List of Knight's Cross recipients 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland
| 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 |
 Insignia of the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland |
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The 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland was a German Waffen SS volunteer division comprising volunteers from Denmark. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II. It was formed in February 1945, by the expansion of the Nederland Panzer Grenadier Brigade into a SS Panzergrenadier Division, although its strength never reached more than a brigade.[1]
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 [2] of September 1, 1939 instituted the Iron Cross and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. As the war progressed some of the recipients distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to 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 [3] of June 3, 1940. In 1941 two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 [4] of September 28, 1941 introduced the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. At the end of 1944 the last and final grade, the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 [5] of December 29, 1944 concluded the variants of the Knight's Cross.
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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 Oakleaves and Swords
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Knight's Cross with Oakleaves
- Hanns-Heinrich Lohmann, Obersturmbannführer SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 9 May 1945
- Helmut Scholz, Obersturmführer II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 21 September 1944
- Jurgen Wagner, Brigadeführer 4th SS-Panzergrenadier-Brigade Nederland, 11 December 1944 [6]
Knight's Cross
4th SS Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland
- Remi Schrijnen Sturmmann Antitank gunner 4th Company, SS-Freiwillige Leigon Nederland, 21 September 1944
SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 48
- Wolfgang Joerchel Obersturmbannführer SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 48, 21 April 1944
- Hans-Joachim Rühle von Lilienstern, Hauptsturmführer I./SS—Panzergrenadier Regiment 48, 12 February 1944
- Siegfried Scheibe, Obersturmbannführer SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 48, 11 May 1945
SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 49
- Hans Collani, Obersturmbannführer SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 19 August 1944
- Carl-Heinz Frühauf Hauptsturmführer SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 4 June 1944
- Johannes Hellmers Obersturmführer 6./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 5 March 1945
- Karl-Heinz Ertel, Hauptsturmführer, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 23 August 1944
- Helmut Scholz, Untersturmführer 7./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 4 June 1944
- Georg Schluifelder, Oberjunker 1./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 26 November 1944
- Stefan Strapatin, Rottenführer II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49, 16 November 1944
SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 54
- Klemens Behler, Obersturmführer 3./SS-Artillery Regiment 54, 17 March 1945
- Lothar Hofer, Sturmbannführer III./SS-Artillery Regiment 54, 5 April 1945
- Walter Jenschke, SS-Kandidat, 5./SS-Artillery Regiment 54, 18 December 1944
- Herbert-Albert Rieth, Untersturmführer 5./SS-Artillery Regiment 54, 11 December 1944
- Wilhelm Schlüter (SS Officer), Sturmbannführer SS-Artillery Regiment 54, 23 August 1944
SS Panzer Pionier Battalion 54
- Günter Wanhöfer, Hauptsturmführer SS-Panzer Pionier Bataillon 54, 27 August 1944
SS Panzerjager Battalion 54
- Derk-Elsko Bruins, Rottenführer 1./SS-Panzerjäger Battalion 54, 23 August 1944
See also
Footnotes
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- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ @ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 1573; 1 September 1939
- ↑ @ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 849; 3 June 1940
- ↑ @ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 613; 28 September 1941
- ↑ @ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11; 29 December 1944
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