List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Schnellboot service

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The

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub).[1]

Background

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.[5]

Recipients

The

Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force) 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.[6]

  This along with the + (plus) indicates that a higher grade of Knight's Cross was awarded as well.

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.[7]

Number Name Rank Unit Date of award Notes
143 Werner Töniges 14-MKapitänleutnant[8] Commander of
Schnellboot S-102 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[8][9]
 13 November 1942[8]
—
226 Siegfried Wuppermann 13-MOberleutnant zur See[10] Commander of
Schnellboot S-56 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille[11][Note 1]
 14 April 1943[10]
—
249 Friedrich Kemnade 15-MKorvettenkapitän[12] Chief of the 3. Schnellbootflottille[12][13] 27 May 1943[12]
—
326
Georg Christiansen
 		15-MKorvettenkapitän[14] Chief of the 1. Schnellbootsflottille[14][15] 13 November 1943[14]
—
361 Bernd Klug 15-MKorvettenkapitän[16] Chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille[16][17] 1 January 1944[16]
—
362
Klaus Feldt
 		15-MKorvettenkapitän[18] Chief of the 2. Schnellbootflottille[17][18] 1 January 1944[18]
—
499 Rudolf Petersen 17-M
Kapitän zur See[19]
 Leader of the
Schnellboote[19][20]
 13 June 1944[19]
—
500 Götz Freiherr von Mirbach 14-MKapitänleutnant[21] Chief of the 9. Schnellbootflottille[20][21] 14 June 1944[21]
—

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 Verordnung über die Erneuerung des Eisernen Kreuzes (Regulation of the renewing of the Iron Cross).

Number Name Rank Unit Date of award Notes
1
Hermann Opdenhoff
 		13-MOberleutnant zur See[22] Commander
Schnellboot S-31 in the 2. Schnellbootflottille[23][Note 2]
 16 May 1940[22] Killed in action 22 March 1945[24]
2
Heinz Birnbacher
 		14-MKapitänleutnant[25] Chief of the 1. Schnellbootflottille[25][26] 17 June 1940[25]
—
3 Rudolf Petersen+ 15-MKorvettenkapitän[19] Chief of the 2. Schnellbootsflottille[19][27] 4 August 1940[19] Awarded 499th Oak Leaves 13 June 1944[19]
4
Kurt Fimmen
 		13-MOberleutnant zur See[28] Commander of
Schnellboot S-26 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[28][29]
 14 August 1940[28]
—
5 Götz Freiherr von Mirbach+ 13-MOberleutnant zur See[21] Commander of
Schnellboot S-21 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[30][Note 3]
 14 August 1940[21] Awarded 500th Oak Leaves 14 June 1944[21]
6 Werner Töniges+ 13-MOberleutnant zur See[8] Commander of
Schnellboot S-102 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[31][Note 4]
 25 February 1941[8] Awarded 143rd Oak Leaves 13 November 1942[8]
7 Bernd-Georg Klug+ 14-MKapitänleutnant[16] Commander of
Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[16][32]
 12 March 1941[16] Awarded 361st Oak Leaves 1 January 1944[16]
8
Klaus Feldt
+ 		13-MOberleutnant zur See[18] Commander of
Schnellboot S-30 in the 2. Schnellbootflottille[18][33]
 25 April 1941[18] Awarded 362nd Oak Leaves 1 January 1944[18]
9
Georg Christiansen
+ 		13-MOberleutnant zur See[14] Commander of
Schnellboot S-101 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[14][34]
 8 May 1941[14] Awarded 326th Oak Leaves 13 November 1943[14]
10 Siegfried Wuppermann+ 13-MOberleutnant zur See[10] Commander of
Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille[35][Note 5]
 3 August 1941[10] Awarded 226th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943[10]
11 Niels Bätge 14-MKapitänleutnant[36] Chief of the 4. Schnellbootflottille[36][37] 4 January 1942[36] Killed in action 12 December 1944[38]
12 Friedrich Kemnade+ 14-MKapitänleutnant[12] Chief of the 3. Schnellbootflottille[12][39] 23 July 1942[12] Awarded 249th Oak Leaves 27 May 1943[12]
13
Hermann Büchting
 		14-MKapitänleutnant[40] Commander of
Schnellboot S-27 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[41][Note 6]
 22 April 1943[40]
—
14
[Dr.] Horst Weber[Note 7]
 13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves[42][Note 8] Commander of
Schnellboot S-55 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille[42][Note 8]
 5 July 1943[43]
—
15
Karl Müller
 		14-MKapitänleutnant[44] Commander of
Schnellboot S-52 in the 5. Schnellbootflottille[45][Note 9]
 8 July 1943[44]
—
16
Karl-Ehrhart Karcher
 		13-MOberleutnant zur See[46] Commander of
Schnellboot S-87 in the 4. Schnellbootflottille[46][47]
 12 August 1943[46]
—
17
Karl-Friedrich Künzel
 		13-MOberleutnant zur See[48] Group leader and commander of
Schnellboot S-28 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[48][49]
 12 December 1943[48]
—
18 Albert Müller 14-MKapitänleutnant[50] Commander of
Schnellboot S-59 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille[51][Note 10]
 13 December 1943[50]
—
19
Klaus-Degenhard Schmidt
 		13-MOberleutnant zur See[52] Commander of
Schnellboot S-54 in the 10. Schnellbootflottille[53][Note 11]
 22 December 1943[52] Killed in action 22 December 1944[54]
20 Kurt Johannsen 14-MKapitänleutnant[55] Chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille[55][56] 14 June 1944[55] Killed in action 14 June 1944[24]
21
Heinz Haag
 		13-MOberleutnant zur See[57] Commander of
Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille[57][58]
 25 November 1944[57]
—
22 Felix Zymalkowski 15-MKorvettenkapitän[59] Chief of the 8. Schnellbootflottille[59][60] 10 April 1945[59]
—
23
Ingwer(Jens) Matzen
 		15-MKorvettenkapitän[61] Chief of the 6. Schnellbootflottille[61][62] 2 May 1945[61]
—

Notes

  1. Schnellboot S-56.[10]
  2. ^ According to Scherzer as commander of S-31.[22]
  3. Schnellboot S-21.[21]
  4. Schnellboot S-102.[8]
  5. Schnellboot S-60.[10]
  6. Schnellboot S-27 respectively S-51 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille.[40]
  7. ^ The brackets around the doctor title [Dr.] denotes that the academic title was attained after the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded.
  8. ^
    Schnellboot S-55.[43]
  9. Schnellboot S-52.[44]
  10. Schnellboot S-52.[50]
  11. Schnellboot S-54.[52]

References

Specific
  1. ^ Kurowski 2007, pp. 154–155.
  2. ^ "Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 1573; 1 September 1939" (PDF). ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (in German). Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior). Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 849; 3 June 1940" (PDF). ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (in German). Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior). Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  4. ^ "Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 613; 28 September 1941" (PDF). ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (in German). Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior). Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  5. ^ "Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11; 29 December 1944" (PDF). ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (in German). Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior). Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  6. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 112.
  7. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 102.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Scherzer 2007, p. 747.
  9. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 62.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Scherzer 2007, p. 800.
  11. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 68.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g Scherzer 2007, p. 436.
  13. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 69.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g Scherzer 2007, p. 259.
  15. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 74.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g Scherzer 2007, p. 451.
  17. ^ a b Fellgiebel 2000, p. 76.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g Scherzer 2007, p. 304.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g Scherzer 2007, p. 590.
  20. ^ a b Fellgiebel 2000, p. 84.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g Scherzer 2007, p. 546.
  22. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 577.
  23. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 330.
  24. ^ a b Kurowski 2007, p. 155.
  25. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 222.
  26. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 133.
  27. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 336, 499.
  28. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 307.
  29. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 180.
  30. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 312.
  31. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 424.
  32. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 261.
  33. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 178, 490.
  34. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 153.
  35. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 454.
  36. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 199.
  37. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 120.
  38. ^ Range 1974, p. 53.
  39. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 253.
  40. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 250.
  41. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 148.
  42. ^ a b Fellgiebel 2000, p. 437.
  43. ^ a b Scherzer 2007, p. 770.
  44. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 557.
  45. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 318.
  46. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 432.
  47. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 251.
  48. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 481.
  49. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 278.
  50. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 554.
  51. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 316.
  52. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 671.
  53. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 382.
  54. ^ Range 1974, p. 152.
  55. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 422.
  56. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 245.
  57. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 357.
  58. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 208.
  59. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 810.
  60. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 460.
  61. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 530.
  62. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 304.
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