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Mar 14, 2013 · I was doing some research on Knight's Cross Recipients and was wondering how many are still alive today. This list is now based upon numerous contributions by several members. Any corrections / updates / revisions are greatly appreciated.
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These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel 's book, 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 ...
Heer members received 198 of the medals, 13 went to the Kriegsmarine, 90 to the Luftwaffe, and 27 to the Waffen-SS. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to 46 of the 328 Oak Leaves recipients of 1944.
The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade. Of the 118 awards made to servicemen whose last name starts with "A", nine were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and 11 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 79 of the medals, two went ...
Apr 9, 2018 · Adolf Hitler presenting Oak Leaves at a ceremony on 15 September 1943. Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1993-136-11A / CC-BY-SA 3.0. For several generations, the Iron Cross was the most prestigious medal a German soldier could earn. During WWII, many received the Cross, which was awarded in several grades. Here are some of those men.
Although more than 7,000 soldiers received the Knight’s Cross — Germany’s highest military award, often compared to the United States’ Congressional Medal of Honor or the British Victoria Cross — only 98 also received the highest award for physical courage in the face of the enemy.
