List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Sa–Schr)
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 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. Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe —as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst and the Volkssturm. 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, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 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 been nominated for the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.
Listed here are the 457 recipients whose last name is in the range "Sa–Schr". Scherzer has challenged the validity of 11 of these listings. This is the first of two lists of all 1,060 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last names start with "S". The recipients whose last name is in the range "Schu–Sz" are listed at List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients. The recipients are ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.
Background
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes. 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, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.Recipients
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe and for the 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 457 awards made to servicemen whose last name is in the range "Sa–Schr", 47 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, four the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and three the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds; 28 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members, including the Volkssturm, received 294 of the medals; 23 went to the Kriegsmarine, 109 to the Luftwaffe, and 31 to the Waffen-SS and Allgemeine SS. The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients and are therefore denoted in parentheses.| Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit | Date of award | Notes | Image |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 11 "Nordland" | 12 March 1944 | — | — | |
| Kriegsmarine | General Admiral | Marine-Gruppenbefehlshaber Marinegruppe West | 9 May 1940 | — | — | |
| Heer | Stabsfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 1 | 20 March 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 160 | 20 January 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Rittmeister | Chief of Radfahr-Schwadron 219 | 14 December 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 456 | 6 February 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Generalmajor | Commander of the 18. Flak-Division | 24 January 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 5./Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | 10 September 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Fahnenjunker-''Feldwebel | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 52 | 9 September 1944 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Jäger-Regiment 75 | 5 April 1942 | Awarded 472nd Oak Leaves 14 May 1944 132nd Swords 6 February 1945 | — |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 4./Infanterie-Regiment 445 | 29 September 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 10./Artillerie-Regiment 1352 | 28 February 1945 | — | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Hauptsturmführer | Chief of the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf" | 13 October 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Vorgeschobener Beobachter in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 176 | 5 March 1945* | Killed in action 6 February 1945 | — | |
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 3./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 9 "Hohenstaufen" | 6 May 1945 | — | — |
| Heer | Stabsarzt of the Reserves | Battalions doctor of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26 | 20 July 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Flak-Sturm-Abteilung 802 | 18 November 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 65 | 21 November 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 51 | 4 May 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 457 | 22 February 1942 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 49 | 20 April 1943 | Awarded 533rd Oak Leaves 27 July 1944 | — |
| Heer | Rittmeister | Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 123 | 19 February 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 | 31 August 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Chief of the General Staff of Heeresgruppe B | 19 July 1940 | — | ||
| Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän | Commander of destroyer Z24 | 15 June 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Aide-de-camp in the Stab Infanterie-Regiment 270 | 2 October 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 502 | 10 September 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 121 | 27 June 1942 | — | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Oberscharführer | Zugführer in the 3./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 31 July 1943 | — | ||
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 7./Schützen-Regiment 79 | 13 October 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 170. Infanterie-Division | 3 September 1942 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 23 | 19 September 1943 | Awarded 729th Oak Leaves 5 February 1945 | — |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 1./Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 5 | 28 February 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel | Zugführer in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 370 | 23 December 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 278 | 7 April 1944 | — | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 5 May 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 102 | 8 February 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberjäger | Group leader in the 11./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 | 13 June 1941 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Major | Commander of the III./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring" | 18 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Leader of Marine-Infanterie-Regiment 8 | 14 April 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 100. leichte Jäger-Division | 22 February 1942 | — | — | |
| Kriegsmarine | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the battery "Lausitz" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 259 in Marine-Flak-Regiment 9 | 20 April 1945 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Observer in the Stab/Kampfgeschwader 51 | 20 July 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 277 | 19 December 1942 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Zugführer in the 10./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 | 22 February 1942 | — | ||
| Heer | Leutnant | Zugführer in the 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 13 | 23 October 1941 | — | ||
| Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 19 September 1942 | — | — | |
| + | Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 1./Lehrgeschwader 1 | 5 February 1944 | Awarded 675th Oak Leaves 6 December 1944 | — |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 520 | 15 May 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Pilot in the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 | 16 February 1942 | — | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Leader of SS-Regiment "Sattler" | 16 January 1945 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Leader of the 4. Panzer-Division | 6 January 1942 | Awarded 281st Oak Leaves 22 August 1943 46th Swords 31 January 1944 27th Diamonds 8 May 1945 | |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 4./Lehrgeschwader 1 | 5 July 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment "Sauer" in the fortress Breslau | 30 April 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93 | 15 May 1944 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Wachtmeister of the Reserves | Zugführer in the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 209 | 26 September 1942 | Awarded 603rd Oak Leaves 30 September 1944 | — |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Füsilier-Regiment 230 | 14 April 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 405 | 5 April 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann im Generalstab | Ib of the 14. Panzer-Division and leader of Kampfgruppe "Sauerbruch" | 4 January 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Unteroffizier | Group leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 337 | 9 April 1943* | Died of wounds 27 February 1943 | — | |
| ? | Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Regiment "Theodor Körner" | 7 May 1945 | — | — |
| + | Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 36 | 30 November 1942 | Awarded 260th Oak Leaves 28 July 1943 | — |
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 3 | 23 February 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 14./Infanterie-Regiment 505 | 8 September 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 21 | 10 September 1944* | Killed in action 15 August 1944 | — | |
| Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Kavallerie-Regiment Süd | 20 January 1944* | Killed in action 22 November 1943 | — | |
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 | 2 October 1942 | Awarded 290th Oak Leaves 31 August 1943 44th Swords 23 January 1944 | |
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 10. Panzer-Division | 13 July 1940 | — | — | |
| Kriegsmarine | Oberleutnant zur See | Commander of | 1 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Unteroffizier | In the III./Flak-Regiment 40 | 9 February 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Füsilier-Regiment 22 | 4 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Unterscharführer | Ammunitions squadron leader in the 5./SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" | 27 August 1944 | — | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 8 "Florian Geyer" | 14 May 1944* | Killed in action 19 October 1943 | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Leader Sturmgruppe "Beton" in the Fallschirmjäger-Sturmabteilung "Koch" | 12 May 1940 | — | — | |
| Kriegsmarine | Korvettenkapitän | Commander of | 9 January 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 158 | 19 January 1943 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 392 | 24 July 1941 | Awarded 597th Oak Leaves 21 September 1944 | |
| + | Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | 29 October 1943 | Awarded 460th Oak Leaves 20 April 1944 | — |
| Heer | Major | Leader of SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 16 "Florian Geyer" | 27 January 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant | Company leader in Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 92 | 2 September 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Leader Sturmgruppe "Eisen" in the Fallschirmjäger-Sturmabteilung "Koch" | 12 May 1940 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 514 | 9 July 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Machine gunner in 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 | 12 September 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Commando leader in the Royal Hungarian combat squadron in the III./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | 20 April 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 72 | 23 August 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1115 | 10 February 1945* | Died of wounds 6 February 1945 | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Pilot in the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | 8 May 1940 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Ski-Jäger-Regiment 2 | 31 January 1945* | Killed in action 26 January 1945 | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the III./SS-Infanterie-Regiment 10 | 14 October 1943 | — | ||
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelführer of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 200 | 24 October 1944 | — | ||
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer in the 2./Panzer-Regiment 1 | 17 December 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of a Kampfgruppe der Schule für Fahnenjunker der Infanterie VI. | 3 November 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Major | Commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 54 | 10 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 4./Jäger-Regiment "Hermann Göring" | 8 August 1944 | — | — | |
| ? | Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 14./Kampfgeschwader 55 | 16 April 1945 | — | — |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Battalion commander in Grenadier-Regiment 516 | 29 January 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 | 12 August 1944 | — | — | |
| + | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 5 "Wiking" | 12 February 1943 | Awarded 714th Oak Leaves 25 January 1945 | — |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Untersturmführer | Leader of the 3./schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503 | 29 April 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Gefreiter | Group leader in the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1082 | 11 March 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major of the Reserves | Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23 | 16 September 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 380 | 3 January 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | In the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 61 | 26 October 1943 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | 30 August 1941 | — | — | |
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Pilot in the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | 3 April 1943 | Awarded 630th Oak Leaves 24 October 1944 | — |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Gun leader in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 340 | 9 August 1942 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberstleutnant | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" | 5 September 1940 | — | ||
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelführer in the I./Jagdgeschwader 52 | 10 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 289 | 10 September 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" | 12 April 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Deputy leader of Grenadier-Regiment 3 | 20 October 1944* | Killed in action 20 September 1944 | — | |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 24 | 10 May 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Wachtmeister | Gun leader in the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 202 | 17 August 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Gefreiter | In the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11 | 20 July 1944* | Killed in action 14 May 1944 | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 61 | 5 April 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 109 | 23 August 1943 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 173 | 6 October 1943 | Awarded 602nd Oak Leaves 30 September 1944 | — |
| Heer | Major | Leader of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91 | 26 December 1944 | — | — | |
| ? | Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 1 | 9 May 1945 | — | — |
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 977 | 9 December 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12 | 22 April 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Squadron leader in Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 320 | 21 October 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 2 | 17 April 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1131 | 14 April 1945* | Killed in action 28 January 1945 | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115 | 31 December 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelführer of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 5 December 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Machine gunner and messenger in the II./Grenadier-Regiment 405 | 30 September 1944 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 191 | 4 July 1940 | Awarded 217th Oak Leaves 2 April 1943 | — |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Staffelführer of the 1./Zerstörergeschwader 1 | 29 October 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Leader of the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 24 | 18 April 1943 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Bordfunker in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | 10 December 1943 | — | — | |
| ? | Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 48 "General Seyffardt" | 11 May 1945 | — | — |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 174 | 15 January 1943 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring" | 21 June 1943 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 127 | 5 August 1940 | Awarded 43rd Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 | — |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 1./Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122 | 16 April 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the Stabskompanie/Schützen-Regiment 66 | 4 September 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 39 | 19 November 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 9. Panzer-Division | 3 April 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Battery officer in the 6./Werfer-Regiment 52 | 30 October 1943 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Major | Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" | 18 September 1940 | — | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of the SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade "Langemark" | 28 February 1945 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | 8 August 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11 | 6 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 14 | 6 October 1942 | — | — | |
| + | Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 | 14 August 1941 | Awarded 139th Oak Leaves 30 October 1942 | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 547 | 8 August 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 3 | 4 September 1941 | — | — | |
| + | Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Commander of | 24 September 1940 | Awarded 7th Oak Leaves 1 December 1940 | |
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 532 | 26 March 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 236 | 14 December 1943 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 281. Sicherungs-Division | 20 February 1942 | Awarded 92nd Oak Leaves 5 May 1942 | |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 103 | 30 September 1944* | Killed in action 29 May 1944 | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 3./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 | 23 February 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 12./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | 8 April 1944 | — | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer | Chief of the 1./SS-Polizei-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 4 | 23 October 1944 | — | — | |
| ? | Heer | Oberstleutnant | Commander of Sicherungs-Regiment 36 | 23 March 1945 | — | — |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Machine gunner in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 15 | 26 January 1944* | Killed in action 22 January 1944 | — | |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves | Leader of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 "Frundsberg" | 28 March 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 31 | 4 May 1944 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Oberst | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 116 | 6 September 1942 | Awarded 791st Oak Leaves 16 March 1945 | — |
| Heer | Feldwebel | Panzer commander and Zugführer in the 2./Panzer-Regiment "Führer Begleit Brigade" | 8 January 1945 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 272 | 5 August 1940 | Awarded 202nd Oak Leaves 6 March 1943 | — |
| Kriegsmarine | Kapitänleutnant | Commander of | 23 May 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1028 | 18 February 1945 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 8./Flak-Regiment 36 | 4 November 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of II./Grenadier-Regiment 305 | 18 July 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Group leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 87 | 28 April 1943 | — | — | |
| ? | Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 346 | 9 May 1945 | — | — |
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 49 | 14 February 1945 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Bordfunker in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 | 29 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 53 | 21 June 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Pak-Schütze in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 107 | 28 December 1943 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 24 | 25 August 1942 | Awarded 544th Oak Leaves 8 August 1944 | — |
| Heer | Leutnant | Leader of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 131 | 16 January 1942 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Major Horst Schiller was shot down on September 12th 1943, him and 9 comrades were taken hostage. 2 managed to escape but upon returning with a German regiment they were unable to find them. He was killed in Ukraine June 02 1943. He was also awarded the Deutsche Kreuz in gold on Jan 02, 1942. Posthumously he was promoted to sgt. | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 | 9 June 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 16 | 6 April 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer in the 1./Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 540 | 26 March 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 17. Panzer-Division | 28 July 1943* | Killed in action 21 July 1943 | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Oberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 10 October 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 408 | 5 March 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 41 | 23 January 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Richtschütze in the 14./Füsilier-Regiment 34 | 8 August 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 15 | 14 May 1941 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 3. Fallschirmjäger-Division | 6 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 171 | 24 July 1943 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Zugführer in the 1./Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1 | 5 September 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 106 | 4 May 1944 | — | — | |
| Kriegsmarine | Vizeadmiral | Commander of fortress La Rochelle | 11 March 1945 | — | ||
| Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 32 | 27 August 1944 | — | — | |
| + | Luftwaffe | Hauptmann | Leader of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2 | 14 June 1941 | Awarded 657th Oak Leaves 18 November 1944 | — |
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Zugführer in the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 389 | 31 July 1942 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Gefreiter | Geschützkanonier in the 19./Flak-Regiment "Hermann Göring" | 19 February 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Hauptmann | Chief of the 4./Panzer-Regiment 6 | 28 March 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant | Chief of the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 13 | 14 May 1941 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Messenger in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66 | 7 February 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Leutnant of the Reserves | Adjutant in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 988 | 31 January 1945 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Major of the Reserves | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 365 | 5 September 1944 | Awarded Oak Leaves 9 May 1945? | — |
| Waffen-SS | SS-Sturmbannführer | Leader of the III./SS-Artillerie-Regiment 5 "Wiking" | 1 March 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Feldwebel | Zugführer in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung z.b.V. 2 | 22 August 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of the I./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139 | 20 June 1940 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 6./Sturm-Regiment 195 | 23 July 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 338 | 16 April 1943 | — | — | |
| + | Heer | Oberfeldwebel | Zugführer in the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13 | 23 October 1941 | Awarded 222nd Oak Leaves 6 April 1943 | — |
| Luftwaffe | Feldwebel | Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | 9 May 1942 | — | — | |
| Heer | Obergefreiter | Machine gunner in the 7./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66 | 11 December 1943 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 222 | 23 October 1944 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | Leutnant | Pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 28 January 1945 | — | — | |
| Heer | Generalleutnant | Commander of the 9. Infanterie-Division | 14 August 1943 | — | — | |
| Luftwaffe | General der Fallschirmtruppe | Commanding general of the I. Fallschirmkorps | 11 June 1944 | — | ||
| + | Heer | Generalmajor | Commander of the 134. Infanterie-Division | 21 April 1942 | Awarded 369th Oak Leaves 18 January 1944 | |
| Heer | Major | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 168 | 29 February 1944 | — | — | |
| Heer | Oberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 26 | 27 July 1944 | — | — | |
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