# List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1944)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. This 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 1944

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (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. Of the 328 awards made in 1944, 46 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 198 of the medals, 13 went to the Kriegsmarine, 90 to the Luftwaffe, and 27 to the Waffen-SS.
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to 46 of the 328 Oak Leaves recipients of 1944. Out of these 46 presentations, Veit Scherzer disputed eight of them for reasons associated to the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II. 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 and numbered chronologically. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was awarded.
Legend:
| Number | Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit | Date of award | Notes | Image |
| 361 | Bernd Klug | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän | Chief of the 5. Schnellbootflottille | 1 January 1944 | — | |
| 362 | Klaus Feldt | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän | Chief of the 2. Schnellbootflottille | 1 January 1944 | — | — |
| 363 | Walter Krauß | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 3 January 1944* | Killed in action 17 July 1943 | — |
| 364 | Horst Hannig | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" | 3 January 1944* | Killed in action 15 May 1943 | — |
| 365 | Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 27 | 3 January 1944* | Missing in action 7 September 1942 | — |
| 366 | Helmut Kalbitz | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 31 | 7 January 1944 | — | — |
| 367 | Dr. jur. Josef-Georg Mulzer | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 195 | 10 January 1944 | — | — |
| 368 | Maximilian Fretter-Pico | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Artillerie | Commanding general of the XXX. Armeekorps | 16 January 1944 | — | — |
| 369 | Dipl.-Ing. Hans Schlemmer | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of 134. Infanterie-Division | 18 January 1944 | — | |
| 370 | Heinrich Boigk | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 2./Jäger-Regiment 49 | 18 January 1944 | — | — |
| 371 | August Schmidt | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of 10. Panzergrenadier-Division | 23 January 1944 | — | |
| 372 | Friedrich Wiese | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the XXXV. Armeekorps | 24 January 1944 | — | — |
| 373 | Walter Krüger | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 1. Panzer-Division | 24 January 1944 | — | — |
| 374 | Karl Koetz | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 185 | 24 January 1944 | — | — |
| 375 | Hugo Kraas | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 24 January 1944 | — | — |
| 376 | Eduard Hauser | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 13. Panzer-Division | 26 January 1944 | — | — |
| 377 | Joachim Peiper+ | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 27 January 1944 | Awarded 119th Swords 11 January 1945 | |
| 378 | Walter Fries+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 29. Panzergrenadier-Division | 29 January 1944 | Awarded 87th Swords 11 August 1944 | — |
| 379 | Walther Sievers | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 415 | 29 January 1944 | — | — |
| 380 | Michael Wittmann+ | Waffen-SS | 12-WSS-Untersturmführer | Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 30 January 1944 | Awarded 71st Swords 22 June 1944 | |
| 381 | Bernhard Flachs | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 277 | 31 January 1944 | — | — |
| 382 | Richard Heidrich+ | Luftwaffe | 19-LGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division | 5 February 1944 | Awarded 55th Swords 25 March 1944 | |
| 383 | Walther Nehring+ | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Panzertruppe | Commanding general of the XXIV. Panzerkorps | 8 February 1944 | Awarded 124th Swords 22 January 1945 | |
| 384 | Botho Kollberg | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 23 | 8 February 1944* | Killed in action 24 January 1944 | — |
| 385 | Erich Löwe | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501 | 8 February 1944* | Killed in action 24 December 1943 | |
| 386 | Günther Hilt | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 56 | 8 February 1944 | — | — |
| 387 | Fritz Breithaupt | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves | Chief of the 24. Minensuchflottille | 10 February 1944 | — | — |
| 388 | Robert Martinek | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Artillerie | Commanding general of the XXXIX. Panzerkorps | 10 February 1944 | — | — |
| 389 | Josef Schneider | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 13./Jäger-Regiment 207 | 10 February 1944 | — | — |
| 390 | Walter Möse | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Jäger-Regiment 49 | 10 February 1944 | — | — |
| 391 | Friedrich Kirchner+ | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Panzertruppe | Commanding general of the LVII. Panzerkorps | 12 February 1944 | Awarded 127th Swords 26 January 1945 | |
| 392 | Hans Källner+ | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 19. Panzer-Division | 12 February 1944 | Awarded 106th Swords 23 October 1944 | — |
| 393 | Theodor Wisch+ | Waffen-SS | 18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS | Commander of the 1. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" | 12 February 1944 | Awarded 94th Swords 30 August 1944 | — |
| 394 | Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13 | 12 February 1944 | — | — |
| 395 | Karl Lorenz | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | 12 February 1944 | — | — |
| 396 | Meinrad von Lauchert | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 15 | 12 February 1944 | — | — |
| 397 | Josef Karl | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Gun commander in the 2./Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung 49 | 16 February 1944 | — | |
| 398 | Ferdinand Schörner+ | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Gebirgstruppe | Commanding general of the XXXX. Panzerkorps | 17 February 1944 | Awarded 93rd Swords 28 August 1944 23rd Diamonds 1 January 1945 | |
| 399 | Wilhelm Stemmermann | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Artillerie | Commanding general of the XI. Armeekorps | 18 February 1944* | Killed in action 18 February 1944 | — |
| 400 | Theo-Helmut Lieb | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commanding general of the XXXXII. Armeekorps | 18 February 1944 | — | — |
| 401 | Robert Kaestner | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 105 | 21 February 1944 | — | — |
| 402 | Ernst-Günther Baade+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Leader of the 90. Panzer-Grenadier-Division | 22 February 1944 | Awarded 111th Swords 16 November 1944 | |
| 403 | Dr. med. dent. Rudolf Kolbeck | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 316 | 22 February 1944 | — | — |
| 404 | Maximilian Wengler+ | Heer | 17-HOberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 366 | 22 February 1944 | Awarded 123rd Swords 21 January 1945 | |
| 405 | Walter Mix | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 174 | 22 February 1944 | — | — |
| 406 | Otto Benzin | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 89 | 22 February 1944 | — | — |
| 407 | Werner Forst | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 106. Infanterie-Division | 22 February 1944 | — | — |
| 408 | Helmuth Weidling+ | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Artillerie | Commanding general of the XXXXI. Panzerkorps | 22 February 1944 | Awarded 115th Swords 28 November 1944 | |
| 409 | Friedrich Mieth | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the IV. Armeekorps | 1 March 1944 | — | — |
| 410 | Dr. rer. pol. Hermann Hohn+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Leader of the 72. Infanterie-Division | 1 March 1944 | Awarded 109th Swords 31 October 1944 | — |
| 411 | Erich Walther+ | Luftwaffe | 17-LOberst | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 | 2 March 1944 | Awarded 131st Swords 1 February 1945 | |
| 412 | Ludwig Heilmann+ | Luftwaffe | 17-LOberst | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3 | 2 March 1944 | Awarded 67th Swords 15 May 1944 | |
| 413 | Kurt Bühligen+ | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" | 2 March 1944 | Awarded 88th Swords 14 August 1944 | — |
| 414 | Horst Ademeit | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 2 March 1944 | — | — |
| 415 | Walter Krupinski | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 52 | 2 March 1944 | — | |
| 416 | August Geiger | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | 2 March 1944* | Killed in action 29 September 1943 | — |
| 417 | Hans-Dieter Frank | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | 2 March 1944* | Killed in action 27 September 1943 | — |
| 418 | Johannes Wiese | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 52 | 2 March 1944 | — | — |
| 419 | Reinhard Seiler | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 2 March 1944 | — | — |
| 420 | Erich Hartmann+ | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 52 | 2 March 1944 | Awarded 75th Swords 2 July 1944 18th Diamonds 25 August 1944 | |
| 421 | Hermann-Heinrich Behrend+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 154 | 6 March 1944 | Awarded (148th) Swords 26 April 1945 | — |
| 422 | Gustav Stühmer | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 399 | 6 March 1944* | Killed in action 16 February 1944 | — |
| 423 | Fritz von Scholz Edler von Rarancze+ | Waffen-SS | 18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS | Commander of the 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland" | 12 March 1944 | Awarded 85th Swords 8 August 1944 | — |
| 424 | Willi Thulke | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 501 | 13 March 1944 | — | — |
| 425 | Josef Rettemeier | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 5 | 13 March 1944 | — | |
| 426 | Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 26. Panzer-Division | 16 March 1944 | Awarded 76th Swords 4 July 1944 | |
| 427 | Josef Bregenzer | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 245 | 17 March 1944 | — | — |
| 428 | Friedrich Schulz+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Acting commander of the III. Panzerkorps | 20 March 1944 | Awarded 135th Swords 26 February 1945 | — |
| 429 | Werner Mummert+ | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 103 | 20 March 1944 | Awarded 107th Swords 23 October 1944 | |
| 430 | Hans-Joachim Jabs | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | 24 March 1944 | — | |
| 431 | Bernhard Jope | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 100 | 24 March 1944 | — | |
| 432 | Wilhelm Schmitter | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Staffelkapitän of the 15./Kampfgeschwader 2 | 24 March 1944* | Missing in action 8 November 1943 | — |
| 433 | Dr. jur. Maximilian Otte | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 24 March 1944 | — | — |
| 434 | Hansgeorg Bätcher | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | 24 March 1944 | — | — |
| 435 | Georg Koßmala | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 6 | 26 March 1944 | — | — |
| 436 | Georg Grüner | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 2 | 26 March 1944* | Killed in action 11 March 1944 | |
| 437 | Eduard Tratt | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Zerstörergeschwader 26 | 26 March 1944* | Killed in action 22 February 1944 | — |
| 438 | Fritz Petersen | Luftwaffe | 09-LWachtmeister | Gun commander in the 6./Flak-Regiment 4 | 26 March 1944 | — | — |
| 439 | Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Panzertruppe | Commanding general of the XIV. Panzerkorps | 5 April 1944 | — | |
| 440 | Ludwig Müller | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Deputy leader of the XXIX. Armeekorps | 6 April 1944 | — | — |
| 441 | Heinz Wittchow von Brese-Winiary | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108 | 6 April 1944 | — | — |
| 442 | Herbert Schwender | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 45 | 6 April 1944 | — | — |
| 443 | Hans Kroh+ | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2 | 6 April 1944 | Awarded 96th Swords 12 September 1944 | |
| 444 | Günther Radusch | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Geschwaderkommodore of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 | 6 April 1944 | — | — |
| 445 | Johannes Frießner | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Army Detachment Narva | 9 April 1944 | — | |
| 446 | Alfred Grislawski | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 1 | 11 April 1944 | — | — |
| 447 | Erich Rudorffer+ | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 11 April 1944 | Awarded 126th Swords 26 January 1945 | |
| 448 | Emil Lang | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 11 April 1944 | — | — |
| 449 | Otto Kittel+ | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Pilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 11 April 1944 | Awarded 113th Swords 25 November 1944 | — |
| 450 | Rudolf Schoenert | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor of the Reserves | Commander of Nachtjagdgruppe 10 | 11 April 1944 | — | — |
| 451 | Wilhelm Herget | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 | 11 April 1944 | — | — |
| 452 | Anton Hafner | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | 11 April 1944 | — | — |
| 453 | Dr. rer. pol. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Mayer+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 329. Infanterie-Division | 13 April 1944 | Awarded 89th Swords 23 August 1944 | — |
| 454 | Heinrich Hogrebe | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 422 | 13 April 1944 | — | — |
| 455 | Rudolf Geisler | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 662 | 13 April 1944* | Died of wounds 13 April 1944 | — |
| 456 | Heinrich von Vietinghoff called Scheel | Heer | 21-HGeneraloberst | Commander-in-chief of the 10. Armee | 16 April 1944 | — | |
| 457 | Egon von Neindorff | Heer | 18-MGeneralmajor | Combat commander of Tarnopol | 17 April 1944* | Killed in action 15 April 1944 | — |
| 458 | Wilhelm Drewes | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13 | 20 April 1944 | — | — |
| 459 | Karl-Lothar Schulz+ | Luftwaffe | 17-LOberst | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 | 20 April 1944 | Awarded 112th Swords 18 November 1944 | |
| 460 | Günther Schack | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | 20 April 1944 | — | — |
| 461 | Otto Pollmann | Kriegsmarine | 13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves | Commander of U-Jäger 2210 | 25 April 1944 | — | — |
| 462 | Hans-Karl Stepp | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Geschwaderkommodore of Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 27 April 1944 | — | — |
| 463 | Martin Möbus | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 5 | 27 April 1944 | — | — |
| 464 | Albin Wolf | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 27 April 1944* | Killed in action 2 April 1944 | — |
| 465 | Heinz Vinke | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 11./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | 27 April 1944* | Missing in action 26 February 1944 | |
| 466 | Karl Decker+ | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 5. Panzer-Division | 4 May 1944 | Awarded (149th) Swords 26 April 1945? | — |
| 467 | Erich Lorenz | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 287 | 4 May 1944 | — | — |
| 468 | Wilhelm Eggemann | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 209 | 4 May 1944 | — | — |
| 469 | Theodor von Lücken | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 686 | 7 May 1944 | — | — |
| 470 | Otto Deßloch | Luftwaffe | 21-LGeneraloberst | Commander-in-chief of the Luftflotte 4 | 10 May 1944 | — | |
| 471 | Leopold Münster | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelkapitän in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | 12 May 1944* | Killed in action 8 May 1944 | — |
| 472 | Max Sachsenheimer+ | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Jäger-Regiment 75 | 14 May 1944 | Awarded 132nd Swords 6 February 1945 | — |
| 473 | Martin Hrustak | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 162 | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| 474 | Johann Schwerdfeger | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 1./Jäger-Regiment 228 | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| 475 | Emil Vogel | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 101. Jäger-Division | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| 476 | Rudolf Freiherr von Waldenfels | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 6. Panzer-Division | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| 477 | Fritz Müller | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 208 | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| 478 | Kilian Weimer | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Luftwaffen-Jäger-Regiment 25 | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| 479 | Walter Schmidt | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer | Commander of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland" | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| 480 | Karl Ullrich | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke" | 14 May 1944 | — | — |
| 481 | Karl Henze | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 77 | 20 May 1944 | — | — |
| 482 | Willy Marienfeld | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 123 | 25 May 1944 | — | — |
| 483 | Ferdinand Wegerer | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 | 4 June 1944 | — | — |
| 484 | Wolf Hagemann | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 336. Infanterie-Division | 4 June 1944 | — | — |
| 485 | Hans Strippel | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Panzer-Regiment 1 | 4 June 1944 | — | — |
| 486 | Friedrich Hochbaum | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 34. Infanterie-Division | 4 June 1944 | — | — |
| 487 | Ernst-Eberhard Hell | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Artillerie | Commanding general of the VII. Armeekorps | 4 June 1944 | — | |
| 488 | Alfons Hitter | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 206. Infanterie-Division | 4 June 1944 | — | — |
| 489 | Wolfgang Pickert | Luftwaffe | 19-LGeneralleutnant | Commanding general of the III. Flak-Korps | 5 June 1944 | — | — |
| 490 | Gottfried Weber | Luftwaffe | 18-LGeneralmajor | Commander of the 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| 491 | Horst Niederländer | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 336 | 9 June 1944* | Died of wounds 24 April 1944 | — |
| 492 | Georg Bonk | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 365 | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| 493 | Hubert Pilarski | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 948 | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| 494 | Ernst-Wilhelm Hoffmann | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12 | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| 495 | Konrad Zeller | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 380 | 9 June 1944 | — | — |
| 496 | Joachim Domaschk | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 103 | 11 June 1944 | — | — |
| 497 | Emil Kaminsky | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Orderly officer of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 446 | 12 June 1944 | — | — |
| 498 | Edwin Stolz | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Leader of 14./Grenadier-Regiment 353 | 12 June 1944* | Died of wounds 17 May 1944 | — |
| 499 | Rudolf Petersen | Kriegsmarine | 17-MKapitän zur See | Leader of the Schnellboote | 13 June 1944 | — | — |
| 500 | Götz Freiherr von Mirbach | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant | Chief of the 9. Schnellbootflottille | 14 June 1944 | — | — |
| 501 | Diddo Diddens | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade "Großdeutschland" | 15 June 1944 | — | — |
| 502 | Ernst Sieler | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 304. Infanterie-Division | 24 June 1944 | — | — |
| 503 | Erich Marcks | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Artillerie | Commanding general of the LXXXIV. Armeekorps | 24 June 1944* | Killed in action 12 June 1944 | |
| 504 | Albert Brux | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40 | 24 June 1944 | — | — |
| 505 | Horst Kaubisch | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | 24 June 1944 | — | — |
| 506 | Hendrik Stahl | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 8./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 24 June 1944 | — | — |
| 507 | Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer+ | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | 24 June 1944 | Awarded 84th Swords 30 July 1944 21st Diamonds 16 October 1944 | |
| 508 | Adolf Glunz | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" | 24 June 1944 | — | |
| 509 | Eduard Skrzipek | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 14.(Eis.)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" | 24 June 1944 | — | — |
| 510 | Reinhard Egger | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Leader of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4 | 24 June 1944 | — | |
| 511 | Josef-August Fitz | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring" | 24 June 1944 | — | — |
| 512 | Herbert Huppertz | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" | 24 June 1944* | Killed in action 8 June 1944 | |
| 513 | Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 | 26 June 1944 | — | — |
| 514 | Werner Kolb | Heer | 17-HOberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 36 | 26 June 1944 | — | — |
| 515 | Martin Unrein | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 14. Panzer-Division | 26 June 1944 | — | — |
| 516 | Erich Abraham | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 76. Infanterie-Division | 26 June 1944 | — | — |
| 517 | Fritz-Hubert Gräser+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 3. Panzergrenadier-Division | 26 June 1944 | Awarded (154th) Swords 8 May 1945? | — |
| 518 | Friedrich Dollmann | Heer | 21-HGeneraloberst | Commander-in-chief of the 7. Armee | 1 July 1944* | Committed suicide 29 June 1944 | |
| 519 | Gerd von Rundstedt+ | Heer | 22-HGeneralfeldmarschall | Oberbefehlshaber West | 1 July 1944 | Awarded 133rd Swords 18 February 1945 | |
| 520 | Hermann Wulf | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 76 (motorized) | 3 July 1944 | — | — |
| 521 | Erich Buschenhagen | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the LII. Armeekorps | 4 July 1944 | — | |
| 522 | Heinz-Otto Fabian | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 361 (motorized) | 9 July 1944 | — | — |
| 523 | Karl Palmgreen | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän z.V. (z.V.—zur Verfügung; for disposition) | Chief of the 38. Minensuchflottille | 11 July 1944 | — | — |
| 524 | Heinrich Hoffmann | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän | Chief of the 5. Torpedobootflottille | 11 July 1944 | — | — |
| 525 | Heinz-Georg Lemm+ | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Füsilier-Regiment 27 | 11 July 1944 | Awarded 137th Swords 15 March 1945 | |
| 526 | Wilhelm Batz+ | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 52 | 20 July 1944 | Awarded (145th) Swords 21 April 1945 | — |
| 527 | Willy Kientsch | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 27 | 20 July 1944* | Killed in action 29 January 1944 | — |
| 528 | Heinz Strüning | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann of the Reserves | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 | 20 July 1944 | — | |
| 529 | Karl-Heinz Weber | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" | 20 July 1944* | Missing in action 7 June 1944 | — |
| 530 | Otto Weßling | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 11./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" | 20 July 1944* | Killed in action 19 April 1944 | — |
| 531 | Rudolf Frank | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 | 20 July 1944* | Killed in action 26 April 1944 | — |
| 532 | Herbert Lamprecht | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Commander of the leichte Flak-Abteilung 76 | 25 July 1944 | — | — |
| 533 | Wilhelm von Salisch | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Jäger-Regiment 49 | 27 July 1944 | — | — |
| 534 | Gerhard Kruse | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 48 | 27 July 1944 | — | — |
| 535 | Otto Carius | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 | 27 July 1944 | — | |
| 536 | Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 22 | 28 July 1944 | Awarded 142nd Swords 17 April 1945 | |
| 537 | Rudolf Demme | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 59 | 28 July 1944 | — | — |
| 538 | Paul Schulze | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 21 | 28 July 1944 | — | — |
| 539 | Kurt von Tippelskirch | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Deputy commander-in-chief of the 4. Armee | 30 July 1944 | — | — |
| 540 | Hubert Mickley | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 4 | 4 August 1944 | — | — |
| 541 | Willy Wesche | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 427 | 6 August 1944* | Killed in action 27 June 1944 | — |
| 542 | Carl Hilpert | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the I. Armeekorps | 8 August 1944 | — | |
| 543 | Heinrich Nickel | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 342. Infanterie-Division | 8 August 1944 | — | — |
| 544 | Curt Schille | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 24 | 8 August 1944 | — | — |
| 545 | Martin Strahammer | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 146 | 11 August 1944 | — | — |
| 546 | Karl Kloskowski | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 7./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" | 11 August 1944 | — | |
| 547 | Gerhard Simons | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Leader of Stabs-Batterie/Artillerie-Regiment 240 and Regiments-Nachrichtenoffizier | 11 August 1944 | — | — |
| 548 | Max Wünsche | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 "Hitlerjugend" | 11 August 1944 | — | |
| 549 | Dietrich Kraiß | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 352. Infanterie-Division | 11 August 1944* | Killed in action 2 August 1944 | |
| 550 | Rudolf Bacherer | Heer | 17-HOberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1049 | 11 August 1944 | — | — |
| 551 | Andreas von Aulock | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of the fortress "Saint-Malo" | 16 August 1944 | — | — |
| 552 | Hermann Siggel | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 172 | 16 August 1944 | — | — |
| 553 | Gerhard Pick | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 577 | 19 August 1944 | — | — |
| 554 | Heinz Macher | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer | Chief of the 16.(Pi)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" | 19 August 1944 | — | — |
| 555 | Hinrich Warrelmann | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 502 | 19 August 1944 | — | — |
| 556 | Rudolf Wulf | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 422 | 19 August 1944 | — | — |
| 557 | Werner Schulze | Heer | 17-HOberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 551 | 23 August 1944 | — | — |
| 558 | Walter Melzer | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 252. Infanterie-Division | 23 August 1944 | — | — |
| 559 | Bruno Hinz | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer | Chief of the 2./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38 "Götz von Berlichingen" and leader of a Kampfgruppe | 23 August 1944 | — | — |
| 560 | Hellmuth Mäder+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Leader of the Lehr-Brigade Nord of the Heeresgruppe Nord and combat commander of Schaulen | 27 August 1944 | Awarded 143rd Swords 18 April 1945 | — |
| 561 | Rudolf Holste | Heer | 17-HOberst | Leader of the 4. Kavallerie-Brigade | 27 August 1944 | — | — |
| 562 | Kurt Pflugbeil | Luftwaffe | 20-LGeneral der Flieger | Commander-in-chief of Luftflotte 1 | 27 August 1944 | — | — |
| 563 | Wilhelm Bittrich+ | Waffen-SS | 20-WSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS | Commanding general of the II. SS-Panzerkorps | 28 August 1944 | Awarded (153rd) Swords 6 May 1945? | |
| 564 | Eugen Meindl+ | Luftwaffe | 20-LGeneral der Fallschirmtruppe | Commanding general of the II. Fallschirmkorps | 31 August 1944 | Awarded (155th) Swords 8 May 1945? | |
| 565 | Hermann Flörke | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 14. Infanterie-Division | 2 September 1944 | — | — |
| 566 | Martin Bieber | Heer | 17-HOberst | Leader of Divisiongruppe 86 | 2 September 1944 | — | — |
| 567 | Hermann Klein | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Regiment adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 551 | 2 September 1944* | Killed in action 18 August 1944 | — |
| 568 | Jakob Gansmeier | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 212 | 2 September 1944* | Killed in action 8 August 1944 | — |
| 569 | Walter Misera | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Divisionsgruppe 95 | 2 September 1944 | — | — |
| 570 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | Waffen-SS | 17-WSS-Oberführer | Commander of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen" | 2 September 1944 | — | — |
| 571 | Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 2. Panzer-Division | 3 September 1944 | Awarded (157th) Swords 9 May 1945? | — |
| 572 | Heinz Greiner | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 362. Infanterie-Division | 5 September 1944 | — | — |
| 573 | Christian Sonntag | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 248 | 5 September 1944 | — | — |
| 574 | Hellmuth Pfeifer | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 65. Infanterie-Division | 5 September 1944 | — | — |
| 575 | Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Flinzer | Heer | 17-HOberst of the Reserves | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 317 | 5 September 1944 | — | — |
| 576 | Walter Neitzel | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 409 | 5 September 1944* | Died of wounds 2 September 1944 | — |
| 577 | Richard Seuss | Kriegsmarine | 13-MOberleutnant (Marine Artillerie—Naval artillery) of the Reserves | Chief of the naval battery "Ile de Cécembre"/Marine-Artillery-Abteilung 608 | 2 September 1944 | — | |
| 578 | Otto Lasch | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 349. Infanterie-Division | 10 September 1944 | — | — |
| 579 | Alois Weber | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 61 | 10 September 1944 | — | — |
| 580 | Gerhard Lindemann | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Acting leader of the 361. Infanterie-Division | 10 September 1944 | — | — |
| 581 | Johannes Bölter | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Leader of the 1./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 | 10 September 1944 | — | — |
| 582 | Gustav Reimar | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of Feldersatz-Bataillon 76 | 10 September 1944 | — | — |
| 583 | Otto Kähler | Kriegsmarine | 18-MKonteradmiral | Sea commander Brittany and commander of the fortress Brest | 15 September 1944 | — | |
| 584 | Erich Pietzonka | Luftwaffe | 17-LOberst | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7 | 16 September 1944 | — | |
| 585 | Walter Gericke | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 11 | 17 September 1944 | — | |
| 586 | Heinrich Trettner | Luftwaffe | 18-LGeneralmajor | Commander of the 4. Fallschirmjäger-Division | 17 September 1944 | — | |
| 587 | Hans Thurner | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 6 | 17 September 1944* | Killed in action 11 June 1944 | — |
| 588 | Paul Zorner | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 | 17 September 1944 | — | — |
| 589 | Hans von der Mosel | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Chief of staff of the fortress Brest (France) | 18 September 1944 | — | — |
| 590 | Rudolf Haen | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 103 | 21 September 1944 | — | — |
| 591 | Helmut Scholz | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the II./SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 "De Ruyter" (niederl. Nr. 2) | 21 September 1944 | — | — |
| 592 | Otto Schury | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Jäger-Regiment 229 | 21 September 1944 | — | — |
| 593 | Werner Marcks | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 1. Panzer-Division | 21 September 1944 | — | — |
| 594 | Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the XXXXIII. Armeekorps | 21 September 1944 | — | |
| 595 | Hellmuth Becker | Waffen-SS | 17-WSS-Oberführer | Commander of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf" | 21 September 1944 | — | |
| 596 | Johannes Mühlenkamp | Waffen-SS | 17-WSS-Standartenführer | division leader of the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking" | 21 September 1944 | — | — |
| 597 | Friedrich-August Schack | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 272. Infanterie-Division | 21 September 1944 | — | |
| 598 | Ernst König | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 12 | 21 September 1944 | — | — |
| 599 | Ernst Philipp | Heer | 15-HMajor | Panzer officer of the Stab AOK 8 (8. Armee) | 30 September 1944 | — | — |
| 600 | Wolfgang Kretzschmar+ | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Jäger-Regiment 24 (L) | 30 September 1944 | Awarded 121st Swords 12 January 1945 | — |
| 601 | Otto Meyer | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzer-Regiment 9 "Hohenstaufen" | 30 September 1944* | Killed in action 24 August 1944 | |
| 602 | Hermann Scharnagel | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 173 | 30 September 1944* | Killed in action 8 April 1944 | — |
| 603 | Konrad Sauer | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Leader of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 393 | 30 September 1944 | — | — |
| 604 | Jörg Burg | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 7./Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland" | 4 October 1944* | Died of wounds 21 August 1944 | — |
| 605 | Gerhard Behnke | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 322 | 4 October 1944 | — | — |
| 606 | Gerhard Kunert | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33 | 4 October 1944* | Killed in action 31 August 1944 | — |
| 607 | Wilhelm Kohler | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Orderly officer and leader of a Kampfgruppe of the 9. Panzer-Division | 4 October 1944 | — | — |
| 608 | Heinz Reinefarth | Waffen-SS | 19-WSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Police | Commander of a Kampfgruppe in the Korpsgruppe von dem Bach | 30 September 1944 | — | |
| 609 | Erich Straube | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the LXXIV. Armeekorps | 30 September 1944 | — | — |
| 610 | Georg Graf von Rittberg | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 88. Infanterie-Division | 10 October 1944 | — | — |
| 611 | Mortimer von Kessel | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 20. Panzer-Division | 16 October 1944 | — | |
| 612 | Willi Koch | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 32 | 16 October 1944 | — | |
| 613 | Friedrich Strohm | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 470 | 18 October 1944* | Died of wounds 24 September 1944 | — |
| 614 | Theodor Krancke | Kriegsmarine | 20-MAdmiral | Commander-in-chief of Navy Group Command West | 18 October 1944 | — | — |
| 615 | Georg Jakob | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Geschwaderkommodore of Schlachtgeschwader 10 | 30 September 1944 | — | — |
| 616 | Walter Schuck | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 5 | 30 September 1944 | — | — |
| 617 | Dr. jur. Dr. rer. pol. Friedrich-August Freiherr von der Heydte | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 | 30 September 1944 | — | |
| 618 | Herbert Bauer | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 30 September 1944 | — | — |
| 619 | Franz Kieslich | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Schlachtgeschwader 77 | 10 October 1944 | — | — |
| 620 | Diether Lukesch | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 76 | 10 October 1944 | — | — |
| 621 | Wilhelm Bleckwenn | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 487 | 18 October 1944 | — | — |
| 622 | Arthur Jüttner+ | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 532 | 18 October 1944 | Awarded 141st Swords 5 April 1945 | — |
| 623 | Johann-Georg Richert | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 35. Infanterie-Division | 18 October 1944 | — | — |
| 624 | Werner Gust | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 405 | 18 October 1944 | — | — |
| 625 | Othmar Kreuzinger | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 4./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 19 | 18 October 1944* | Killed in action 3 September 1944 | — |
| 626 | Franz Weller | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Jäger-Regiment 54 | 23 October 1944 | — | — |
| 627 | Karl Thieme+ | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111 | 23 October 1944 | Awarded (156th) Swords 9 May 1945? | — |
| 628 | Hans-Christian Stock | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Chief of the 2./Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung 152 | 23 October 1944 | — | — |
| 629 | Gustav Schubert | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Pilot in the 9./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | 24 October 1944 | — | — |
| 630 | Johann Schalanda | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 1 | 24 October 1944 | — | — |
| 631 | Helmut Leicht | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Schlachtgeschwader 10 | 24 October 1944* | Killed in action 26 June 1944 | — |
| 632 | Günther Tonne | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Geschwaderkommodore of Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 | 24 October 1944* | Killed in flying accident 15 July 1943 | — |
| 633 | Benno Reuter | Heer | 11-HStabsfeldwebel | Leader of the 6./Jäger-Regiment 49 | 28 October 1944 | — | — |
| 634 | Paul Ecker | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 | 28 October 1944 | — | — |
| 635 | Paul Freiherr von Hauser | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901 | 28 October 1944 | — | — |
| 636 | Fritz-Rudolf Schultz | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves | Leader of Panzer-Regiment 35 | 28 October 1944 | — | — |
| 637 | Heinrich Busse | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 203 | 28 October 1944 | — | — |
| 638 | Eduard Brunner | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 62 | 28 October 1944 | — | — |
| 639 | Max Simon | Waffen-SS | 19-WSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS | Commander of 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Reichsführer-SS" | 28 October 1944 | — | |
| 640 | Johannes Blaskowitz+ | Heer | 21-HGeneraloberst | Commander-in-chief of Heeresgruppe G | 29 October 1944 | Awarded (146th) Swords 25 April 1945 | |
| 641 | Dr. med. vet. Klaus Hilgemann | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 426 | 29 October 1944 | — | — |
| 642 | Gerhard Friedrich | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13 | 3 November 1944 | — | — |
| 643 | Maximilian Felzmann | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of Korpsabteilung E | 3 November 1944 | — | — |
| 644 | Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 211. Infanterie-Division | 3 November 1944 | — | — |
| 645 | Werner Hartmann | Kriegsmarine | 17-MKapitän zur See | Leader of the U-Boote in the Mediterranean Sea, before commander of U-198 | 5 November 1944 | — | — |
| 646 | Walter Weiß | Heer | 21-HGeneraloberst | Commander-in-chief of the 2. Armee | 5 November 1944 | — | |
| 647 | Gustav-Adolf von Zangen | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Acting commander-in-chief of the 15. Armee | 5 November 1944 | — | |
| 648 | Gerd Ruge | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 128 | 16 November 1944 | — | — |
| 649 | Wilhelm Weidenbrück | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Panzer-Abteilung of Panzer-Brigade 104 | 16 November 1944 | — | — |
| 650 | Helmut Dörner+ | Waffen-SS | 17-WSS-Standartenführer | Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8 | 16 November 1944 | Awarded 129th Swords 1 February 1945 | — |
| 651 | Albrecht Krügel | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark" | 16 November 1944 | — | — |
| 652 | Emil Badorrek | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Staffelkapitän of the 4./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 11 | 18 November 1944 | — | — |
| 653 | Klaus Mietusch | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" | 18 November 1944* | Killed in action 17 September 1944 | |
| 654 | Heinz Meyer | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15 | 18 November 1944 | — | |
| 655 | Wilhelm Antrup | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 55 | 18 November 1944 | — | — |
| 656 | Heinrich Höfer | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 55 | 18 November 1944 | — | — |
| 657 | Gerhart Schirmer | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 16 | 18 November 1944 | — | — |
| 658 | Hans Seidemann | Luftwaffe | 19-LGeneralleutnant | Commanding general of the VIII. Fliegerkorps | 18 November 1944 | — | |
| 659 | Hans Hoßfeld | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän (Marine Artillerie—Naval artillery) | Commander of Marine-Artillerie Abteilung 531 | 25 November 1944* | Killed in action 19 November 1944 | — |
| 660 | Werner Dörnbrack | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 4 | 25 November 1944 | — | — |
| 661 | Hubert Pölz | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Acting Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 151 | 25 November 1944 | — | — |
| 662 | Rudolf Witzig | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Commander of the I./Fallschirm-Pionier-Regiment 21 | 25 November 1944 | — | — |
| 663 | Georg-Peter Eder | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 1 | 25 November 1944 | — | — |
| 664 | Rudolf Rennecke | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Leader of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 | 25 November 1944 | — | — |
| 665 | Otto Dommeratzky | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer in the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 25 November 1944* | Killed in action 13 October 1944 | — |
| 666 | Karl Kennel | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 25 November 1944 | — | — |
| 667 | Gerhard Michalski | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 4 | 25 November 1944 | — | — |
| 668 | Gerhard Bremer | Waffen-SS | 15-WSS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" | 26 November 1944 | — | — |
| 669 | Klaus von Bismarck | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 4 | 26 November 1944 | — | |
| 670 | Artur Phleps | Waffen-SS | 20-WSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS | Commanding general of the V. SS-Gebirgs-Armeekorps and Higher SS and Police leader as well as commander-in-chief in Siebenbürgen | 24 November 1944* | Killed in action 21 September 1944 | |
| 671 | Otto Wöhler | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commander-in-chief of the 8. Armee | 28 November 1944 | — | |
| 672 | Helmuth Reymann | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 11. Infanterie-Division | 28 November 1944 | — | |
| 673 | Curt Ehle | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves | Leader of Panzer-Brigade 102 | 29 November 1944 | — | — |
| 674 | Kurt Maier | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg" | 6 December 1944 | — | — |
| 675 | Georg Sattler | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 1.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1 | 6 December 1944* | Killed in flying accident 30 August 1944 | — |
| 676 | Walther Hahm | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 389. Infanterie-Division | 9 December 1944 | — | — |
| 677 | Christian Braun | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Machine gun Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 308 | 9 December 1944 | — | — |
| 678 | Fritz Arndt | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 32 | 9 December 1944 | — | — |
| 679 | Gerhard Engel | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 12. Volksgrenadier-Division | 11 December 1944 | — | |
| 680 | Jürgen Wagner | Waffen-SS | 18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS | Commander of the 4. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Brigade "Nederland" | 11 December 1944 | — | |
| 681 | Friedrich Jakob | Heer | 15-HMajor | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 1149 | 18 December 1944 | — | — |
| 682 | Harry Hoppe | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 278. Infanterie-Division | 18 December 1944 | — | — |
| 683 | Eduard Crasemann | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 26. Panzer-Division | 18 December 1944 | — | — |
| 684 | Andreas Kuffner | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 10.(Panzer)/Schlachtgeschwader 3 | 20 December 1944 | — | — |
| 685 | Fritz Biermeier | Waffen-SS | 15-WSS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf" | 26 December 1944* | Killed in action 11 October 1944 | — |
| 686 | Paul Klatt | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 3. Gebirgs-Division | 26 December 1944 | — | |
| 687 | Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny+ | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" | 26 December 1944 | Awarded (151st) Swords 6 May 1945? | |
| 688 | Otto Weidinger+ | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" | 26 December 1944 | Awarded (150th) Swords 6 May 1945? | |