Number |
Name |
Service |
Rank |
Role and unit[Note 1] |
Date of award |
Notes |
Image |
58 |
Oskar von Boddien |
Heer |
16-HOberstleutnant |
Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 22 |
8 January 1942* |
Killed in action 6 January 1942 |
— |
59 |
Hans Jordan+ |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 49 |
16 January 1942 |
Awarded 64th Swords 20 April 1944 |
— |
60 |
Karl-Wilhelm Specht |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 55 |
16 January 1942 |
— |
— |
61 |
Hans Freiherr von Wolff |
Heer |
14-HHauptmann |
Commander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 28 |
16 January 1942 |
At the same time promoted to Major |
— |
62 |
Hans-Valentin Hube+ |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 16. Panzer-Division |
16 January 1942 |
Awarded 22nd Swords 21 December 1942 13th Diamonds 20 April 1944 |
|
63 |
Karl-Heinz Noak |
Heer |
13-HOberleutnant |
Commander of the 1./Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung 137 |
16 January 1942 |
— |
— |
64 |
Joachim Helbig+ |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the I.(Kampf)/Lehrgeschwader 1 |
16 January 1942 |
Awarded 20th Swords 28 September 1942 |
— |
65 |
Otto Hitzfeld+ |
Heer |
16-HOberstleutnant |
Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 213 |
17 January 1942 |
Awarded (158th) Swords 9 May 1945?[Note 2] |
|
66 |
Wilhelm Wegener+ |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 94 |
19 January 1942 |
Awarded 97th Swords 17 September 1944 |
— |
67 |
Hans Traut |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 41 (motorized) and leader of 10. Infanterie-Division (motorized) |
23 January 1942 |
— |
— |
68 |
Werner-Albrecht von und zu Gilsa |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 216. Infanterie-Division |
24 January 1942 |
— |
— |
69 |
Hermann Breith+ |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 3. Panzer-Division |
31 January 1942 |
Awarded 48th Swords 21 February 1944 |
|
70 |
Rolf Kaldrack |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 |
9 February 1942* |
Killed in action 3 February 1942 |
— |
71 |
Heinrich Borgmann |
Heer |
14-HHauptmann |
Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 46 |
11 February 1942 |
Killed in action 6 April 1945 |
— |
72 |
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist+ |
Heer |
21-HGeneraloberst |
Commander-in-chief of Panzergruppe 1 |
17 February 1942 |
Awarded 60th Swords 30 March 1944 |
|
73 |
Georg-Hans Reinhardt+ |
Heer |
20-HGeneral der Panzertruppe |
Commander-in-chief of Panzergruppe 3 |
17 February 1942 |
Awarded 68th Swords 26 May 1944 |
|
74 |
Walter Model+ |
Heer |
20-HGeneral der Panzertruppe |
Commanding general of the XXXXI. Panzerkorps |
17 February 1942 |
Awarded 28th Swords 2 April 1943 17th Diamonds 17 August 1944 |
|
75 |
Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 4. Panzer-Division |
17 February 1942 |
— |
|
76 |
Walter Wessel |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 15 (motorized) |
17 February 1942 |
at the same time promoted to Generalmajor |
— |
77 |
Walter Hagen |
Luftwaffe |
16-LOberstleutnant |
Geschwaderkommodore of Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 |
17 February 1942 |
— |
— |
78 |
Albert Kesselring+ |
Luftwaffe |
22-LGeneralfeldmarschall |
Chief of Luftflotte 2 and OB Süd |
25 February 1942 |
Awarded 15th Swords 18 July 1942 14th Diamonds 19 July 1944 |
|
79 |
Gerhard Köppen |
Luftwaffe |
09-LFeldwebel |
Pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 52 |
27 February 1942 |
— |
— |
80 |
Kurt Ubben |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 77 |
12 March 1942 |
— |
— |
81 |
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann+ |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 54 |
12 March 1942 |
Awarded 10th Swords 17 May 1942 |
— |
82 |
Franz Eckerle |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 54 |
12 March 1942* |
Killed in action 14 February 1942 |
— |
83 |
Wolf-Dietrich Huy |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 77 |
17 March 1942 |
— |
— |
84 |
Hans Strelow |
Luftwaffe |
12-LLeutnant |
Staffelführer of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" |
24 March 1942 |
— |
— |
85 |
Wilhelm Spies |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" |
5 April 1942* |
Killed in action 27 January 1942 |
— |
86 |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller+ |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 105 |
8 April 1942 |
Awarded 128th Swords 27 January 1945 |
— |
87 |
Erich Topp+ |
Kriegsmarine |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-552 |
11 April 1942 |
Awarded 17th Swords 17 August 1942 |
|
88 |
Theodor Eicke |
Waffen-SS |
20-WSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS |
Commander of SS-Division "Totenkopf" |
20 April 1942 |
— |
|
89 |
Reinhard Hardegen |
Kriegsmarine |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-123 |
23 April 1942 |
— |
|
90 |
Wolfgang Späte |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant of the Reserves |
Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54 |
23 April 1942 |
— |
— |
91 |
Alfred Wünnenberg |
Waffen-SS |
18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Police |
Commander of SS-Polizei-Division |
23 April 1942 |
— |
|
92 |
Theodor Scherer |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 281. Sicherungs-Division and defender of Cholm |
5 May 1942 |
— |
|
93 |
Hermann Graf+ |
Luftwaffe |
12-LLeutnant of the Reserves |
Staffelführer of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 52 |
17 May 1942 |
Awarded 11th Swords 19 May 1942 5th Diamonds 16 September 1942 |
|
94 |
Adolf Dickfeld |
Luftwaffe |
12-LLeutnant of the Reserves |
Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 52 |
19 May 1942[Note 3] |
— |
— |
95 |
Eberhard von Mackensen |
Heer |
20-HGeneral der Kavallerie |
Commanding general of the III. Panzerkorps |
26 May 1942 |
— |
|
96 |
Leopold Steinbatz+ |
Luftwaffe |
10-LOberfeldwebel |
Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 52 |
2 June 1942 |
Awarded 14th Swords 23 June 1942 |
— |
97 |
Hans-Joachim Marseille+ |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 27 |
6 June 1942 |
Awarded 12th Swords 18 June 1942 4th Diamonds 3 September 1942 |
|
98 |
Helmut Lent+ |
Luftwaffe |
15-LMajor |
Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 |
6 June 1942 |
Awarded 32nd Swords 2 August 1943 15th Diamonds 31 July 1944 |
|
99 |
Robert-Georg Freiherr von Malapert |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 |
8 June 1942* |
Killed in action 21 May 1942 |
— |
100 |
Ludwig Wolff |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 22. Infanterie-Division (Luftlande) |
22 June 1942 |
— |
|
101 |
Friedrich Geißhardt |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Pilot and adjutant in the Stab of the I./Jagdgeschwader 77[Note 4] |
23 June 1942 |
— |
|
102 |
Heinrich Setz |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 77 |
23 June 1942 |
— |
— |
103 |
Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt |
Heer |
20-HGeneral der Infanterie |
Commanding general of the II. Armeekorps |
27 June 1942 |
— |
— |
104 |
Rolf Mützelburg |
Kriegsmarine |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-203 |
15 July 1942 |
— |
|
105 |
Adalbert Schnee |
Kriegsmarine |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-201 |
15 July 1942 |
— |
— |
106 |
Erwin Clausen |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 77 |
23 July 1942 |
— |
|
107 |
Viktor Bauer |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" |
26 July 1942 |
— |
— |
108 |
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock |
Luftwaffe |
10-LOberfeldwebel |
Pilot in the 10./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" |
3 August 1942 |
— |
— |
109 |
Anton Hackl+ |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 77 |
9 August 1942[Note 5] |
Awarded 78th Swords 9 July 1944[Note 6] |
— |
110 |
Traugott Herr+ |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 13. Panzer-Division |
9 August 1942 |
Awarded 117th Swords 18 December 1944 |
|
111 |
Werner Kempf |
Heer |
20-HGeneral der Panzertruppe |
Commanding general of the XXXXVIII. Panzerkorps |
10 August 1942 |
— |
|
112 |
Gerhard Kollewe |
Luftwaffe |
15-LMajor |
Gruppenkommandeur of the II.(Kampf)/Lehrgeschwader 1 |
16 August 1942 |
— |
|
113 |
Walter Gorn+ |
Heer |
16-HOberstleutnant |
Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 59 |
17 August 1942 |
Awarded 30th Swords 8 June 1943 |
— |
114 |
Kurt Brändle |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" |
27 August 1942 |
— |
— |
115 |
Johannes Steinhoff+ |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 52 |
2 September 1942 |
Awarded 82nd Swords 28 July 1944 |
|
116 |
Walter Sigel |
Luftwaffe |
16-LOberstleutnant |
Geschwaderkommodore of Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 |
2 September 1942 |
— |
— |
117 |
Johann Zemsky |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 |
3 September 1942* |
Killed in action 28 August 1942 |
— |
118 |
Alfred Druschel+ |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann[Note 7] |
Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 1 |
3 September 1942 |
Awarded 24th Swords 19 February 1943 |
|
119 |
Dr. Ing. Ernst Bormann |
Luftwaffe |
17-LOberst |
Commander of Gefechtsverband Bormann augmenting Kampfgeschwader 76 |
3 September 1942 |
— |
— |
120 |
Gerhard Hein |
Heer |
12-HLeutnant of the Reserves |
Leader of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 209 |
6 September 1942 |
— |
|
121 |
Werner Ziegler+ |
Heer |
13-HOberleutnant |
Leader of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 186 |
8 September 1942 |
Awarded 102nd Swords 23 October 1944 |
— |
122 |
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke+ |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" |
9 September 1942 |
Awarded 23rd Swords 23 December 1942 |
— |
123 |
Klaus Scholtz |
Kriegsmarine |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-108 |
10 September 1942 |
— |
— |
124 |
Heinz Schmidt |
Luftwaffe |
12-LLeutnant |
Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 52 |
16 September 1942[Note 8] |
— |
— |
125 |
Heinrich Bleichrodt |
Kriegsmarine |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-109 |
23 September 1942 |
— |
|
126 |
Friedrich-Karl Müller |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 53[Note 9] |
23 September 1942 |
— |
— |
127 |
Wilhelm Crinius |
Luftwaffe |
10-LFeldwebel |
Pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 53 |
23 September 1942 |
— |
— |
128 |
Wolfgang Tonne |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 53 |
24 September 1942 |
— |
— |
129 |
Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 24. Panzer-Division |
27 September 1942 |
— |
— |
130 |
Hans Beißwenger |
Luftwaffe |
12-LLeutnant[Note 10] |
Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54 |
3 October 1942 |
— |
— |
131 |
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert+ |
Luftwaffe |
09-LFeldwebel |
Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 77 |
7 October 1942[Note 11] |
Awarded 130th Swords 1 February 1945 |
|
132 |
Karl Torley |
Heer |
14-HHauptmann |
Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 60 (motorized) |
11 October 1942 |
— |
— |
133 |
Johannes Kümmel |
Heer |
14-HHauptmann |
Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 8 |
11 October 1942 |
— |
— |
134 |
Günther Rall+ |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 52 |
26 October 1942 |
Awarded 34th Swords 12 September 1943 |
|
135 |
Ludwig Kirschner |
Heer |
16-HOberstleutnant |
Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 72 |
28 October 1942 |
— |
— |
136 |
Konrad Hupfer |
Heer |
14-HHauptmann |
Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 72 |
28 October 1942 |
— |
— |
137 |
Max Stotz |
Luftwaffe |
10-LOberfeldwebel |
Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54 |
30 October 1942 |
— |
— |
138 |
Heinrich Schweickhardt |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Staffelkapitän of the 8./Kampfgeschwader 76[Note 12] |
30 October 1942 |
— |
— |
139 |
Wolfgang Schenck |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Zerstörergeschwader 1 |
30 October 1942 |
— |
|
140 |
Hermann Seitz |
Heer |
16-HOberstleutnant |
Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 63 |
31 October 1942 |
— |
— |
141 |
Josef Zwernemann |
Luftwaffe |
10-LOberfeldwebel |
Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 52 |
31 October 1942 |
— |
|
142 |
Wolfgang Lüth+ |
Kriegsmarine |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of U-181 |
13 November 1942 |
Awarded 29th Swords 15 April 1943 7th Diamonds 9 August 1943 |
— |
143 |
Werner Töniges |
Kriegsmarine |
14-MKapitänleutnant |
Commander of Schnellboot S-102 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille |
13 November 1942 |
— |
— |
144 |
Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz+ |
Heer |
16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves |
Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 2 |
13 November 1942 |
Awarded 27th Swords 28 March 1943 11th Diamonds 15 April 1944 |
|
145 |
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke+ |
Luftwaffe |
18-LGeneralmajor |
Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Brigade "Ramcke" |
13 November 1942 |
Awarded 99th Swords 19 September 1944 20th Diamonds 19 September 1944 |
|
146 |
Josef Wurmheller+ |
Luftwaffe |
12-LLeutnant |
Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" |
13 November 1942[Note 13] |
Awarded 108th Swords 24 October 1944 |
— |
147 |
Karl-Friedrich Merten |
Kriegsmarine |
15-MKorvettenkapitän |
Commander of U-68 |
16 November 1942 |
— |
— |
148 |
Friedrich Lang+ |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Staffelkapitän of the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" |
21 November 1942[Note 14] |
Awarded 74th Swords 2 July 1944 |
— |
149 |
Alwin Boerst+ |
Luftwaffe |
13-LOberleutnant |
Staffelkapitän of the 3./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" |
28 November 1942 |
Awarded 61st Swords 6 April 1944 |
— |
150 |
Ekkehard Kylling-Schmidt |
Heer |
13-HOberleutnant |
Chief of the 4./Füsilier-Regiment 26 |
4 December 1942 |
— |
— |
151 |
Ernst Nobis |
Heer |
16-HOberstleutnant |
Commander of Jäger-Regiment 204 |
5 December 1942 |
— |
— |
152 |
Wolfgang Fischer |
Heer |
19-HGeneralleutnant |
Commander of 10. Panzer-Division |
9 December 1942 |
— |
— |
153 |
Karl Allmendinger |
Heer |
19-HGeneralleutnant |
Commander of 5. Jäger-Division |
13 December 1942 |
— |
— |
154 |
Heinrich Paepcke |
Luftwaffe |
14-LHauptmann |
Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 30[Note 15] |
19 December 1942* |
Killed in action 17 October 1942 |
— |
155 |
Hermann Balck+ |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 11. Panzer-Division |
20 December 1942 |
Awarded 25th Swords 4 March 1943 19th Diamonds 31 August 1944 |
|
156 |
Walter Heitz |
Heer |
20-HGeneral der Artillerie |
Commanding general of the VIII. Armeekorps |
21 December 1942 |
— |
|
157 |
Hermann Fegelein?[Note 16] |
Waffen-SS |
17-WSS-Oberführer |
Commander of SS-Kampfgruppe "Fegelein" |
22 December 1942 |
Awarded 83rd Swords 30 July 1944 |
|
158 |
Helmuth von Ruckteschell |
Kriegsmarine |
17-MKapitän zur See of the reserves |
Commander of Hilfskreuzer "Michel" (HSK 9) |
23 December 1942 |
— |
— |
159 |
Felix Steiner+ |
Waffen-SS |
19-WSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS |
Commander of 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking" |
23 December 1942 |
Awarded 86th Swords 10 August 1944 |
|
160 |
Hubert Lanz |
Heer |
19-HGeneralleutnant |
Commander of 1. Gebirgs-Division |
23 December 1942 |
— |
|
161 |
Helmuth Schlömer |
Heer |
18-HGeneralmajor |
Commander of 3. Infanterie-Division (motorized) |
23 December 1942 |
— |
— |
162 |
Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim+ |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26 |
23 December 1942 |
Awarded 105th Swords 23 October 1944 |
— |
163 |
Hartwig von Ludwiger |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Jäger-Regiment 83 |
23 December 1942 |
— |
— |
164 |
Harald von Hirschfeld |
Heer |
14-HHauptmann |
Leader of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 |
23 December 1942 |
— |
— |
165 |
Josef Bremm+ |
Heer |
13-HOberleutnant of the reserves |
Chief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 426 |
23 December 1942 |
Awarded (159th) Swords 9 May 1945?[Note 17] |
|
166 |
Helmut Thumm |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Commander of Jäger-Regiment 56 |
23 December 1942 |
— |
— |
167 |
Helmuth von Pannwitz |
Heer |
17-HOberst |
Leader of the Kampfgruppe "von Pannwitz" |
23 December 1942 |
— |
|
168 |
Martin Fiebig |
Luftwaffe |
19-LGeneralleutnant |
Commanding general of the VIII. Fliegerkorps |
23 December 1942 |
— |
— |