgang (Panzer-Artillerie-Reg. 102)  
Nitzschke, Bernhard  
Nitzschke, Siegfried  
Nitzschner, Werner  
Niwek, Josef  
Nix, Georg  
Nix, Helmut00-00-191400-00-1944
Nißler, Erich  
Noack, Erich  
Noack, Hermann  
Noack, Kurt  more
Noack, Richard  
Noak, Karl-Heinz30-07-191614-11-1978
Noatsch, Gerhard (Sturzkampfgeschwader 1)  
Nock, Wilhelm  
Nocken, Klaus-Wilhelm30-11-191616-05-1945
Noe, Alfred20-08-1903 
Noehles, Wilhelm30-03-191715-09-1943
Noeldechen, Ferdinand26-04-189519-10-1951more
Noell, Kurt  
Noelle, Fritz  
Noerren, Willi21-12-1916 
Noeske, Hubertus24-11-1911 more
Noever, Ernst  
Nohle, Erich  
Nolcken, Freiherr von, Heimert  
Nold, Herbert  
Nolde, Bruno  
Noll, Adolf  
Noll, Ernst  
Nollen, Willi  
Noller, Wilhelm28-11-191926-12-2011more
Nolte, Adolf  
Nolte, Eberhard  
Nolte, Friedrich  
Nolte, Heinrich11-09-190505-09-1990
Nolte, Heinz26-01-1918 
Nolte, Josef  
Nolte, Karlfried  
Nolte, Kurt09-09-189701-07-1981
Nolte, Ludwig  
Nolte, Wilhelm  
Nolte, Willi  
Nolte, Willi (WH-Grenadier-Regiment 58)  
Nomanni, Lorenz11-12-190908-01-1945
Nonn, Victor-Wilhelm02-04-1917 
Nonnenmacher, Gustav21-04-191402-11-2012
Nootsch, Gerhard (Stuka-Geschwader 1)  
Norden, Heinz  
Nordheim, von, Dr., Günter  
Nordheim, von, Dr., Karl  
Nordmann, Heinz02-10-1919 
Nordmann, Jürgen  
Nordmann, Theodor18-12-191819-01-1945more
Nordmann, Walter  
Nordt, Otto12-01-190225-07-1976
Normann, Norbert  
Norz, Jakob20-10-192016-09-1944
Nossek, Rainer05-05-192030-04-1945
Nostitz, Graf von , Eberhard15-02-190600-00-1983
Nostitz-Wallwitz, von, Gustav-Adolf11-07-189831-05-1945more
Noth, Erich  
Nothelfer, Alois (Infanterie-Regiment 524)12-10-191405-04-1943
Nothnick, Günther  
Notholt, Bodo02-11-1887 
Nottbeck, von, Jürgen20-04-191728-08-1967more
Nottebaum, Rudolf (Grenadier-Regiment 184)  
Nottenkämper, Ludwig (Artillerie-Regiment 26)  
Notz, von, Friedrich-Wilhelm27-04-191526-01-1996
Novaceck, Fritz  
Novack, Franz  
Novak, Hugo  
Novotny, Otto  
Novy, Richard  
Nowack, Alfons  
Nowack, Gerhard (Kampf-Geschwader 51)  
Nowacki, Wilhelm  
Nowaczyk, Paul  
Nowak, Alfred  
Nowak, Emil  
Nowak, Georg  
Nowak, Heinz  
Nowak, Joseph11-05-1910 
Nowak, Rudolf  
Nowak, Vinzenz  
Nowakowski, Alexander  
Noweck, Friedrich  
Nowoszek, Werner (Kampf-Geschwader 27)10-01-192110-01-1944more
Nowotne, Heinz  
Nowotny, Walter07-12-192008-11-1944more
Nowottnick, Dr., Otto  
Nueber, Wilhelm  
Nueske, Ernst-Wilhelm01-08-192019-06-1997more
Nugent, Carlos09-02-192111-05-2000
Nuhn, Heinrich02-01-191507-06-1998more
Nungesser, Heinrich  
Nussbeutel, Helmut  
Nussel, Paul30-04-191419-12-1969
Nuß, Arthur  
Nußbaumer, Benno (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 141)30-10-1919 
Nußmäker, Otto  
Nußrainer, Sebastian12-07-1916 
Nußwald, Wilhelm  
Nürnbach, Helmut  
Nützel, Carl08-01-1916 
Nüßler, Paul  
Nädele, Wilhelm21-04-190306-07-1944
Näder, Karl-Günther  
Näfe, Walter19-03-191923-03-1945more
Nägele, Dr., Karl  
Nägele, Georg  
Nägler, Philipp  
Nävie, Alwin  
Nödl, Dr., Fritz20-01-1912 
Nöhles, Herbert  

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