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

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