List of Knight's Cross recipients SS Division Norland
| 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 |
| Last awarded | 11 May 1945 / 17 June 1945[a] |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Grand Cross of the Iron Cross |
| Next (lower) | Iron Cross 1st Class |
The list contains the recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades in the SS Division Nordland (also known as the 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Norland). The unit was a German Waffen-SS mechanised infantry division recruited from foreign volunteers. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.[1]
Prerequisites
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.
Grades
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 Swords
- Fritz von Scholz Edler von Rarancze, 08.08.1944 Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der W-SS Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nordland[2]
Knight's Cross with Oakleaves
- Paul Albert Kausch, 23.04.1945 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Rgt Hermann von Salza
- Albrecht Krügel, 16.11.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 24th SS Pz Gren Rgt Danmark
- Fritz von Scholz, 12.03.1944 Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland
- Fritz Vogt, 16.03.1945 Hauptsturmführer I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (norw. Nr. 1)
- Joachim Ziegler, 28.04.1945 Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland[2]
Knight's Cross
HQ staff
- Joachim Ziegler, 05.09.1944 Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland[2]
SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge
- Josef Bachmeier, 23.08.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
- Martin Gürz, 23.10.1944 Hauptsturmführer. Commander III Battalion
- Ludwig Hoffmann, 11.05.1945 Hauptsturmführer Commander III Battalion
- Willi Hund, 20.04.1945 Obersturmführer Commander 7th Company
- Fritz Knöchlein, 16.11.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge
- Walter Körner, 29.04.1945 Hauptsturmführer Rgt Adjutant 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge
- Albrecht Krügel, 12.03.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander II Battalion
- Hanns Heinrich Lohmann, 12.03.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander III Battalion
- Siegfried Lüngen, 16.11.1944 Hauptscharführer Commander 6th Company
- Richard Spörle, 16.11.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
- Arnold Stoffers, 12.03.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge
- Fritz Vogt, 16.3.1945 Hauptsturmführer Commander I Battalion [2]
SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 Danmark
- Egon Christophersen, 11.07.1944 Unterscharführer Gruppenführer 7th Company
- Heinz Hämel, 16.06.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
- Albert Hektor, 23.08.1944 Oberscharführer platoon commander 7th Company
- Walter Seebach, 12.03.1944 Obersturmführer Commander 5th Company[2]
SS Panzer Battalion 11 Hermann von Salza
- Paul Albert Kausch, 23.08.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Btn
- Rudolf Rott, 28.02.1945 Obersturmführer Commander 1st Company
- Philipp Wild, 21.03.1944 Oberscharführer Tank Commander 1st Company[2]
SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 11 Nordland
- Alfred Fischer (SS officer), 11.05.1945 Sturmbannführer Commander II Battalion
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Karl, 26.12.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Art Rgt
- Herman Potschka, 07.12.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander III Battalion[2]
SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion 11 Nordland
- Karlheinz Schulz Streeck, 09.05.1945 Sturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Stug Btn[2]
- Fritz von Scholz 18.01.1942 Oberführer Commander SS-Rgt Nordland
See also
Footnotes
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.
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