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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

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    Wolf-Udo Ettel (1921 - 1943)
    Wolf-Udo Ettel (26 February 1921 – 17 July 1943) was a German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace and a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, the highest award i...
  • Hellmuth Mäder (1908 - 1984)
    Hellmuth Mäder (5 July 1908 – 12 May 1984) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.
  • Werner Ziegler (1916 - 2001)
    Werner Ziegler (30 April 1916 – 15 April 2001) was a German officer during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Z...
  • Lothar Rendulic (1887 - 1971)
    Lothar Rendulic (Croatian: Rendulić; 23 October 1887 – 17 January 1971) was an Austrian army group commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Rendulic was one of three Austrians who rose to the ...
  • Walter Krüger (1890 - 1945)
    Walter Krüger (27 February 1890 – 22 May 1945) was a German SS official during the Nazi era. In World War II, he commanded the SS Division Polizei, the SS Division Das Reich, and the VI SS Army Corps...

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) was instituted on 15 July 1941. The Oak Leaves with Swords clasp was similar in appearance to the Oak Leaves clasp with the exception that a pair of crossed swords were soldered to the base of the Oak Leaves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross#Knight's_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves_and_Swords

147 officially bestowed recipients

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_...

  1. Adolf Galland
  2. Werner Mölders
  3. Walter Oesau
  4. Günther Lützow
  5. Otto Kretschmer
  6. Erwin Rommel
  7. Heinrich Bär
  8. Hans Philipp
  9. Herbert Ihlefeld
  10. Max-Hellmuth Ostermann
  11. Hermann Graf
  12. Hans-Joachim Marseille
  13. Gordon Gollob
  14. Leopold Steinbatz
  15. Albert Kesselring
  16. Werner Baumbach
  17. Erich Topp
  18. Reinhard Suhren
  19. Joachim Müncheberg
  20. Joachim Helbig
  21. Karl Eibl
  22. Hans Hube
  23. Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke
  24. Alfred Druschel
  25. Hermann Balck
  26. Josef Dietrich
  27. Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz
  28. Walter Model
  29. Wolfgang Lüth
  30. Walter Gorn
  31. Dietrich Peltz
  32. Helmut Lent
  33. Adelbert Schulz
  34. Günther Rall
  35. Hermann Hoth
  36. Josef Harpe
  37. Walter Nowotny
  38. Waldemar von Gazen
  39. August Dieckmann
  40. Günther von Kluge
  41. Gerhard von Schwerin
  42. Hans-Ulrich Rudel
  43. Hajo Herrmann
  44. Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
  45. Erich Bärenfänger
  46. Dietrich von Saucken
  47. Herbert Gille
  48. Hermann Breith
  49. Franz Bäke
  50. Hasso von Manteuffel
  51. Egon Mayer
  52. Gerhard Barkhorn
  53. Franz Griesbach
  54. Werner Streib
  55. Richard Heidrich
  56. Hinrich Schuldt
  57. Georg-Wilhelm Postel
  58. Wend von Wietersheim
  59. Erich von Manstein
  60. Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
  61. Alwin Boerst
  62. Ernst Kupfer
  63. Hans Kreysing
  64. Hans Jordan
  65. Hermann Priess
  66. Albrecht Brandi
  67. Ludwig Heilmann
  68. Georg-Hans Reinhardt
  69. Horst Niemack
  70. Alfons König
  71. Michael Wittmann
  72. Eduard Dietl
  73. Josef Priller
  74. Friedrich Lang
  75. Erich Hartmann
  76. Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz
  77. Hans Dorr
  78. Anton Hackl
  79. Reiner Stahel
  80. Theodor Tolsdorff
  81. Fritz Bayerlein
  82. Johannes Steinhoff
  83. Hermann Fegelein
  84. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
  85. Fritz von Scholz
  86. Felix Steiner
  87. Walter Fries
  88. Kurt Bühligen
  89. Johannes Mayer
  90. Paul Hausser
  91. Kurt Meyer
  92. Robert Ritter von Greim
  93. Ferdinand Schörner
  94. Theodor Wisch
  95. Otto Baum
  96. Hans Kroh
  97. Wilhelm Wegener
  98. Theodor Nordmann
  99. Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke
  100. Otto von Knobelsdorff
  101. Karl Mauss
  102. Werner Ziegler
  103. Fritz Feßmann
  104. Hermann Recknagel
  105. Maximilian von Edelsheim
  106. Hans Källner
  107. Werner Mummert
  108. Josef Wurmheller
  109. Hermann Hohn
  110. Hans von Obstfelder
  111. Ernst-Günther Baade
  112. Karl-Lothar Schulz
  113. Otto Kittel
  114. Georg von Boeselager
  115. Helmuth Weidling
  116. Heinz Harmel
  117. Traugott Herr
  118. Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt
  119. Joachim Peiper
  120. Walter Krüger
  121. Wolfgang Kretzschmar
  122. Lothar Rendulic
  123. Maximilian Wengler
  124. Walther Nehring
  125. Hermann Hogeback
  126. Erich Rudorffer
  127. Friedrich Kirchner
  128. Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller
  129. Helmut Dörner
  130. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert
  131. Erich Walther
  132. Max Sachsenheimer
  133. Gerd von Rundstedt
  134. Dietrich von Müller
  135. Friedrich Schulz
  136. Gotthard Heinrici
  137. Heinz-Georg Lemm
  138. Otto Kumm
  139. Walter Hartmann
  140. Georg Bochmann
  141. Arthur Jüttner
  142. Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski
  143. Hellmuth Mäder
  144. Werner Schröer
  145. Wilhelm Batz
  146. Johannes Blaskowitz
  147. Hermann Niehoff
  148. Hermann-Heinrich Behrend
  149. Karl Decker
  150. Otto Weidinger
  151. Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny
  152. Sylvester Stadler
  153. Wilhelm Bittrich
  154. Fritz-Hubert Gräser
  155. Eugen Meindl
  156. Karl Alfred Thieme
  157. Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz
  158. Otto Hitzfeld
  159. Josef Bremm
  160. Isoroku Yamamoto
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