List of Knight's Cross recipients of the SS Heavy Panzer Battalions
| Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | |
|---|---|
| Awarded by Nazi Germany | |
| Type | Neck order |
| Eligibility | Military personnel |
| Awarded for | Awarded to holders of the Iron Cross to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership |
| Campaign | World War II |
| Status | Obsolete |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1 September 1939 |
| First awarded | 30 September 1939 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Grand Cross of the Iron Cross |
| Next (lower) | Iron Cross 1st Class |
The list contains recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades in the SS Heavy Panzer Battalions, which were battalion-sized units equipped with Tiger tanks within the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. The unit was one of the German heavy tank battalions during World War II.
Background
To qualify for the Knight's Cross, a soldier had to already hold the 1939 Iron Cross First Class, though the Iron Cross I Class was awarded concurrently with the Knight's Cross in rare cases. Unit commanders could also be awarded the medal for exemplary conduct by the unit as a whole.
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was divided into five grades, excluding the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross:
- Knights Cross
- Knights Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and swords
- Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
- Knights Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Knight's Cross with Oakleaves and Swords
- Michael Wittmann, Hauptsturmführer, 101 SS Heavy Panzer Battalion, 22 June 1944
Knight's Cross with Oakleaves
- Michael Wittmann, Untersturmführer 13 (Heavy) Company, 1 SS Panzer Regiment, 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, 30 January 1944
Knight's Cross
SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 102
- Kurt Hartrampf, Sturmbannführer, 502 SS Heavy Panzer Battalion, 28 April 1945
SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 103
- Karl Brommann, Untersturmführer, 503 SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 29 April 1945
- Friedrich Herzig, Sturmbannführer, 503 SS Heavy Panzer Battalion, 29 April 1945
- Karl Körner, Hauptscharführer, 2 Company, 503 SS Heavy Panzer Battalion, 29 April 1945
- Oskar Schäfer, Untersturmführer 3 Company, 503 SS Heavy Panzer, 29 April 1945
SS Panzer Regiment 1 of the LSSAH
- Heinrich Kling, Hauptsturmführer, Commander, 13 (Heavy) Company, 1 SS Panzer Regiment, 23 February 1944
- Michael Wittmann Untersturmführer, 13 (Heavy) Company, 1 SS Panzer Regiment, 14 January 1944
- Franz Staudegger, Unterscharführer, 13 (Heavy) Company, 1 SS Panzer Regiment, 10 July 1943
- Balthasar Woll, Rottenführer 13 (Heavy) Company, 1 SS Panzer Regiment, 16 January 1944
References
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.