# List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1942)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The decoration 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. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) was introduced on 3 June 1940 to further distinguish those who had already received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and who continued to show merit in combat bravery or military success. A total of 7 awards were made in 1940; 50 in 1941; 111 in 1942; 192 in 1943; 328 in 1944, and 194 in 1945, giving a total of 882 recipients—excluding the 8 foreign recipients of the award.
The number of 882 Oak Leaves recipients is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). However, author Veit Scherzer has challenged the validity of 27 of these listings. With the exception of Hermann Fegelein, all of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation during the final days of World War II in Germany left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process. Fegelein received the Oak Leaves in 1942, but was sentenced to death by Adolf Hitler and executed by SS-Gruppenführer Johann Rattenhuber's Reichssicherheitsdienst (RSD) on 28 April 1945 after a court-martial led by SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS Wilhelm Mohnke. The sentence was carried out the same day. The death sentence, according to German law, resulted in the loss of all orders and honorary signs.

## 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 (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). 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 Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 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 (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten). At the end of 1944 the final grade, the 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.

## Recipients of 1942

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW—Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, 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. The sequential numbers greater than 143 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses. The recipients are ordered chronologically and numbered by the official sequential number assigned by the OKW. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was awarded.
| Number | Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit | 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? | |
| 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 | — | — |
| 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 | 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 | Awarded 78th Swords 9 July 1944 | — |
| 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 | 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 | — | — |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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? | 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? | |
| 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 | — | — |