Decorations

Knights Cross with Oak Leaves

Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz



Knights Cross with Oak Leaves

The Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, introduced on June 3, 1940, was awarded to Knights Cross recipients for further acts of courage. A fan of 3 Oak Leaves in silver surmounted the paper clip hanger.

There were only 853 of those awarded and 29 went to the U-boat force.

See the history and overview of the Knights Cross

Decorations ordered by last name

See this list sorted by date


Commander and rankAgeCrewDate  U-boat Command(s) held *
Kptlt. Bleichrodt, Heinrich323123 Sep 1942  U-48, U-67, U-109
Kptlt. Brandi, Albrecht283511 Apr 1943  U-617
Kptlt. Bülow, Otto von313026 Apr 1943  U-3, U-404

Kptlt. Emmermann, Carl28344 Jul 1943  U-172
Kptlt. Endrass, Engelbert +303410 Jun 1941  U-46

Gradm.Dönitz, Karl5219106 Apr 1943  BdU

Kptlt. Guggenberger, Friedrich27348 Jan 1943  U-28, U-81
Kptlt. Gysae, Robert323131 May 1943  U-98, U-177

Kptlt. Hardegen, Reinhard293323 Apr 1942  U-147, U-123
Kpt. Hartmann, Werner41215 Nov 1944  U-26, U-37, U-198
Kptlt. Henke, Werner +34334 Jul 1943  U-515

Kptlt. Kretschmer, Otto28304 Nov 1940  U-35, U-23, U-99

Kptlt. Lange, Hans-Günther2837a29 Apr 1945  U-711
Kptlt. Lassen, Georg27357 Mar 1943  U-29, U-160
Kptlt. Lehmann-Willenbrock, Heinrich303131 Dec 1941  U-8, U-5, U-96
Kptlt. Liebe, Heinrich332710 Jun 1941  U-2, U-38
Kptlt. Lüth, Wolfgang +293313 Nov 1942  U-13, U-9, U-138, U-43, U-181

KrvKpt. Merten, Karl-Friedrich372616 Nov 1942  U-68
Kptlt. Mohr, Johann +263413 Jan 1943  U-124
Kptlt. Mützelburg, Rolf +293215 Jul 1942  U-10, U-203

Kptlt. Prien, Günther +323120 Oct 1940  U-47

Kptlt. Schepke, Joachim +28301 Dec 1940  U-3, U-19, U-100
Kptlt. Schnee, Adalbert283415 Jul 1942  U-6, U-60, U-121, U-201
KrvKpt. Scholtz, Klaus342710 Sep 1942  U-108
Kptlt. Schultze, Herbert313012 Jun 1941  U-2, U-48
KrvKpt. Schütze, Viktor352514 Jul 1941  U-19, U-11, U-25, U-103
Oblt. Suhren, Reinhard253531 Dec 1941  U-564

Kptlt. Thomsen, Rolf303629 Apr 1945  U-1202
Kptlt. Topp, Erich273411 Apr 1942  U-57, U-552

29 U-boat Commanders decorated with Knights Cross with Oak Leaves (Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz) located.

Legend:
+ Indicates the Officer died in the war.
* Commands held indicates the U-boat commands held by this officer before award date. In some cases the officer had not taken command his first boat yet or was not even in the U-boat force yet.


Note: This listing is still being compiled and some recipients might be missing.

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