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War flag of Prussia (1816). The Black Cross (Schwarzes Kreuz) is the emblem used by the Prussian Army and Germany's army from 1871 to the present.It was designed on the occasion of the German Campaign of 1813, when Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia commissioned the Iron Cross as the first military decoration open to all ranks, including enlisted men.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (30 January 1940) [9] 1st Class (7 December 1941) [9] Medaglia di bronzo al Valore Militare (November 1941) [9] Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Militare (25 March 1942) [9] U-boat War Badge (1939) (26 February 1942) [9] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 January 1942 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-331 [10] [11]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Karl-Wolfgang Redlich (13 December 1914 – 29 May 1944) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator in the Spanish Civil War and a fighter ace during World War II . He is credited with 41 aerial victories, potentially 43 aerial victories, including four in Spain.
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).
Ernst Barkmann (25 August 1919 – 27 June 2009) was a German tank commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.He is known for the actions undertaken at “Barkmann’s Corner", in which his unit halted a U.S. Army armoured advance in Normandy on 27 July 1944, for which he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12 July 1941) & 1st Class (8 September 1941) [77] Panzer Badge in Silver; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Knight's Cross on 14 January 1944 [78] Oak Leaves on 30 January 1944 [79] Swords on 22 June 1944 [78] Michael Wittmann sitting on top of a Tiger I, Northern France, May 1944
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd class (1 C, 93 P) Pages in category "Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939)" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.