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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.

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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Abel, Adolf Wilhelm (161. Infanterie-Division)18-10-191426-08-1944more
Abel, Josef (Infanterie-Regiment 217)03-01-191401-12-1984more
Abele, Arnulf (Gren.Reg. 'Hoch u. Deutschmeister')08-11-191402-07-2000
Abraham, Erich Gottfried (General der Infanterie)27-03-189507-03-1971more
Abraham, Erich Max Robert (Pz-Gren.-Reg.13)16-11-192108-12-1943
Abrahamczik, Rudolf (Kampfgeschwader 2)17-04-192004-12-1996more
Abratis, Herbert Karl (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1)21-03-191829-03-1945more
Achilles, Albrecht Adolf Konrad15-01-191427-09-1943
Ackermann, Georg12-03-191816-12-2007more
Adam, Helmut (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 192)01-10-191601-12-1942
Adam, Paul (Grenadier-Regiment 158)23-03-189201-12-1969more
Adam, Wilhelm (Generalmajor)28-03-189324-11-1978more
Adamowitsch, Felix (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 904)20-11-191910-02-2013more
Adamsons, Miervaldis (Waffen SS)29-06-191023-08-1948more
Ademeit, Horst08-02-191207-08-1944more
Adolff, Heinz-Paul (Fallsch.-Pionier-Bataillon 1)29-06-191417-07-1943
Adolph, Walter11-06-191318-09-1941more
Adrario, Friedrich (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 272)29-11-191825-06-2011more
Adrian, Josef-Hubert (Grenadier-Regiment 24)25-09-191100-03-1945
Aechtner, Fritz (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5)04-03-191601-05-2007more
Afheldt, Eckard15-08-192103-12-1999
Agtha, Egon August (Sprengkommando 1)29-01-191802-05-1945
Ahnert, Heinrich-Wilhelm (Jagdgeschwader 52)29-04-191523-08-1942more
Ahrens, Albert (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 31)25-07-191710-03-1980
Ahrens, Hinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 1141)15-03-192131-12-2009more
Ahrens, Wilhelm "Willi" (Grenadier-Regiment 17)01-10-191226-08-1998more
Aigen, Reinhard Georg (Kampfgeschwader 4)20-05-191319-09-1943more
Alber, Hermann Karl (SS-Pz.Gren.Reg.20)12-11-192502-08-1944
Alber, Robert (Panzer-Regiment 201)13-10-190607-06-1988
Albers, Hans-Wilhelm (Art.Reg. 1 "Afrika")12-06-191404-06-1944more
Albert, Wilhelm (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 35)24-04-191715-12-2004more
Alberts, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 501)22-02-189310-12-1943more
Albrecht, Fritz Wilhelm Karl (Pz-Art.Reg. 'GD')23-12-190529-04-1977more
Albrecht, Kurt (Artillerie-Regiment 172)26-12-189523-07-1966more
Albrecht, Kurt (Grenadier-Regiment 948)24-02-188902-09-1968more
Albrecht, Oskar (Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) 15)24-09-191413-11-1992more
Albrecht, Willy (Jäger-Regiment 734)07-07-190709-09-1996
Albrecht-Lemke, Egon (Zerstörergeschwader 76)19-05-191825-08-1944more
Albust, Rudolf28-06-191309-04-1945
Alex, Ernst (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 243)01-03-191525-10-1965more
Allersmeier, Heinz24-03-191723-03-2001more
Allmacher, Friedrich "Fritz"03-12-191426-12-1944more
Allmendinger, Karl03-03-189102-10-1965more
Alm, Karl04-01-191923-11-1944more
Alpers, Friedrich Ludwig Herbert (NSDAP)25-03-190103-09-1944more
Altacher, Eduard24-01-191927-05-1945
Altermann, Karl-Heinz (Pz-Gren.Reg. 25)04-06-192226-11-2013more
Altmann, Gustav (Fallschirmjäger)13-04-191220-02-1981more
Altstadt, Rudolf (Grenadier-Regiment 380)16-01-191427-05-1974more
Alvermann, Gustav (Infanterie-Regiment 47)09-10-189707-06-1942more
Amann, Herbert (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 905)11-10-191912-01-1944more
Ambrosius, Dr., Lothar Adolf Heinrich11-05-190309-01-1971more
Ameiser, Anton 'Toni' (Waffen SS)01-08-190720-02-1976more
Amelung, Günther (Schnelle Abteilung 123)08-04-191429-03-1944more
Amelung, Heinz-Günther (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)09-04-191726-12-1964more
Amerkamp, Siegfried (Grenadier-Regiment 459)25-03-192003-09-1995more
Amling, Fritz (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 202)17-01-191606-03-1994
Ammann, Franz03-11-191918-08-1943more
Ammann, Paul (KG 4 "General Wever")05-08-192009-08-1991more
Ammer, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 62)08-03-191409-12-2000more
Amsberg, von, Joachim (Grenadier-Regiment 502)28-12-190327-05-1981more
Ancans, Robert (Waffen SS)11-11-191901-01-1982more
Anders, Carl Ulrich Ernst Paul (Generalmajor)31-08-189328-01-1972more
Anders, Friedrich (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2)04-11-191707-03-1988
Anders, Richard (Aufklärungsgruppe 12)03-01-191509-09-1993more
Andersen, Kurt02-10-189809-01-2003
Anding, Friedrich26-06-191507-02-1996more
Andorfer, Anton23-12-191911-04-1945more
Andreae, Wolf (Werfer-Regiment 71)13-07-189818-12-1991more
Andree, Harry (Grenadier-Regiment 504)02-10-191315-08-1944more
Andres, Ernst19-09-192111-02-1945more
Andres, Hans11-04-192225-03-1944
Angel, Otto20-02-191314-10-2002
Angelis, de, Maximilian02-10-188906-12-1974more
Angelmaier, Heinz (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 279)22-07-191812-01-2014more
Angern, Günther05-03-189302-02-1943more
Angerstein, Karl04-12-189020-09-1985more
Anhalt, Günther (SS-Polizei-Rgt. 2)23-01-190627-04-1945more
Anhalt, Wilhelm28-03-191713-06-1979more
Anneken, Udo11-10-191711-10-1997more
Ansons, Zanis (Waffen SS)04-12-191124-11-1968more
Anton, Werner-Rudolf03-04-189512-09-1948more
Antonescu, Ion Victor02-06-188201-06-1946more
Antrup, Wilhelm "Willy"01-02-191014-11-1984more
Apell, von, Wilhelm16-01-189207-03-1969more
Apelt, Fedor Johannes14-10-190415-04-1988more
Aperats, Karlis (Waffen SS)04-03-189216-07-1944more
Apitz, Willy27-01-191628-02-2004
Apitzsch, Karl-Arthur25-10-192001-01-1943
Arendt, Kurt Dietrich Paul (Panzer-Abteilung 5)08-10-191709-01-1945more
Arendt, Velten-Reinhardt (Panzer-Regiment 36)28-03-191923-03-1945more
Arent, Peter Nikolaus26-06-191703-12-1942
Arentschildt, von, Alexander (Panzer-Abteilung 67)27-04-191122-06-1999more
Armberger, Josef „Sepp" (Waffen SS)26-06-192021-08-1944more
Arndt, Fritz (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 32)01-06-191012-03-2003more
Arndt, Johannes07-10-190606-07-1944more
Arndt, Karl Hermann (359. Infanterie-Division)10-03-189230-12-1981more
Arnim, von, Hans-Jürgen04-04-188901-09-1962more
Arning, Karl Eduard Friedrich10-02-189217-11-1964more
Arnold, Friedrich (WH-Sturmgeschütz)10-05-191901-09-2006more
Arpke, Helmut (Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment 1)20-03-191716-01-1942
Ascher, Dietrich23-04-192308-10-2010
Ascherfeld, Willy (Grenadier-Regiment 926)21-03-191013-04-1945
Assmann, Alois (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 61)05-06-191326-10-1987more
Assmann, Walter22-07-189601-05-1964more
Attenberger, Franz-Xaver (Artillerie-Regiment 114)19-07-191509-08-1991more
Audenrieth, Georg 'Girgl' (Gebirgsjäger-Reg.99)20-07-191715-01-1999more
Audorff, Paul06-02-190417-01-1981more
Auer, Karl (Waffen SS)20-10-191631-03-1997more
Auert, Heinz11-06-192118-02-2002more
Augenstein, Hans-Heinz11-07-192106-12-1944
Augsberger, Franz Xaver Josef Maria "Franz" (SS)10-10-190519-03-1945more
Aulock, von, Andreas Maria Karl23-03-189323-06-1968more
Austen, Hans27-07-191824-01-1994more
Austermann, Johannes (Grenadier-Regiment 1146)24-06-190612-08-1973more
Ax, Adolf (Waffen SS)23-06-190606-02-1983more
Axthammer, Erich Michael03-12-192021-12-2015
Axthelm, von, Walther23-12-189306-01-1972more
Axtmann, Fritz (Infanterie-Regiment 20)07-12-191413-09-1943more

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