List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds recipients of the Waffen-SS

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest award in the military of the Third Reich. During or shortly after World War II, 457 German servicemen of the Waffen-SS, including volunteers from Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands and Norway, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Of these, 411 presentations were formally made and evidence of the award is still available in the German Federal Archives. One recipient, Hermann Fegelein, was court-martialed and executed on 29 April 1945. According to German law he was deprived of rank and all awards previously. Fegelein must therefore be considered a de facto but not de jure recipient. A further 46 Knight's Cross, nine Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and four Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords recipients are either lacking the evidence to sustain their listings or received the award under questionable legal terms. However, all of them were accepted by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes e.V.) as legitimate recipients.[1]

Recipients

Recipients are grouped by grades of the Knight's Cross and listed alphabetically for the lowest grade and chronologically by the numbering paradigm for the higher grades.

  This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
  This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that historian Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds is based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Ultimately, it would be awarded to twenty-seven German soldiers, sailors and airmen, ranging from young fighter pilots to field marshals. Two recipients were members of the Waffen-SS.[2] The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.

Number Name Rank Unit Date of award Notes Picture
12Herbert-Otto GilleSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SScommander of 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking"19 April 1944
16Josef DietrichSS-Oberstgruppenführercommander of I. SS-Panzerkorps "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"6 August 1944

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords is also based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.

Number Name Rank Unit Date of award Notes Picture
26Josef DietrichSS-ObergruppenführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"14 March 1943Awarded 16th Diamonds 6 August 1944
39August DieckmannSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1010 October 1943*Killed in action 10 October 1943[3]
47Herbert-Otto GilleSS-GruppenführerSS-Panzergrenadier Division "Wiking"20 February 1944Awarded 12th Diamonds 19 April 1944
56Hinrich SchuldtSS-Oberführer2. lett. SS-Freiwillige-Brigade25 March 1944*Killed in action 15 March 1944[4]
65Hermann PriessSS-Brigadeführer3. SS-Panzer Division24 April 1944
71Michael WittmannSS-Hauptsturmführerschwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 10122 June 1944Killed in action 8 August 1944[5]
77Hans DorrSS-SturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 99 July 1944Died of wounds 17 April 1945[6]
83Hermann Fegelein?[Notes 1]SS-Gruppenführer8. SS-Freiwillige-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer"30 July 1944Executed 29 April 1945[8]
85Fritz von Scholz Edler von RaranczeSS-Gruppenführer11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier Division8 August 1944*Died of wounds 28 July 1944[8]
86Felix SteinerSS-ObergruppenführerIII. (germanisches) SS-Panzerkorps10 August 1944
90Paul HausserSS-Oberstgruppenführer7. Armee28 August 1944
91Kurt MeyerSS-Standartenführer12. SS-Panzer-Division27 August 1944
94Theodor WischSS-Brigadeführer1. SS-Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"30 August 1944
95Otto BaumSS-Standartenführer2. SS-Panzer Division2 September 1944
116Heinz HarmelSS-Brigadeführer10. SS-Panzer Division15 December 1944
119Joachim PeiperSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Regiment 111 January 1945
120Walter KrügerSS-ObergruppenführerVI. Waffen-Armeekorps der SS11 January 1945Suicide 22 May 1945[Notes 2]
129Helmut DörnerSS-Oberführer4. SS-Polizei Panzergrenadier Division1 February 1945Killed in action 11 February 1945[9]
138Otto KummSS-Brigadeführer7. SS-Freiwillige-Gebirgs-Division17 Mar 1945
140Georg BochmannSS-Standartenführer18. SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Division "Horst Wessel"26 March 1945
150Otto Weidinger?[Notes 3]SS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"6 May 1945
151Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny?[Notes 4]SS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"6 May 1945
152Sylvester Stadler?[Notes 5]SS-Oberführer9. SS-Panzer Division6 May 1945
153Wilhelm Bittrich?[Notes 6]SS-ObergruppenführerII. SS-Panzerkorps6 May 1945

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. The last officially announced number for the Oak Leaves was 843. Higher numbers are unofficial and therefore denoted in brackets.[16] The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.

Number Name Rank Unit Date of award Notes Picture
41Josef DietrichSS-ObergruppenführerSS-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" (mot.)31 December 1941Awarded 26th Swords 14 March 1943
16th Diamonds 6 August 1944
88Theodor EickeSS-ObergruppenführerSS-Division "Totenkopf"20 April 1942Killed in action 26 February 1943[17]
91Alfred WünnenbergSS-BrigadeführerSS-Polizei-Division23 April 1942
157Hermann Fegelein?[Notes 1]SS-OberführerSS-Kampfgruppe "Fegelein"22 December 1942Awarded 83rd Swords 30 July 1944
159Felix SteinerSS-Gruppenführer5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division23 December 1942Awarded 86th Swords 10 August 1944
195Kurt MeyerSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"23 February 1943Awarded 91st Swords 27 August 1944
200Fritz WittSS-StandartenführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"1 March 1943Killed in action 14 June 1944[18]
220Hinrich SchuldtSS-StandartenführerSS Brigade Schuldt2 April 1943Awarded 56th Swords 25 March 1944
221Otto KummSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer"6 April 1943Awarded 138th Swords 17 March 1945
233August DieckmannSS-SturmbannführerI./SS-Regiment "Germania"16 April 1943Awarded 39th Swords 10 October 1943
246Georg BochmannSS-SturmbannführerII./SS-Kradschützen-Regiment "Thule"17 May 1943Awarded 140th Swords 26 March 1945
261Paul HausserSS-ObergruppenführerII. SS-Panzerkorps28 July 1943Awarded 90th Swords 26 August 1944
277Otto BaumSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf"22 August 1943Awarded 95th Swords 2 September 1944
286Walter KrügerSS-GruppenführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich"31 August 1943Awarded 120th Swords 11 January 1945

296Heinz HarmelSS-StandartenführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 37 September 1943Awarded 116th Swords 15 December 1944
297Hermann PrießSS-Brigadeführer3. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf"9 September 1943Awarded 65th Swords 24 April 1944
303Sylvester StadlerSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer"16 September 1943Awarded 152nd Swords 6 May 1945
310Hubert-Erwin MeierdressSS-HauptsturmführerI./SS-Panzer-Regiment 35 October 1943Killed in action 4 January 1945[19]
315Herbert-Otto GilleSS-BrigadeführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking"1 November 1943Awarded 47th Swords 20 February 1944
12th Diamonds 19 April 1944
327Hans DorrSS-HauptsturmführerI./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Germania"13 November 1943Awarded 77th Swords 9 July 1944
353Christian Tychsen (Waffen-SS)SS-SturmbannführerII./SS-Panzer-Regiment 210 December 1943Killed in action 28 July 1944[20]
359Albert FreySS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"29 December 1943
375Hugo KraasSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 224 January 1944
377Joachim PeiperSS-SturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Regiment 127 January 1944Awarded 119th Swords 11 January 1945
380Michael WittmannSS-UntersturmführerSS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"30 January 1944Awarded 71st Swords 22 June 1944
393Theodor WischSS-Brigadeführer1. SS Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler"12 February 1944Awarded 94th Swords 30 August 1944
423Fritz von Scholz Edler von RaranczeSS-Brigadeführer11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland"12 March 1944Awarded 85th Swords 8 August 1944
479Walter SchmidtSS-HauptsturmführerII./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland"14 May 1944
480Karl UllrichSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke"14 May 1944
546Karl KloskowskiSS-Obersturmführer7./SS-Panzer-Regiment 211 August 1944Missing in action 23 April 1945[21]
548Max WünscheSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Regiment 1211 August 1944
554Heinz MacherSS-Obersturmführer16. (Pi)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 319 August 1944
559Bruno HinzSS-Untersturmführer1./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3823 August 1944
563Wilhelm BittrichSS-ObergruppenführerII. SS-Panzerkorps28 August 1944Awarded 153rd Swords 6 May 1945
570Friedrich-Wilhelm BockSS-Oberführer9. SS-Panzer-Division2 September 1944
591Helmut ScholzSS-ObersturmführerII./SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4921 September 1944
595Hellmuth BeckerSS-Oberführer3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"21 September 1944
596Johannes-Rudolf MühlenkampSS-Standartenführer5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"21 September 1944
601Otto MeyerSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Regiment 930 September 1944*Killed in action 29 August 1944[Notes 7]
608Heinz ReinefarthSS-GruppenführerKorpsgruppe von dem Bach30 September 1944
639Max SimonSS-Gruppenführer16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Reichsführer SS"28 October 1944
650Helmut DörnerSS-StandartenführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 816 November 1944Awarded 129th Swords 1 February 1945
651Albrecht KrügelSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2416 November 1944Killed in action 16 March 1945[24]
668Gerhard BremerSS-SturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1226 November 1944
670Artur PhlepsSS-GruppenführerSS-Division "Prinz Eugen"24 November 1944*Killed in action 21 September 1944[25]
680Jürgen WagnerSS-Brigadeführer4. SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Brigade "Nederland"11 December 1944
685Fritz BiermeierSS-SturmbannführerII./SS-Panzer-Regiment 326 December 1944*Killed in action 11 October 1944[26]
687Günther-Eberhardt WislicenySS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"26 December 1944Awarded 151st Swords 6 May 1945
688Otto WeidingerSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 426 December 1944Awarded 150 Swords 6 May 1945
701Bruno StreckenbachSS-Gruppenführer19. Waffen-Grenadier Division der Waffen-SS16 January 1945
714Max SchäferSS-ObersturmbannführerIII. Panzerkorps25 January 1945
720Kurt WahlSS-SturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung in the 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen"1 February 1945
721Joachim RumohrSS-Brigadeführer8. SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer"1 February 1945Suicide 11 February 1945[27]
722August-Friedrich ZehenderSS-Brigadeführer22. SS-Freiwillige-Kavallerie-Division "Maria Theresia"1 February 1945Killed in action 11 February 1945[27]
723Karl Pfeffer-WildenbruchSS-ObergruppenführerIX. SS-Gebirgskorps1 February 1945
755Ernst-August KragSS-SturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 228 February 1945
756Heinrich SchmelzerSS-Hauptsturmführer of the ReservesSS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 228 February 1945
783Werner PötschkeSS-Sturmbannführer1./SS-Panzer-Regiment 115 March 1945Killed in action 24 March 1945[Notes 8]
785Fritz VogtSS-HauptsturmführerI./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2316 March 1945Killed in action 3 April 1945[28]
802Friedrich JeckelnSS-ObergruppenführerV. SS-Gebirgskorps8 March 1945
814Walter GirgSS-Obersturmführer502nd SS Jäger Battalion1 April 1945
820Otto PaetschSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Regiment 105 April 1945*Killed in action 16 March 1945[30]
826Dipl-Ing. Otto SkorzenySS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Jagd-Verbände und Kampfkommandant Schwedt/Oder9 April 1945
835Max HansenSS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 117 April 1945
(844)Franz Hack?[Notes 9]SS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1018 April 1945
(845)Paul-Albert Kausch?[Notes 10]SS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Panzer-Regiment 1123 April 1945
(848)Joachim ZieglerSS-Brigadeführer11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland"28 April 1945Killed in action 2 May 1945[33]
(861)Werner Ostendorff?[Notes 11]SS-Gruppenführer2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"6 May 1945*Died of wounds 1 May 1945[35]
(862)Rudolf Lehmann?[Notes 12]SS-Standartenführer2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"6 May 1945
(863)Karl Kreutz?[Notes 13]SS-StandartenführerSS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 26 May 1945
(871)Matthias Kleinheisterkamp?[Notes 14]SS-GruppenführerXI. SS-Panzerkorps9 May 1945*Killed in action 29 April 1945[38][Notes 15]
(872)Hanns-Heinrich Lohmann?[Notes 16]SS-ObersturmbannführerSS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 499 May 1945
(875)Alfons Rebane?[Notes 17]Waffen-ObersturmbannführerWaffen-Grenadier-Regiment der Waffen-SS 469 May 1945

Notes
  1. Hermann Fegelein was sentenced to death by Hitler and executed by SS General Johann Rattenhuber's RSD on 28 April 1945 after a court martial led by SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS Wilhelm Mohnke. The sentence was carried out the same day. The death sentence resulted in the loss of all orders and honorary signs.[7]
  2. Walter Krüger's date of death is inconclusive. According to Florian Berger date of death is 20 May 1945, Walther-Per Fellgiebel states 8 May 1945 and Veit Scherzer presents 22 May 1945.[9][10][11]
  3. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "150" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Weidinger was member of the AKCR.[12]
  4. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "151" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Wisliceny was member of the AKCR.[13]
  5. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives, also not mentioned by the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). According to Fellgiebel, the award was presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, which would make it an unlawful presentation. Fellgiebel is referring to Hermann Buch, the former IIa (personnel administration) of the 2. SS-Division "Das Reich", and Wilhelm Kment, the adjutant of Heinrich Himmler and liaison officer to the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office), as sources. Buch reported on 25 June 2004 that he hadn't to do anything with this case. Stadler himself claimed that Dietrich proposed him on 22 March 1945, even though the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen" was not subordinated to the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "152" was assigned by the AKCR. The date might have been taken from Ernst-Günther Krätschmer.[14]
  6. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "153" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Bittrich was member of the AKCR.[15]
  7. Otto Meyer's date of death is inconclusive. According to Walther-Per Fellgiebel date of death is 24 August 1944 while Veit Scherzer presents 29 August 1944.[22][23]
  8. Werner Pötschke's date of death is inconclusive. According to Walther-Per Fellgiebel date of death is 21 March 1945 while Veit Scherzer presents 24 March 1945.[28][29]
  9. The recommendation for Franz Hack's Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross was submitted to the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) by the Division sometime between 16 and 19 April 1945 and approved by the commander of the IV. SS-Korps Herbert Otto Gille. Missing is the approval from the 6. Armee and Heeresgruppe Süd. There is no indication whether the recommendation was approved. The response from the Reichsführer-SS was prepared but missing is a date and signature. The existing card is not contemporary. There is no indication in the press that the award was presented. According to Fellgiebel Hack received the Oak Leaves from SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the SS Herbert-Otto Gille, commanding general IV. SS-Panzerkorps. The sequential number "844" and date of award were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[31]
  10. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Fellgiebel claimed that Paul-Albert Kausch, at the time wounded in the Reich Chancellery, had received news that according to a radio message received from Panzer AOK 11 had been awarded the Oak Leaves on 23 April 1945 from SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Ziegler. Ziegler, the Division commander of Kausch, was killed in action on 1 May 1945. Krätschmer however indicated that Kausch was wounded 25 April, therefore he couldn’t have received the news on 25 April. The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland was only subordinated to the 11th Panzer Armee in February 1945. The Stab of the 11th Panzer Army then relocated to the Western Front where it surrendered on 21 April. Krätschmer claimed that the award was presented for the actions during the middle of April east of Berlin. Mr. J.S. Fischer, who was verifying the Oak Leaves presentation on behalf of Fellgiebel is not aware of a radio message received from the Panzer AOK 11. Fischer indicated that he only referenced the information presented by Kausch, which is already stated in Krätschmer. According to information by Fischer on 14 October 2004, Fellgiebel had made the note about the Panzer AOK 11. The sequential number "845" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR), according to Krätschmer the number is "846", the date was accepted by the AKCR. Kausch was member of the AKCR.[32]
  11. No evidence of the award to Werner Ostendorff can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "861" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[34]
  12. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "862" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Lehmann was member of the AKCR.[12]
  13. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "863" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Karl Kreutz was member of the AKCR.[36]
  14. Fellgiebel claims that the nomination was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) via teleprinter from the commander-in-chief of the 9. Armee, general Theodor Busse, on 21 April 1945. Busse had nominated SS-Obergruppenführer Kleinheisterkamp for the Oak Leaves. The claim is that the teleprinter message contained a note that the formal procedure for immediate approval should be waited for (Dienstwegvorschlag bzgl. Sofortverleihung abwarten). This teleprinter message cannot be found in the German Nation Archives (Bestand RH 7). Busse had also nominated by teleprinter Generalmajor Joachim von Siegroth on 21 April. This teleprinter message can be found in the Nation Archives (Bundesarchiv RH 7/300). According to Fellgiebel the same note can be found on von Siegroth's nomination. This means that a formal nomination, in this instance via the Army Group Vistula, followed. Both announced "formal nominations" never followed and were never received by the HPA. The teleprinter message nomination of von Siegroth is listed in the book of "awarded Knight Crosses" with an entry date of 21 April but Kleinheisterkamp's nomination isn't. The reason for this may be that the liaison officer of the Waffen-SS at the HPA/P5a may have forwarded the nomination to the Reichsführer-SS for approval. From here it should have been returned to the HPA which it wasn't. The distribution list of von Siegroth's nomination indicates that general Busse had informed the Army Group Vistula and the chief of the HPA general Wilhelm Burgdorf. It is very likely that Kleinheisterkamp's nomination had the same distribution list as von Siegroth's, because the same principles applied. Burgdorf therefore should have been informed of the formal procedure regarding Kleinheisterkamp's nomination. The question remains unanswered whether the Führer Headquarter or Adolf Hitler has approved the direct nomination of Kleinheisterkamp on 28 April or not. Scherzer claims that this is very unlikely because Burgdorf would not have done two things. First, submit a nomination to the Führer without having assessed the situation himself, which only would have been possible if he had studied the formal paperwork. Secondly he would not have bypassed the formal procedure which was already initiated. Additionally the radio connection to the Führerbunker was down since 5:00 on 28 April 1945. The sequential number "871" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and the date is assumed.[37]
  15. According to Fellgiebel on 2 May 1945 in the Battle of Halbe.[39]
  16. The nomination was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) from the troop on 25 March 1943 and was approved by the commanding general of the III. (germ.) SS-Panzerkorps. Missing is the approval from the commander-in-chief of the 11. Armee, Army Group Vistula and from the Reichsführer-SS. The HPA created a formal nomination without a sequential number on 27 March 1945. Both nominations are retained in the Nation Archives. Both nominations give no information whether the nomination was approved and whether the Oak Leaves had been awarded. The nomination list of the higher grade of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves only dates the nomination entry on 25 March 1945. The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed this case in 1974 and decided: yes, 872nd Oak Leaves. According to the AKCR the award was present in accordance with the Dönitz decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The sequential number "872" and date were assigned by the AKCR. Lohmann was a member of the AKCR.[40]
  17. Alfons Rebane's nomination was submitted to the Heeres Personalamt (Army Staff Office) on 12 April 1945. The archives only hold a copy of the nomination. There is no indication or remark that the nomination was processed. The nomination list for the higher grade of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves dates the nomination on 2 April 1945. This list also gives no indication that the nomination had been processed. The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed this case in 1974 and decided: 875th Oak Leaves on 8 May 1945. The sequential number "875" was assigned by the AKCR, the date was later changed by Fellgiebel to 9 May 1945. Rebane was member of the AKCR.[41]

References
Specific
  1. Scherzer 2007, pp. 117–186.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 36–38.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 41.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 42.
  5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 43.
  6. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 44.
  7. Scherzer 2007, p. 128.
  8. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 44
  9. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 47.
  10. Berger 1999, p. 173.
  11. Scherzer 2007, p. 479.
  12. Scherzer 2007, p. 184.
  13. Scherzer 2007, p. 185.
  14. Scherzer 2007, p. 176.
  15. Scherzer 2007, p. 121.
  16. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 102.
  17. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 59.
  18. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 66.
  19. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 73.
  20. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 75.
  21. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 86.
  22. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 89.
  23. Scherzer 2007, p. 542.
  24. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 92.
  25. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 93.
  26. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 94.
  27. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 96.
  28. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 99.
  29. Scherzer 2007, p. 600.
  30. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 101.
  31. Scherzer 2007, pp. 136, 137.
  32. Scherzer 2007, p. 147.
  33. Scherzer 2007, p. 805.
  34. Scherzer 2007, p. 162.
  35. Scherzer 2007, p. 161.
  36. Scherzer 2007, p. 151.
  37. Scherzer 2007, p. 148.
  38. Scherzer 2007, p. 447.
  39. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 104.
  40. Scherzer 2007, p. 156.
  41. Scherzer 2007, p. 165.
General
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