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- The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich. Recipients are grouped by grades of the Knight's Cross. Within each grade the recipients are ordered chronologically. An exception is the lowest grade, here the recipients are ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded. Broken out into sub lists are the recipients of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, one list for every year between 1940 and 1945 the award was presented. Also listed separately are the alphabetical lists of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients. The foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross and the foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves are listed separately as well. The last legal presentation of the Knight's Cross, in any of its grades, had to be made before 23:01 Central European Time 8 May 1945, the time when the German surrender became effective. A number of presentations were made after this date, the last on 17 June 1945. These late presentations are considered de facto but not de jure awards. In 1986, the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) acknowledged 7,321 presentations made to the members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich for a total of 7,364 recipients. Analysis of the German Federal Archives revealed evidence for 7,161 officially—de facto and de jure—bestowed recipients, including one additional presentation previously unidentified by the AKCR. The AKCR names 890 recipients of the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross, including the eight recipients who served in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich. The German Federal Archives do not substantiate 27 of these Oak Leaves recipients. The Swords to the Knight's Cross were awarded 160 times according to the AKCR, among them the posthumous presentation to the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, 13 of which cannot be supported by the German Federal Archives. The Diamonds to the Knight's Cross were awarded 27 times, all of which are verifiable in the German Federal Archives. The final grade, the Golden Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross was verifiably awarded once to Hans-Ulrich Rudel on 29 December 1944. This along with the + (plus) indicates that a higher grade of Knight's Cross was awarded as well. This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously. This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that author has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing. (en)
- Daftar berikut menuliskan para penerima Salib Kesatria dari Salib Besi. (in)
- A lista dos destinatários da Cruz de Ferro e suas sub listas incluirão a lista completa de todos os beneficiários da Cruz de Ferro. A Cruz de Ferro e suas variantes foram a maior condecoração militar cedida pelo Terceiro Reich durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Os beneficiários estão agrupadas por graus de Cavaleiro da Cruz. Dentro de cada grau os recebedores estão ordenados cronologicamente, a exceção é o menor grau em que estão ordenados alfabeticamente pelo seu sobrenome. Em sub listas estão os destinatários da Cruz de Ferro com Folhas de Carvalho, com listas dos anos entre 1940 e 1945 quando o prêmio foi entregue. Também são listados em separado as listas em ordem alfabética do Cavaleiro da Cruz de Ferro. A Cruz de Cavaleiro da Cruz de Ferro e seus graus mais elevados foram baseadas em quatro distintos decretos. A primeira promulgação Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 de 1 de Setembro de 1939 instituiu a Cruz de Ferro e a Cruz de Cavaleiro da Cruz de Ferro. À medida que a guerra avançou, alguns dos próprios ilustres beneficiários exigiram um grau superior, a Cruz de Cavaleiro da Cruz de Ferro com Folhas de Carvalho foi instituída. As Folhas de Carvalho, como eram comumente referidas, foram baseadas no que se refere à adoção Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 de 3 de Junho de 1940. Em 1941 dois graus mais elevados da Cruz De Cavaleiro foram instauradas. A promulgação Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 de 28 de Setembro de 1941 introduziu a Cruz de Cavaleiro da Cruz de Ferro com Folhas de Carvalho e Espadas e a Cruz de Cavaleiro da Cruz de Ferro com Folhas de Carvalho, Espadas e Diamantes. No final de 1944 foi criado o último grau, a Cruz de Cavaleiro da Cruz de Ferro com Folhas de Carvalho Douradas, Espadas e Diamantes, com base na promulgação Reichsgesetzblatt 1945, S. 11 [4] de 29 de Dezembro de 1944 concluiu as variantes da Cruz de Ferro. (pt)
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