# List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds recipients of the Waffen-SS

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest military awards in Nazi Germany. During or shortly after World War II, 457 German servicemen of the Waffen-SS, including volunteers from Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, and Norway, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Of these, 411 presentations were formally made and evidence of the award is still available in the German Federal Archives. One recipient, Hermann Fegelein, was court-martialed and executed on 29 April 1945. According to German law, he was deprived of rank and all awards previously. Fegelein must therefore be considered a de facto but not de jure recipient. A further 46 Knight's Cross, nine Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, and four Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords recipients are either lacking the evidence to sustain their listings or received the award under questionable legal terms. However, all of them were accepted by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes e.V.) as legitimate recipients.

## Recipients

Recipients are grouped by grades of the Knight's Cross and listed alphabetically for the lowest grade and chronologically by the numbering paradigm for the higher grades.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.  This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that historian Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

### Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds is based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Ultimately, it would be awarded to twenty-seven German soldiers, sailors and airmen, ranging from young fighter pilots to field marshals. Two recipients were members of the Waffen-SS. The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.
| Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes | Picture |
| 12 | Herbert-Otto Gille | SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS | commander of 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking" | 19 April 1944 | | |
| 16 | Josef Dietrich | SS-Oberstgruppenführer | commander of I. SS-Panzerkorps "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 6 August 1944 | | |

### Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords is also based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.
| Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes |
| 26 | Josef Dietrich | SS-Obergruppenführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 14 March 1943 | Awarded 16th Diamonds 6 August 1944 |
| 39 | August Dieckmann | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 | 10 October 1943* | Killed in action 10 October 1943 |
| 47 | Herbert-Otto Gille | SS-Gruppenführer | SS-Panzergrenadier Division "Wiking" | 20 February 1944 | Awarded 12th Diamonds 19 April 1944 |
| 56 | Hinrich Schuldt | SS-Oberführer | 2. lett. SS-Freiwillige-Brigade | 25 March 1944* | Killed in action 15 March 1944 |
| 65 | Hermann Priess | SS-Brigadeführer | 3. SS-Panzer Division | 24 April 1944 | |
| 71 | Michael Wittmann | SS-Hauptsturmführer | schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 | 22 June 1944 | Killed in action 8 August 1944 |
| 77 | Hans Dorr | SS-Sturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 | 9 July 1944 | Died of wounds 17 April 1945 |
| 83 | Hermann Fegelein? | SS-Gruppenführer | 8. SS-Freiwillige-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer" | 30 July 1944 | Executed 29 April 1945 |
| 85 | Fritz von Scholz Edler von Rarancze | SS-Gruppenführer | 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier Division | 8 August 1944* | Died of wounds 28 July 1944 |
| 86 | Felix Steiner | SS-Obergruppenführer | III. (germanisches) SS-Panzerkorps | 10 August 1944 | |
| 90 | Paul Hausser | SS-Oberstgruppenführer | 7. Armee | 28 August 1944 | |
| 91 | Kurt Meyer | SS-Standartenführer | 12. SS-Panzer-Division | 27 August 1944 | |
| 94 | Theodor Wisch | SS-Brigadeführer | 1. SS-Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 30 August 1944 | |
| 95 | Otto Baum | SS-Standartenführer | 2. SS-Panzer Division | 2 September 1944 | |
| 116 | Heinz Harmel | SS-Brigadeführer | 10. SS-Panzer Division | 15 December 1944 | |
| 119 | Joachim Peiper | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 | 11 January 1945 | |
| 120 | Walter Krüger | SS-Obergruppenführer | VI. Waffen-Armeekorps der SS | 11 January 1945 | Suicide 22 May 1945 |
| 129 | Helmut Dörner | SS-Oberführer | 4. SS-Polizei Panzergrenadier Division | 1 February 1945 | Killed in action 11 February 1945 |
| 138 | Otto Kumm | SS-Brigadeführer | 7. SS-Freiwillige-Gebirgs-Division | 17 Mar 1945 | |
| 140 | Georg Bochmann | SS-Standartenführer | 18. SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Division "Horst Wessel" | 26 March 1945 | |
| 150 | Otto Weidinger? | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" | 6 May 1945 | |
| 151 | Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny? | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" | 6 May 1945 | |
| 152 | Sylvester Stadler? | SS-Oberführer | 9. SS-Panzer Division | 6 May 1945 | |
| 153 | Wilhelm Bittrich? | SS-Obergruppenführer | II. SS-Panzerkorps | 6 May 1945 | |

### 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. Higher numbers are unofficial and therefore denoted in brackets. The list is initially sorted by the chronological number assigned to the recipient.
| Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes |
| 41 | Josef Dietrich | SS-Obergruppenführer | SS-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" (mot.) | 31 December 1941 | Awarded 26th Swords 14 March 1943 16th Diamonds 6 August 1944 |
| 88 | Theodor Eicke | SS-Obergruppenführer | SS-Division "Totenkopf" | 20 April 1942 | Killed in action 26 February 1943 |
| 91 | Alfred Wünnenberg | SS-Brigadeführer | SS-Polizei-Division | 23 April 1942 | |
| 157 | Hermann Fegelein? | SS-Oberführer | SS-Kampfgruppe "Fegelein" | 22 December 1942 | Awarded 83rd Swords 30 July 1944 |
| 159 | Felix Steiner | SS-Gruppenführer | 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division | 23 December 1942 | Awarded 86th Swords 10 August 1944 |
| 195 | Kurt Meyer | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 23 February 1943 | Awarded 91st Swords 27 August 1944 |
| 200 | Fritz Witt | SS-Standartenführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 1 March 1943 | Killed in action 14 June 1944 |
| 220 | Hinrich Schuldt | SS-Standartenführer | SS Brigade Schuldt | 2 April 1943 | Awarded 56th Swords 25 March 1944 |
| 221 | Otto Kumm | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer" | 6 April 1943 | Awarded 138th Swords 17 March 1945 |
| 233 | August Dieckmann | SS-Sturmbannführer | I./SS-Regiment "Germania" | 16 April 1943 | Awarded 39th Swords 10 October 1943 |
| 246 | Georg Bochmann | SS-Sturmbannführer | II./SS-Kradschützen-Regiment "Thule" | 17 May 1943 | Awarded 140th Swords 26 March 1945 |
| 261 | Paul Hausser | SS-Obergruppenführer | II. SS-Panzerkorps | 28 July 1943 | Awarded 90th Swords 26 August 1944 |
| 277 | Otto Baum | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf" | 22 August 1943 | Awarded 95th Swords 2 September 1944 |
| 286 | Walter Krüger | SS-Gruppenführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich" | 31 August 1943 | Awarded 120th Swords 11 January 1945 |
| 296 | Heinz Harmel | SS-Standartenführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 | 7 September 1943 | Awarded 116th Swords 15 December 1944 |
| 297 | Hermann Prieß | SS-Brigadeführer | 3. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf" | 9 September 1943 | Awarded 65th Swords 24 April 1944 |
| 303 | Sylvester Stadler | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Der Führer" | 16 September 1943 | Awarded 152nd Swords 6 May 1945 |
| 310 | Hubert-Erwin Meierdress | SS-Hauptsturmführer | I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 | 5 October 1943 | Killed in action 4 January 1945 |
| 315 | Herbert-Otto Gille | SS-Brigadeführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking" | 1 November 1943 | Awarded 47th Swords 20 February 1944 12th Diamonds 19 April 1944 |
| 327 | Hans Dorr | SS-Hauptsturmführer | I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Germania" | 13 November 1943 | Awarded 77th Swords 9 July 1944 |
| 353 | Christian Tychsen (Waffen-SS) | SS-Sturmbannführer | II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 | 10 December 1943 | Killed in action 28 July 1944 |
| 359 | Albert Frey | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 29 December 1943 | |
| 375 | Hugo Kraas | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 | 24 January 1944 | |
| 377 | Joachim Peiper | SS-Sturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 | 27 January 1944 | Awarded 119th Swords 11 January 1945 |
| 380 | Michael Wittmann | SS-Untersturmführer | SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 30 January 1944 | Awarded 71st Swords 22 June 1944 |
| 393 | Theodor Wisch | SS-Brigadeführer | 1. SS Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler" | 12 February 1944 | Awarded 94th Swords 30 August 1944 |
| 423 | Fritz von Scholz Edler von Rarancze | SS-Brigadeführer | 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland" | 12 March 1944 | Awarded 85th Swords 8 August 1944 |
| 479 | Walter Schmidt | SS-Hauptsturmführer | II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland" | 14 May 1944 | |
| 480 | Karl Ullrich | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke" | 14 May 1944 | |
| 546 | Karl Kloskowski | SS-Obersturmführer | 7./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 | 11 August 1944 | Missing in action 23 April 1945 |
| 548 | Max Wünsche | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 | 11 August 1944 | |
| 554 | Heinz Macher | SS-Obersturmführer | 16. (Pi)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 | 19 August 1944 | |
| 559 | Bruno Hinz | SS-Untersturmführer | 1./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38 | 23 August 1944 | |
| 563 | Wilhelm Bittrich | SS-Obergruppenführer | II. SS-Panzerkorps | 28 August 1944 | Awarded 153rd Swords 6 May 1945 |
| 570 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | SS-Oberführer | 9. SS-Panzer-Division | 2 September 1944 | |
| 591 | Helmut Scholz | SS-Obersturmführer | II./SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 | 21 September 1944 | |
| 595 | Hellmuth Becker | SS-Oberführer | 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf" | 21 September 1944 | |
| 596 | Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp | SS-Standartenführer | 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking" | 21 September 1944 | |
| 601 | Otto Meyer | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Regiment 9 | 30 September 1944* | Killed in action 29 August 1944 |
| 608 | Heinz Reinefarth | SS-Gruppenführer | Korpsgruppe von dem Bach | 30 September 1944 | |
| 639 | Max Simon | SS-Gruppenführer | 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Reichsführer SS" | 28 October 1944 | |
| 650 | Helmut Dörner | SS-Standartenführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8 | 16 November 1944 | Awarded 129th Swords 1 February 1945 |
| 651 | Albrecht Krügel | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 | 16 November 1944 | Killed in action 16 March 1945 |
| 668 | Gerhard Bremer | SS-Sturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 | 26 November 1944 | |
| 670 | Artur Phleps | SS-Gruppenführer | SS-Division "Prinz Eugen" | 24 November 1944* | Killed in action 21 September 1944 |
| 680 | Jürgen Wagner | SS-Brigadeführer | 4. SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Brigade "Nederland" | 11 December 1944 | |
| 685 | Fritz Biermeier | SS-Sturmbannführer | II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 | 26 December 1944* | Killed in action 11 October 1944 |
| 687 | Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" | 26 December 1944 | Awarded 151st Swords 6 May 1945 |
| 688 | Otto Weidinger | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 | 26 December 1944 | Awarded 150 Swords 6 May 1945 |
| 701 | Bruno Streckenbach | SS-Gruppenführer | 19. Waffen-Grenadier Division der Waffen-SS | 16 January 1945 | |
| 714 | Max Schäfer | SS-Obersturmbannführer | III. Panzerkorps | 25 January 1945 | |
| 720 | Kurt Wahl | SS-Sturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung in the 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen" | 1 February 1945 | |
| 721 | Joachim Rumohr | SS-Brigadeführer | 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer" | 1 February 1945 | Suicide 11 February 1945 |
| 722 | August-Friedrich Zehender | SS-Brigadeführer | 22. SS-Freiwillige-Kavallerie-Division "Maria Theresia" | 1 February 1945 | Killed in action 11 February 1945 |
| 723 | Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch | SS-Obergruppenführer | IX. SS-Gebirgskorps | 1 February 1945 | |
| 755 | Ernst-August Krag | SS-Sturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 | 28 February 1945 | |
| 756 | Heinrich Schmelzer | SS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves | SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 2 | 28 February 1945 | |
| 783 | Werner Pötschke | SS-Sturmbannführer | 1./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 | 15 March 1945 | Killed in action 24 March 1945 |
| 785 | Fritz Vogt | SS-Hauptsturmführer | I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 | 16 March 1945 | Killed in action 3 April 1945 |
| 802 | Friedrich Jeckeln | SS-Obergruppenführer | V. SS-Gebirgskorps | 8 March 1945 | |
| 814 | Walter Girg | SS-Obersturmführer | 502nd SS Jäger Battalion | 1 April 1945 | |
| 820 | Otto Paetsch | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 | 5 April 1945* | Killed in action 16 March 1945 |
| 826 | Dipl-Ing. Otto Skorzeny | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Jagd-Verbände und Kampfkommandant Schwedt/Oder | 9 April 1945 | |
| 835 | Max Hansen | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 | 17 April 1945 | |
| (844) | Franz Hack? | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 | 18 April 1945 | |
| (845) | Paul-Albert Kausch? | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Panzer-Regiment 11 | 23 April 1945 | |
| (848) | Joachim Ziegler | SS-Brigadeführer | 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland" | 28 April 1945 | Killed in action 2 May 1945 |
| (861) | Werner Ostendorff? | SS-Gruppenführer | 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" | 6 May 1945* | Died of wounds 1 May 1945 |
| (862) | Rudolf Lehmann? | SS-Standartenführer | 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" | 6 May 1945 | |
| (863) | Karl Kreutz? | SS-Standartenführer | SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 | 6 May 1945 | |
| (871) | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp? | SS-Gruppenführer | XI. SS-Panzerkorps | 9 May 1945* | Killed in action 29 April 1945 |
| (872) | Hanns-Heinrich Lohmann? | SS-Obersturmbannführer | SS-Freiwillige-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 | 9 May 1945 | |
| (875) | Alfons Rebane? | Waffen-Obersturmbannführer | Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der Waffen-SS 46 | 9 May 1945 | |