Knight's Cross Recipients
of the
Fallschirmjäger
Adolf Hitler and the paratroopers of “Sturmabteilung Koch” at the Knight's Cross ceremony on the 13th of May 1940. Members of the unit recieved the Knight's Cross for the assault at the Eben-Emael Fortress in Belgium.
Front row, from left to right:
1 - Leutnant Egon Delica - 12th/5/1940 RK (Leutnant stellv. Führer Sturmgruppe "Granite").
2 - Hauptmann Walther Koch - 10th/5/1940 RK (Hauptmann Cdr LL-Sturm.Abt "Koch" ).
3 – Adolf Hitler.
4 - Leutnant der Reserve Joachim Meissner - 12th/5/1940 (Leutnant dR stellv. Führer Sturmgruppe "Eisen").
5 - Oberleutnant Gustav Altmann - 5th/12/1940 (Oberleutnant Führer Sturmgruppe "Stahl").
The back row, from left to right:
1 - Oberleutnant Rudolf Witzig - 5th/10/1940 (Oberleutnant Führer Sturmgruppe "Granite").
2 - Oberleutnant Otto Zierach - 15th/5/1940 (Oberleutnant dR It LL-Sturm.Abt "Koch").
3 - Leutnant Helmut Ringler - 15th/5/1940 (Leutnant dRsMG-id Halbzugführer Sturmgruppe "Stahl").
4 - Oberleutnant Walter Kiess - 12th/5/1940 (Oberleutnant Chef-Kdo Lastensegler LL-Sturm.Abt id "Koch").
5 - Oberarzt Dr. Rolf Jäger - 15th/5/1940 (Oberarzt Truppenarzt LL-Sturm.Abt id "Koch").
Recipient and Date of Award
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke – 19th / 9 / 1944
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Richard Heidrich – 25th / 3 / 1944
Ludwig Heilmann – 15th / 5 / 1944
Hans Kroh – 12th / 9 / 1944
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke – 19th / 9 / 1944
Karl-Lothar Schulz – 18th / 11 / 1944
Erich Walther – 1st / 2 / 1945
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Karl-Heinz Becker – 12th / 3 / 1945
Reinhard Egger – 24th / 6 / 1944
Walter Gericke – 17th / 9 / 1944
Kurt Gröschke – 9th / 1 / 1945
Richard Heidrich – 5th / 2 / 1944
Ludwig Heilmann – 2nd / 3 / 1944
Dr. jur. Dr. rer. pol. Friedrich-August Freiherr von der Heydte – 30th / 9 / 1944
Hans Kroh – 6th / 4 / 1944
Eugen Meindl – 31st / 8 / 1944
Heinz Meyer – 18th / 11 / 1944
Erich Pietzonka – 16th / 9 / 1944
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke – 13th / 11 / 1942
Rudolf Rennecke – 25th / 11 / 1944
Gerhart Schirmer – 18th / 11 / 1944
Karl-Lothar Schulz – 20th / 4 / 1944
Kurt Student – 27th / 9 / 1943
Heinrich Trettner – 17th / 9 / 1944
Erich Walther – 2nd / 3 / 1944
Rudolf Witzig – 25th / 11 / 1944
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Herbert Abratis – 24th / 10 / 1944
Heinz Paul Adolff – 26th / 3 / 1944
Gustav Altmann – 12th / 5 / 1940
Helmut Arpke – 13th / 5 / 1940
Josef Barmetler - 9th / 7 / 1941
Karl-Heinz Becker – 9th / 7 / 1941
Erich Beine – 5th / 9 / 1944
Karl Berger – 7th / 2 / 1945
Herbert Beyer – 9th / 6 / 1944
Ernst Blauensteiner – 29th / 10 / 1944
Wolfgang Graf von Blücher – 24th / 5 / 1940
Rudolf Boehlein – 30th / 11 / 1944
Rudolf Böhmler – 26th / 3 / 1944
Bruno Bräuer – 24th / 5 / 1940
Georg le Coutre – 7th / 2 / 1945
Egon Delica – 12th / 5 / 1940
Rudolf Donth – 14th / 1 / 1945
Reinhard Egger – 9th / 7 / 1941
Johann Engelhardt – 29th / 2 / 1944
Dipl.Ing. Wolfgang Erdmann – 8th / 2 / 1945
Werner Ewald – 12th / 9 / 1944
Ferdinand Foltin – 9th / 6 / 1944
Herbert Fries – 5th / 9 / 1944
Ernst Frömming – 18th / 11 / 1944
Wilhelm Fulda – 14th / 6 / 1941
Robert Gast – 6th / 10 / 1944
Alfred Genz – 14th / 6 / 1941
Walter Gericke – 14th / 6 / 1941
Ernst Germer – 29th / 10 / 1944
Siegfried Gerstner – 13th / 9 / 1944
Helmut Görtz – 24th / 5 / 1940
Franz Graßmel – 8th / 4 / 1944
Kurt Gröschke – 9th / 6 / 1944
Andreas Hagl – 9th / 7 / 1941
Reino Hamer – 5th / 9 / 1944
Friedrich Hauber – 5th / 9 / 1944
Richard Heidrich – 14th / 6 / 1941
Ludwig Heilmann – 14th / 6 / 1941
Erich Hellmann – 6th / 10 / 1944
Harry Herrmann – 9th / 7 / 1941
Max Herzbach – 13th / 9 / 1944
Dr. jur. Dr. rer. pol. Friedrich-August Freiherr von der Heydte – 9th / 7 / 1941
Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid – 12th / 3 / 1945
Eduard Hübner – 9th / 5 / 1945
Georg-Rupert Jacob – 13th / 9 / 1944
Dr. med. Rolf Jäger – 13th / 5 / 1940
Siegfried Jamrowski – 9th / 6 / 1944
Wilhelm Kempke – 21st / 8 / 1941
Horst Kerfin – 24th / 5 / 1940
Hellmut Kerutt – 2nd / 2 / 1945
Karl Koch – 24th / 10 / 1944
Walter Koch – 10th / 5 / 1940
Willi Koch – 9th / 6 / 1944
Rudolf Kratzert - 9th / 6 / 1944
Heinz Krink – 9th / 6 / 1944
Hans Kroh – 21st / 8 / 1941
Martin Kühne – 29th / 2 / 1944
Rudolf Kurz – 18th / 11 / 1944
Dr. med. habil. Carl Langemeyer - 18th / 11 / 1944
Erich Lepkowski – 8th / 8 / 1944
Walter Liebing – 2nd / 2 / 1945
Rolf Mager – 31st / 10 / 1944
Hans Marscholek – 31st / 10 / 1944
Eugen Meindl – 14th / 6 / 1941
Joachim Meißner – 12th / 5 / 1940
Otto Menges – 9th / 6 / 1944
Gerhard Mertins – 6th / 12 / 1944
Heinz Meyer – 8th / 4 / 1944
Dr. jur. Werner Milch – 9th / 1 / 1945
Gerd Mischke – 18th / 5 / 1943
Karl Neuhoff – 9th / 6 / 1944
Dr. med. Heinrich Neumann – 21st / 8 / 1941
Heinrich Orth – 18th / 3 / 1942
Hugo Paul – 18th / 11 / 1944
Herbert Peitsch – 29th / 10 / 1944
Erich Pietzonka – 5th / 9 / 1944
Fritz Prager – 24th / 5 / 1940
Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke – 21st / 8 / 1941
Siegfried Rammelt – 9th / 6 / 1944
Dr. jur. Ernst-Wilhelm Rapräger – 10th / 5 / 1943
Adolf Reininghaus – 13th / 9 / 1944
Paul-Ernst Renisch – 31st / 10 / 1944
Rudolf Rennecke – 9th / 6 / 1944
Helmut Ringler – 15th / 5 / 1940
Arnold von Roon – 9th / 7 / 1941
Walter Sander – 28th / 2 / 1945
Bruno Sassen – 22nd / 2 / 1942
Gerhard Schacht – 12th / 5 / 1940
Martin Schächter - 12th / 5 / 1940
Dipl.-Ing. Richard Schimpf – 6th / 10 / 1944
Horst Schimpke – 5th / 9 / 1944
Gerhart Schirmer – 14th / 6 / 1941
Alfred Schlemm – 11th / 6 / 1944
Herbert Schmidt – 24th / 5 / 1940
Werner Schmidt – 5th / 4 / 1944
Wolf-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg – 20th / 6 / 1943
Karl-Lothar Schulz – 24th / 5 / 1940
Erich Schuster – 21st / 8 / 1941
Alfred Schwarzmann – 24th / 5 / 1940
Günther Sempert – 30th / 9 / 1944
Hubert Sniers – 24th / 10 / 1944
Albert Stecken – 28th / 4 / 1945
Edgar Stentzler – 9th / 7 / 1941
Kurt Stephani - 30th / 9 / 1944
Günther Straehler-Pohl – 10th / 5 / 1943
Kurt Student – 12th / 5 / 1940
Alfred Sturm – 9th / 7 / 1941
Karl Tannert – 5th / 4 / 1944
Hans Teusen – 14th / 6 / 1941
Cord Tietjen – 24th / 5 / 1940
Erich Timm – 3rd / 10 / 1944
Rudolf Toschka – 14th / 6 / 1941
Horst Trebes – 9th / 7 / 1941
Heinrich Trettner – 24th / 5 / 1940
Herbert Trotz – 30th / 5 / 1945
Alexander Uhlig – 29th / 10 / 1944
Kurt Veth – 30th / 9 / 1944
Helmut Wagner – 24th / 1 / 1942
Erich Walther – 24th / 5 / 1940
Friedrich-Wilhelm Wangerin – 24th / 10 / 1944
Hans-Joachim Weck – 30th / 4 / 1945
Heinrich Welskop – 21st / 8 / 1941
Walter Werner – 9th / 6 / 1944
Hans-Karl Wittig – 5th / 2 / 1944
Rudolf Witzig – 10th / 5 / 1940
Hilmar Zahn – 9th / 6 / 1944
Otto Zierach – 15th / 5 / 1940