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 '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 224 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name is in the range "Hn–Hz". Scherzer has challenged the validity of 14 of these listings. This is the second of two lists of all 661 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last name starts with "H". The recipients whose last name is in the range "Ha–Hm" are listed at List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ha–Hm). 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 for the Waffen-SS and for each of the three military branches, the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), and Luftwaffe (Air Force). 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 224 awards made to servicemen whose last name is in the range "Hn–Hz", 24 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, three the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and one the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds; 16 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members, including the Volkssturm, received 155 of the medals; 7 went to the Kriegsmarine, 55 to the Luftwaffe, and 7 to the Waffen-SS.
| Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit[5] | Date of award | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of a Kampfgruppe of the XIII. SS-Armeekorps | ||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 1070 | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 34. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 486th Oak Leaves 4 June 1944 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 187 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 200 (motorized) | Killed in action 20 October 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Deputy leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 380 | |||||
| [6] | Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144 | ||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 258. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 4 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Leader of 4./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 256 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 55 | Awarded 656th Oak Leaves 18 November 1944 | |||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 206. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant of the Reserves | Pilot in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 220 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 378 | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 204 | Awarded 253rd Oak Leaves 8 June 1943 | |||
| Heer | Major | Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26 | |||||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 8. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 238th Oak Leaves 17 May 1943 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Oberstleutnant | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 54 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the schwere (heavy) Panzer-Abteilung 510 | |||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 18 | |||||
| ? | Heer | Generalleutnant | Chief of the general staff of the 20. Gebirgsarmee | ||||
| Heer | Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) | Chief of the general staff of the LV. Armeekorps | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän | Chief of the 8. Minensuchflottille | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commanded for general staff training to the VI. Armeekorps and leader of a Kampfgruppe | Killed in action 26 December 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 755 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 245 | Killed in action 5 September 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 41 | |||||
| ? | Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Regiment 25 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Kriegsberichterstatter der Fallschirmtruppe | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 202 | |||||
| ? | Heer | General der Kavallerie | Commanding general of the XVI. Armeekorps | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 277 | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer of the Reserves | Commander of the I./SS-Grenadier-Regiment 10 (motorized) in the 1. SS-Infanterie-Brigade (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 546 | Killed in action 17 October 1942 | ||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 80 | Awarded 213th Oak Leaves 15 March 1943 | |||
| Heer | Major | Commander of a Kampfgruppe in Grenadier-Regiment 473 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 7./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Artillerie-Regiment 7 | |||||
| ? | Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 33 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 311 | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Divisions-Füslier-Bataillon 72 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 154 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 49 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the III./SS-Artillerie-Regiment 54 "Nederland" | |||||
| ? | Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Chief of the 1. Räumbootflottille | ||||
| Volkssturm (Heer) | Volkssturmmann | Feuerwerker und Bombenräumer in the Luftgau VI "Köln" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelführer of the 5./Schlachtgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Machine gunner in the 4./Kradschützen-Bataillon 55 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Chief of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 698 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Chief of the 1./Schützen-Regiment 12 | Awarded 494th Oak Leaves 9 June 1944 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel | Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 52 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 12./Jagdgeschwader 51 | Awarded 36th Oak Leaves 19 October 1941 | |||
| + | Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän | Chief of the 5. Torpedobootflottille | Awarded 524th Oak Leaves 11 July 1944 | |||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 44 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 426 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3.(motorized)/Pionier-Bataillon 28 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitän zur See | Commander of battleship | |||||
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Leader of the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 901 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Pioneer Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 211 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54 | Killed in flying accident 24 May 1944 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 8./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | |||||
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 191 | Awarded 49th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Generalleutnant | Fliegerführer Afrika | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 383. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Heer | Major | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 915 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Deputy leader of Grenadier-Regiment 6 | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 268 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 | |||||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 427 | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Obersteuermann | Coxswain and watch officer on | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" | |||||
| ? | Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 352 | ||||
| Heer | General der Infanterie | Chief of the General Staff Heeresgruppe Nord | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 2./Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 5 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 2 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1 | Awarded 192nd Oak Leaves 19 February 1943 125th Swords 26 January 1945 | |||
| + | Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 422 | Awarded 454th Oak Leaves 13 April 1944 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 51 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Leader of the 3.(gemischte)/Flak-Abteilung 442 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 184 | |||||
| ? | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 | ||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the I./Panzer-Regiment 31 | Killed in action 21 January 1945 | ||||
| ? | Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 994 | ||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Leader of the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Deputy leader of the 72. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 410th Oak Leaves 1 March 1944 109th Swords 31 October 1944 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1084 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of Panzer-Zerstörer-Abteilung 156 | Killed in action 26 January 1945 | ||||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Sturm-Regiment 195 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberst | Fliegerführer Nord | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelführer of the 2./Kampfgeschwader 51 | Killed in action 27 February 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 2.(Radfahr)/Aufklärungs-Abteilung 36 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 8./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Deputy leader of Grenadier-Regiment 426 | |||||
| ? | Heer | Major | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 1213 | ||||
| + | Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 50. Infanterie-Division | Awarded 239th Oak Leaves 17 May 1943 | |||
| ? | Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1221 | ||||
| Heer | Oberwachtmeister | Assault gun commander in the II./Panzer-Regiment Führer-Begleit Division | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 156 (motorized) | |||||
| Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän | Chief of the 4. Räumbootsflottille | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 73 | Awarded 561st Oak Leaves 27 August 1944 | |||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Messenger in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 698 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 9 "Hohenstaufen" | Killed in action 20 August 1944 | ||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 16 | |||||
| Heer | Rittmeister of the Reserves | Chief of the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 258 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 9 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Regiment adjutant in Grenadier-Regiment 2 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 316 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 29 (motorized) | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Chief of the 1./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Panzer-Regiment 29 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Gebirgs-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 95 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1059 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Volks-Artillerie-Korps 405 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Jäger-Regiment 83 | |||||
| Heer | Rittmeister | Leader of the gemischte Aufklärungs-Kompanie 580 in the 90. leichte Afrika-Division | Killed in action 3 July 1942 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 27 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelführer of the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 10 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 1./Schlachtgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 1.(Radfahr)/Infanterie-Regiment 170 | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 5./Schnelle Abteilung 123 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 9./Artillerie-Regiment 81 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 279 | Killed in action 18 October 1944 | ||||
| ? | Luftwaffe | Major | Commander of the II./Flak-Regiment 46 (motorized) | ||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 424 | Awarded 682nd Oak Leaves 18 December 1944 | |||
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of schwere (heavy) Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 519 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Füsilier-Regiment 68 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 435 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Observer in the 1./Kampfgeschwader 100 | |||||
| Heer | Oberwachtmeister | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2.(Radfahr)/Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 218 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 587 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Major | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Transportgeschwader 2 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 12./Artillerie-Regiment 81 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Flak-Regiment 133 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Company chief in Grenadier-Regiment 130 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 82 | Awarded 298th Oak Leaves 11 September 1943 | |||
| + | Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant (M.A.) | Commander of Marine-Artillerie Abteilung 531 | Awarded 659th Oak Leaves 25 November 1944 | |||
| + | Heer | General der Infanterie | Commanding general of the XV. Armeekorps | Awarded 25th Oak Leaves 17 July 1941 35th Swords 15 September 1943 | |||
| Heer | Wachtmeister | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 7 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Leader of the 1./Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 1 (56. Infanterie-Division) | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 120 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 278 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | Awarded 230th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943 | |||
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 54 | Awarded 337th Oak Leaves 25 November 1943 | |||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 77 | |||||
| scope="row" style="background:#C0EFBA" align="left" | + | Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 162 | Awarded 473rd Oak Leaves 14 May 1944 | ||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 16. Panzer-Division | Awarded 62nd Oak Leaves 16 January 1942 22nd Swords 21 December 1942 13th Diamonds 20 April 1944 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 115 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 8./Schlachtgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Stoßtruppführer (shock troops leader) in Aufklärungs-Abteilung 20 (motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | Killed in action 19 January 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 9. Panzer-Division | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 7 | Awarded 219th Oak Leaves 2 April 1943 | |||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 270 | |||||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 129 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Gefreiter | Richtkanonier (gunner) in the 3./Flak-Regiment 33 (motorized) in the DAK | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Commander of Sturm-Bataillon Fallschirm AOK 1 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | Killed in action 28 March 1942 | ||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 12.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 122 | Killed in action 7 November 1943 | ||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 171 | |||||
| Heer | Generalmajor | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 529 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 3./Artillerie-Regiment 28 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the Stabsstaffel/Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 2./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 914 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon "Großdeutschland" | |||||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 1076 | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 61. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Heer | Oberarzt (rank equivalent to Oberleutnant) | Hilfsarzt (assistant doctor) in the II./Panzer-Regiment 11 | Killed in action 16 August 1944 | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Unteroffizier | Gun leader in the 8./Flak-Regiment 4 (motorized) | |||||
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 378 | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 80 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Gun leader in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 309 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 11 | Awarded 259th Oak Leaves 14 July 1943 | |||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26 | Killed in action 26 August 1944 | ||||
| ? | Heer | Hauptmann | Teacher at the Panzertruppenschule Milowitz at Prague | ||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Staffelkapitän of the 5.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of Divisions Versorgungs-Kolonne 349. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 520 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 228 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 1054 | |||||
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 667 | Awarded 807th Oak Leaves 28 March 1945 | |||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 201 | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 62. Infanterie-Division | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Machine gunner in the 1./Jäger-Regiment 75 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 77 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Pilot in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Pilot in the 8./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | |||||
| Heer | Wachtmeister | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 15 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of Jagdverband Leitstelle West (Frontaufklärungs-Verband II. West) | |||||
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 124 | |||||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Leader of a Kampfgruppe z.b.V. of the 6. and 7./SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 124 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 1./gemischte Flak-Sturm-Abteilung 802 (deployable) | |||||
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 1. Ski-Jäger-Division | |||||
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Battery officer in the schwere (heavy) Artillerie-Abteilung 526 (motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the Stabsstaffel/Kampfgeschwader 2 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 2./leichte Flak-Sturm-Abteilung 76 (motorized) | |||||
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 14./Infanterie-Regiment 72 | Awarded 136th Oak Leaves 28 October 1942 | |||
| Heer | Major | Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1 | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 12./Jagdgeschwader 51 | Awarded 512th Oak Leaves 24 June 1944 | |||
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 1./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" | |||||
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Richtschütze (gunner) in the 2./schwere (heavy) Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 665 | |||||
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 13./Grenadier-Regiment 358 | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Major | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 | |||||
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 7 | |||||
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 240 (motorized) | |||||
| Luftwaffe | Oberstleutnant | Geschwaderkommodore of Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" | |||||
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 77 | Awarded 83rd Oak Leaves 17 March 1942 | |||
| Heer | Major | Leader of Sturm-Regiment 215 | |||||
| Heer | Major | Deputy leader of Grenadier-Regiment 579 |
de:Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
. 2000 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . de . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.