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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
Zachariae-Lingenthal, Edel Heinrich19-04-191630-03-1998more
Zahn, Dr.rer.oec., Eberhard-Detloff02-01-191007-02-2010more
Zahn, Hilmar06-09-191908-03-2008more
Zahn, Lothar20-09-191110-02-1989
Zahn, Alfred25-09-191104-04-1943
Zahn, Willi15-12-191516-07-1943
Zander, Helmut (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 60)09-12-190811-10-1990
Zangen, von, Gustav-Adolf (15. Armee)07-11-189201-05-1964more
Zapf, Albert05-07-191828-01-1945
Zapp, Robert-Richard03-04-190417-07-1964more
Zastrow, Max12-10-192201-11-2014
Zauner, Franz04-09-191629-07-2008
Zebhauser, Paul09-06-191322-06-1992more
Zecherle, Konrad16-02-191907-03-2009
Zehender, August Friedrich (Waffen SS)28-04-190311-02-1945more
Zehnder, Eugen02-03-191718-04-1991more
Zeidler, Markus23-01-190412-07-1958
Zeiher, Robert01-11-191913-06-2000more
Zeitzler, Kurt09-06-189526-09-1963more
Zejdlik, Franz20-10-190608-09-1978
Zeller, Conrad (Grenadier-Regiment 380)09-09-191124-01-1996more
Zeller, Willy12-11-191309-01-1997more
Zeller, Ernst21-10-190812-08-1944
Zellner, Johann "Hans"19-06-191827-02-1945
Zellner, Karl28-09-191813-09-1943more
Zellot, Walter06-10-192010-09-1942
Zempel, Friedrich24-03-191327-07-1944
Zemsky, Johann11-04-190928-08-1942
Zenker, Franz05-08-191728-12-2001
Zepf, Gottfried28-08-191507-02-1981
Zepner, Alois16-08-191414-11-1944
Zepper, Erich (Waffen SS)27-11-191528-07-2005more
Zernin, Erich15-03-191613-08-1943
Zerth, Jakob23-11-192315-08-1944
Zettler, Rudolf19-05-191627-06-1944
Zickwolff, Friedrich (Generalleutnant)01-08-189317-09-1944more
Zieger, Günter (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 600)09-09-191903-03-1970more
Ziegler, Gerhard-Georg (Grenadier-Regiment 353)02-05-189613-07-1982more
Ziegler, Heinz19-05-189421-08-1972more
Ziegler, Joachim (Waffen SS)19-10-190402-05-1945more
Ziegler, Karl01-11-190512-01-1992
Ziegler, Werner30-04-191615-04-2001more
Ziegler, Arthur00-00-191700-00-1987
Ziehr, Leonhard08-03-191429-04-1989
Ziemann, Alfred26-09-1914 
Ziemer, Ernst09-12-191106-08-1986
Zierach, Otto26-01-190712-08-1976
Zierhofer, Karl12-02-192401-04-1945
Zilger, Erwin25-11-191229-07-1944
Zillich, Karl22-06-192114-04-1944
Zillies, Karlheinz18-07-192031-07-1999
Zillmann, Erich (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 245)10-01-191209-08-1986more
Zimmer, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 105)09-04-191321-04-2002more
Zimmer, Richard21-06-189320-06-1971more
Zimmermann, Ernst (Grenadier-Regiment 105)18-03-191507-07-1943
Zimmermann, Hans23-09-191529-06-1993
Zimmermann, Herbert01-06-191429-10-1944
Zimmermann, Herbert (Panzer-Regiment 36)29-11-191716-12-1966more
Zimmermann, Hermann (Panzer-Brigade 102)18-11-189711-01-1978more
Zimmermann, Jakob (Grenadier-Regiment 507)12-01-191216-01-1981
Zimmermann, Jakob (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10)09-01-191208-10-1943more
Zimmermann, Manfred (Grenadier-Reg. 199 "List")25-10-191804-07-1944more
Zimmermann, Oskar (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")06-12-191712-06-1976more
Zimmermann, Willy21-03-192009-02-2002more
Zimmermann, Fritz19-02-191607-06-1944
Zimmermann, Jacob (WH-Gren.Rgt. 509)12-01-191216-01-1981
Zimmermann, Otto27-03-191617-05-1989
Zimmermann, Robert01-07-191716-04-1945
Zimmermann, Walter25-02-191809-05-1999
Zingel, August (SS-Totenkopf-Inf.Reg. 1)20-01-192122-12-2000more
Zinsser, Ludwig21-12-191402-03-2005
Zintl, Franz-Xaver14-06-191423-03-1993
Zipfel, Kuno (Jäger-Regiment 56)23-10-191917-01-1945more
Zipfel, Willibald07-10-191902-02-1964more
Ziran, Karl15-03-191300-00-1988
Zischka, Wilhelm14-10-190714-01-1945
Zitzen, Kurt25-03-191624-08-1993more
Zmugg, Alois05-08-190510-12-1975
Zobel, Horst06-05-191802-10-1999
Zoll, Erhard01-08-191417-07-2004more
Zonewitz, Gerhard (Infanterie-Regiment 151)06-06-191005-12-1995
Zorn, Eduard Emil Karl (Generalmajor)08-08-190104-02-1945more
Zorn, Hans27-10-189102-08-1943more
Zorn, Gerhard (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 159)13-04-191107-04-1987more
Zorner, Paul Anton Guido31-03-192027-01-2014more
Zubrod, Heinrich02-11-191827-01-1945
Zugehör, Günter18-12-190901-07-1966
Zumfelde, Hugo00-00-191400-00-2007
Zurin, Alfred27-01-191913-04-1997more
Zurmöhle, Walter (Pionier-Bataillon 6 (L))13-05-191607-02-2008more
Zweigart, Eugen-Ludwig05-03-191408-06-1944
Zwer, Franz23-12-191009-08-1966
Zwernemann, Josef "Jupp"26-03-191608-04-1944more
Zwesken, Rudolf "Rudi" "Bulle"13-08-191922-02-1946more
Zwickenpflug, Johann29-09-191407-06-1969
Zwipf, Heinrich13-01-191407-04-1944
Zühlsdorff, Hermann06-09-191426-06-1944
Zymalkowski, Felix, Prof. Dr. (Schnellboot)13-08-191317-08-2004more
Zürn, Erich23-07-190609-08-1965more
Zürn, Rudolf04-03-189515-10-1941more
Zürner, Hermann08-12-190313-05-1972
Zähr, Erich19-02-191115-07-1985more
Zöllner, Heinz (KG 53 "Legion Condor")07-11-191905-11-1944more

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