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  1. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

  2. 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.

  3. Knight's Cross (German language Ritterkreuz) refers to a distinguishing grade or level of various orders that often denotes bravery and leadership on the battlefield. Most frequently the term Knight's Cross is used to refer to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, a military decoration of Nazi Germany. However, numerous orders have a ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Listed here are the 368 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name is in the range "Ba–Bm". Scherzer has challenged the validity of 13 of these listings. This is the first of two lists of all 725 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last name starts with "B".

    Name
    Service
    Rank
    Role And Unit [note 2]
    Karl Baacke +
    Chief of the 2./ Infanterie-Regiment 124 ...
    Commander of Schützen-Regiment 115 [14]
    Heinz Baader
    In the Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5 [14]
    Pilot in the 5./ Zerstörergeschwader 26 ...
  6. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross or RK was instituted byAdolf Hitler at the outbreak of World War II on September 1st, 1939(*2).This award was unique since it had not been in existence prior to thattime. During World War I the Pour Le Merite(*3) or PLM was the highestaward for valor. The problem with the PLM is that it could only ...

  7. The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the military branches, Heer ( Army ), Kriegsmarine ( Navy ), Luftwaffe ( Air force) and for the Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient.