The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich.
These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, German: Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings. The majority of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany in the final days of World War II in Europe left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.
Listed here are the 188 Knight's Cross recipients whose last name starts with "E". Scherzer has challenged the validity of three of these listings. The recipients are initially ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, German: [[Reichsgesetzblatt]] I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes.[1] As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment German: Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.[2] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment German: Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten).[3] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment German: Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.[4]
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air Force) and Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade. Of the 188 awards made to servicemen whose last name starts with "E", 22 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and two the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords; eleven presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 126 of the medals, six went to the Kriegsmarine, 41 to the Luftwaffe, and 15 to the Waffen-SS.
| Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit[5] | Date of award | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader of the Stabskompanie (Pionierzug)/Grenadier-Regiment 50 | |||||
| [6] | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 220 | Awarded 763rd Oak Leaves 5 March 1945 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 35 | Awarded 42nd Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 | |||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Ia (operations officer) of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf" | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 60. Infanterie-Division (motorized) | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of estn. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Bataillon "Narwa" | Killed in action 21 July 1943 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Kampfgeschwader 76 | Killed in action 31 May 1944 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtschlacht-Gruppe 20 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 10./Flak-Regiment 23 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Company troop leader in the 12./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 464 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 137 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 7 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the 4./Panzer-Regiment 4 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Adjutant of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 521 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Observer in the 4.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 31 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 | Awarded 634th Oak Leaves 28 October 1944 | |||
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 54 | Awarded 82nd Oak Leaves 12 March 1942 | |||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 9./Panzer-Regiment 33 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 11./Jäger-Regiment 229 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves | Leader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" of the SS-Panzer-Kampfgruppe "Das Reich" | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 11 (motorized) | Killed in action 11 August 1942 | ||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Abteilung 8 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Jäger-Regiment 38 | Awarded 644th Oak Leaves 3 November 1944 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 503 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 178 | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Schützen-Regiment 1 | Awarded 48th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 | |||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Rottenführer | Richtschütze (gunner) in the 1./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Radfahr-Abteilung 1 | Awarded 162nd Oak Leaves 23 December 1942 105th Swords 23 October 1944 | |||
| Heer | Oberst | Abschnittskommandant eines Verteidigungsabschnitts (defensive sector commander) in Berlin | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 1 | Awarded 663rd Oak Leaves 25 November 1944 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 481 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 19 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 407 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 1.(gepanzert)/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11 | Died of wounds 13 April 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Aide-de-camp in the Stab/Grenadier-Regiment 680 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 94 | Awarded 468th Oak Leaves 4 May 1944 | |||
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 | ||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 10./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 | Awarded 510th Oak Leaves 24 June 1944 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Chief of the 3./Flak-Regiment 64 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Richtschütze (gunner) in the 7./Panzer-Regiment 6 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 116 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 13.(IG)/Infanterie-Regiment 490 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 8./Luftnachrichten-Regiment 53 | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 4. Gebirgs-Division | |||||
| Heer | Oberjäger | Group leader in the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the 1./Kradschützen-Bataillon 15 | Awarded 673rd Oak Leaves 29 November 1944 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Major | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 1 "Oesau" | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 162 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 53 | Killed in action 8 March 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) | Ia (operations officer) of the 22. Infanterie-Division (LL) | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 5 | Awarded 265th Oak Leaves 2 August 1943 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 41 (motorized) | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 131 | Awarded 50th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 21st Swords 19 December 1942 | |||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 282 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the Stab/Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 6./Schützen-Regiment 11 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Panzer-Regiment 36 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves | In the Stab SS-Pionier-Bataillon 5 "Wiking" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Deputy leader of the II./Artillerie-Regiment 20 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Oberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 306 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 189 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 212 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 6./Panzer-Regiment 29 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Pilot in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 30 | |||||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Commander of leichte Flak-Abteilung 854 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 436 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Oberleutnant zur See | Commander of | |||||
| + | Waffen-SS | SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS | Commander of SS-Division "Totenkopf" | Awarded 88th Oak Leaves 20 April 1942 | |||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 171 | Awarded 283rd Oak Leaves 24 August 1943 | |||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 97 | |||||
| [7] | Heer | Rittmeister | Leader of the II./Reiter-Regiment 32 | ||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 105 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment Gruppe 184 | |||||
| called von Rothmaler | Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the I./Artillerie-Regiment 230 | ||||
| ? | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21 | Suicide 8 May 1945 | |||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | In the III./Jäger-Regiment 38 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 366 | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 61 | Awarded 695th Oak Leaves 12 January 1945 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 54 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 176 | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Reconnaissance troop leader in the 1.(Panzerspäh)/Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 156 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Pioneer Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 62 | |||||
| ? | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 | ||||
| Heer | Major | Leader of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Luftwaffen-Jäger-Regiment 30 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 212 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) | Ia (operations officer) of the 13. Panzer-Division | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 330 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 95 | Awarded 347th Oak Leaves 5 December 1943 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Observer in the 14.(Eis)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 14 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the Heeres-Pionier-Bataillon 52 (motorized) | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Leader of the 9. Panzer-Division | Awarded 801st Oak Leaves 23 March 1945 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Kampfgruppe 806 | Killed in action 28 June 1941 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 464 | |||||
| + | Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Commander of | Awarded 256th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943 | |||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 282 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitän zur See | Harbor commander of "Saint-Malo" | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 49 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 545 | |||||
| + | Kriegsmarine | Oberleutnant zur See | Commander of | Awarded 14th Oak Leaves 10 June 1941 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 74 | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant zur Verwendung (for disposition) | Commander of the 212. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves | Leader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Chief of the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 219 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 3 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Füsilier-Regiment 27 | Awarded 679th Oak Leaves 11 December 1944 | |||
| Heer | Unteroffizier of the Reserves | Gun leader of the 2./Sturm-Geschütz-Abteilung 259 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1122 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant of the Reserves | Pilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 163. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Heer | Wachtmeister | Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 1./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 98 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer and Hauptmann of the Schupo | Leader of the II./SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 19 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 30 (motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Chief of 8./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 | |||||
| Heer | Oberwachtmeister of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 232 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Leader of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 15 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Leader of Panzer-Aufklärung-Abteilung 12 | Awarded 788th Oak Leaves 16 March 1945 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 523 | Died of wounds 1 September 1942 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | |||||
| Heer | Major | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 97 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 125 (motorized) | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel | Pilot in the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 2./Kampfgeschwader 76 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 1./Schlachtgeschwader 10 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 | |||||
| Heer | Major im Generalstab (in the General Staff) | Ia (operations officer) in the XXXXVI. Panzerkorps | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Troop leader in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 351 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 53 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 79 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 | Killed in action 7 December 1942 | ||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberst | Commander of Flak-Regiment 153 (motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 7. Fallschirmjäger-Division | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 171 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 30 (motorized) | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän | Commander of destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp (Z-21) | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in Grenadier-Regiment 481 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 538 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Adjutant of the II./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 519 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Deputy leader of the 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 9 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 725 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves | Regiment adjutant of the niederländisch SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 "De Ruyter" | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 276 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Machine gunner in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 85 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 451 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 4./Feldersatz-Bataillon 116 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of the 6. Schützen-Brigade | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 4 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 31 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 273 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptscharführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 5 "Wiking" | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelführer of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | Awarded 289th Oak Leaves 31 August 1943 | |||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer and Major of the Schupo | Commander of SS-Polizei-Panzer-Abteilung 4 | Killed in action 20 November 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Kradschützen-Bataillon 8 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of fortress Glogau | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 22 "Frundsberg" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 3./Panzer-Regiment 36 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 3./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 121 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 271 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 298 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 52 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Major | Commander of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Major | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 2 | Awarded 750th Oak Leaves 22 February 1945 | |||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 274 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of the II.(gepanzert)/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 129 | Killed in action 20 February 1943 | ||||
| Kriegsmarine | Konteradmiral | Commander of auxiliary cruiser Komet (HSK-7) | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 31 |
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