Recipients
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists for the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force) and Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade. Of the 82 awards made to servicemen whose last name starts with "O", seven were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and four the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords; seven presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 52 of the medals, six went to the Kriegsmarine, 21 to the Luftwaffe, and three to the Waffen-SS. The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.
This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
This indicates that historian Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.
| Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit | Date of award | Notes | Image |
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| Obergethmann, EduardEduard Obergethmann | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant | Commander of Flak-Regiment 99 (motorized) | 01943-01-2424 January 1943 | — | — |
| Oberhofer, HansHans Oberhofer | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Company chief in the II./Jäger-Regiment 25 (L) | 01945-03-2323 March 1945* | Died of wounds 20 February 1945 | — |
| Oberkircher, KarlKarl Oberkircher | Heer | 06-HOberjäger | Group leader in the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 218 | 01943-10-1212 October 1943 | — | — |
| Oberlaender, WernerWerner Oberländer | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Pilot in the 2./Kampfgeschwader 55 | 01943-03-2424 March 1943 | — | — |
| Oberloskamp, WaltherWalther Oberloskamp | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves | Platoon leader in the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667 | 01943-05-1010 May 1943 | — | — |
| Oberndorff, Fritz Graf vonDr. jur. Fritz Graf von Oberndorff | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves | Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 34 | 01941-08-2525 August 1941 | — | — |
| Oberweg, HerbertHerbert Oberweg | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfähnrich | Observer in the 11.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 13 | 01944-08-088 August 1944 | — | — |
| Oberwöhrmann, ErichErich Oberwöhrmann | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of Panzer-Abteilung "Feldherrnhalle" | 01944-02-077 February 1944 | — | — |
| Obleser, FriedrichFriedrich Obleser | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Staffelführer of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 52 | 01944-03-2323 March 1944 | — | — |
| Obschil, AloisAlois Obschil | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer | Leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 1126 | 01945-03-2828 March 1945 | — | — |
| Obst, WalterWalter Obst | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Leader of the 4./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66 | 01943-11-3030 November 1943* | Died of wounds 10 October 1943 | — |
| Obstfelder, Hans vonHans von Obstfelder | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the XXIX. Armeekorps | 01941-07-2727 July 1941 | Awarded 251st Oak Leaves 01943-06-077 June 1943 110th Swords 01944-11-055 November 1944 |
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| Obstfelder, Wolfgang vonWolfgang von Obstfelder | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 346 | 01944-09-1010 September 1944 | Awarded (858th) Oak Leaves 01945-04-3030 April 1945 | — |
| Ochs, HeinrichHeinrich Ochs | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel | Platoon leader in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 101 | 01943-06-022 June 1943 | Awarded 360th Oak Leaves 01943-12-3030 December 1943 | — |
| Ochsner, WillifrankWillifrank Ochsner | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of the 31. Infanterie-Division | 01944-01-1818 January 1944 | — | — |
| Ochßner, HeinrichHeinrich Ochßner | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 132 | 01944-08-1919 August 1944 | — | — |
| Odebrecht, JobJob Odebrecht | Luftwaffe | 20-LGeneral der Flakartillerie | Commanding general of the II. Flakkorps (motorized) | 01944-09-055 September 1944 | — | — |
| Odenhardt, WilhelmWilhelm Odenhardt | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Observer in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" | 01944-10-2929 October 1944 | — | — |
| Oeckel, ErichErich Oeckel | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 5./Schützen-Regiment 4 | 01940-06-2424 June 1940 | — | — |
| Oehl, HeinzHeinz Oehl | Heer | 12-HLeutnant | Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 62 | 01943-07-2525 July 1943* | Killed in action 5 July 1943 | — |
| Oehmichen, Dr. HermannDr. Hermann Oehmichen | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Leader of Kampfgruppe "Oehmichen" | 01942-12-2727 December 1942 | — | — |
| Oehrn, VictorVictor Oehrn | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant | Commander of U-37 | 01940-10-2121 October 1940 | — | — |
| Oekenpöhler, Johann-PeterJohann-Peter Oekenpöhler | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Pilot in the 8./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" | 01943-06-022 June 1943 | — | — |
| Oelker, HeinrichHeinrich Oelker | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 21 (L) | 01944-03-2626 March 1944 | — | — |
| Oepke, KarlKarl Oepke | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Chief of the 6./Artillerie-Regiment 12 | 01944-04-1616 April 1944 | — | — |
| Oesau, WalterWalter Oesau | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 51 | 01940-08-2020 August 1940 | Awarded 9th Oak Leaves 01941-02-066 February 1941 3rd Swords 01941-07-1515 July 1941 |
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| Oesten, JürgenJürgen Oesten | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant | Commander of U-106 | 01941-03-2626 March 1941 | — | — |
| Oesterlin, AlbertAlbert Oesterlin | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the Küstenschutzflottille "Attika" | 01944-06-099 June 1944* | Killed in aerial bombardment 22 January 1944 | — |
| Oesterreicher, KarlKarl Österreicher | Heer | 03-HGefreiter | Machine gunner in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 186 | 01942-12-1818 December 1942 | — | — |
| Oesterwitz, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Oesterwitz | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 7./Bau-Lehr-Regiment z.b.V. 800 "Brandenburg" | 01943-04-3030 April 1943 | Awarded 734th Oak Leaves 01945-02-1010 February 1945 | — |
| Ofenloch, HeinrichHeinrich Ofenloch | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 323 | 01943-07-1212 July 1943 | — | — |
| Offschany, KarlKarl Offschany | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Platoon leader in the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 191 | 01941-03-077 March 1941 | — | — |
| Ohlrogge, WalterWalter Ohlrogge | Luftwaffe | 09-LFeldwebel | Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 3 | 01941-11-044 November 1941 | — | — |
| Ohmsen, WalterWalter Ohmsen | Kriegsmarine | 13-MOberleutnant (M.A.) | Chief of the Marinebatterie "Marcouf" (Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 260) | 01944-06-1414 June 1944 | — | |
| Ohrloff, HorstHorst Ohrloff | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 11./Panzer-Regiment 25 | 01941-07-2727 July 1941 | — | — |
| Okrent, WilhelmWilhelm Okrent | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter | Richtkanonier (gunner) in the 4./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 116 | 01943-04-022 April 1943 | — | — |
| Olboeter, ErichErich Olboeter | Waffen-SS | 15-WSS-Sturmbannführer | Commander of the III.(gepanzert)/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26 "Hitlerjugend" | 01944-07-2828 July 1944 | — | — |
| Olbricht, FriedrichFriedrich Olbricht | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 24. Infanterie-Division | 01943-10-2727 October 1943 | — | |
| Olejnik, RobertRobert Olejnik | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Staffelkapitän of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 1 | 01941-07-2727 July 1941 | — | — |
| Oll, HerbertHerbert Oll | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 78 | 01941-08-2323 August 1941 | — | — |
| Olschewski, GeorgGeorg Olschewski | Kriegsmarine | 13-MOberleutnant (Ing.) | Chief engineer on U-66 | 01944-04-2323 April 1944 | — | — |
| Omert, EmilEmil Omert | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 77 | 01942-03-1919 March 1942 | — | — |
| Ondarza, Leon vonLeon von Ondarza | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 | 01944-09-022 September 1944 | — | — |
| Opdenhoff, HermannHermann Opdenhoff | Kriegsmarine | 13-MOberleutnant zur See | Commander Schnellboot S-31 in the 2. Schnellbootflottille | 01940-05-1616 May 1940 | — | — |
| Opitz, Heinz-EberhardHeinz-Eberhard Opitz | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 911 | 01945-03-1111 March 1945 | — | — |
| Oppeln-Bronikowski, Hermann vonHermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 204 | 01943-01-011 January 1943 | Awarded 536th Oak Leaves 01944-07-2828 July 1944 142nd Swords 01945-04-1717 April 1945 |
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| Oppenländer, KurtKurt Oppenländer | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor | Commander of the 305. Infanterie-Division | 01942-07-2525 July 1942 | — | — |
| Oppermann, WalterWalter Oppermann | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Platoon leader in the 7./Jäger-Regiment 38 | 01943-05-055 May 1943* | Died of wounds 20 March 1943 | — |
| Orinschnig, EgonEgon Orinschnig | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 10./Infanterie-Regiment 266 | 01941-06-1313 June 1941 | — | — |
| Oriola, Ralph Graf vonRalph Graf von Oriola | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 299. Infanterie-Division | 01943-12-2323 December 1943 | — | — |
| Orlowski, HelmuthHelmuth Orlowski | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of the Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 122 | 01943-09-1919 September 1943 | — | — |
| Orth, HeinrichHeinrich Orth | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel | Platoon leader in the 4./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment | 01942-03-1818 March 1942* | Killed in action 10 March 1942 | — |
| Orth, KarlKarl Orth | Heer | 01-HGrenadier | In the 13./Grenadier-Regiment 453 | 01944-03-033 March 1944 | — | — |
| Orthofer, AlfonsAlfons Orthofer | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 | 01941-11-2323 November 1941 | — | — |
| Ortlieb, KarlKarl Ortlieb | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 754 | 01944-09-1010 September 1944 | — | — |
| Orzegowski, ErnstErnst Orzegowski | Luftwaffe | 09-LFahnenjunker-Feldwebel | Pilot in the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 10 | 01945-01-1414 January 1945 | — | — |
| Ossege, TheodorTheodor Ossege | Heer | 06-HOberjäger | Group leader in the 1./Jäger-Regiment 56 | 01944-09-055 September 1944* | Killed in action 29 July 1944 | — |
| Ostendorff, WernerWerner Ostendorff | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer | Ia (operational officer) of SS-Division "Das Reich" | 01941-09-1313 September 1941 | Awarded (861st) Oak Leaves 01945-05-066 May 1945 | |
| Oster, DieterDieter Oster | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Chief of the 2./Flak-Regiment 8 (motorized) | 01942-12-099 December 1942 | — | — |
| Osterhold, WilhelmWilhelm Osterhold | Heer | 15-HMajor | Commander of the III./Füsilier-Regiment 27 | 01944-03-2626 March 1944 | Awarded 732nd Oak Leaves 01945-02-1010 February 1945 | — |
| Osterkamp, TheodorTheodor Osterkamp | Luftwaffe | 18-LGeneralmajor | Jagdfliegerführer of Luftflotte 2 | 01940-08-2222 August 1940 | — | |
| Ostermann, FelixFelix Ostermann | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of Divisions-Bataillon 260 | 01943-08-2626 August 1943 | — | — |
| Ostermann, Max-HellmuthMax-Hellmuth Ostermann | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant | Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 54 | 01941-09-044 September 1941 | Awarded 81st Oak Leaves 01942-03-1212 March 1942 10th Swords 01942-05-1717 May 1942 |
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| Ostermeier, Hans-ArnoHans-Arno Ostermeier | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of a Kampfgruppe in the Panzergrenadier-Division "Feldherrenhalle" | 01944-08-2323 August 1944 | Awarded 834th Oak Leaves 01945-04-1515 April 1945 | — |
| Oswald, FranzFranz Oswald | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann | Staffelkapitän of the 13.(Panzer)/Schlachtgeschwader 9 | 01944-10-2424 October 1944 | — | — |
| Otolski, OskarOskar Otolski | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor | Gruppenkommandeur of (Fern)Aufklärungs-Gruppe 2 | 01944-09-3030 September 1944 | — | — |
| Ott, EugenEugen Ott | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie | Commanding general of the LII. Armeekorps | 01942-12-2525 December 1942 | — | — |
| Ott, HeinzHeinz Ott | Heer | 10-HOberwachtmeister | Platoon leader in the 12./Panzer-Regiment 24 | 01945-05-099 May 1945 | — | — |
| Ott, HelmuthHelmuth Ott | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves | Chief of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 97 | 01943-11-1616 November 1943 | — | — |
| Ott, JoachimJoachim Ott | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Leader of the I./Jäger-Regiment 28 | 01944-10-2828 October 1944 | — | — |
| Ott, RudolfRudolf Ott | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Jäger-Regiment 56 | 01945-02-2828 February 1945 | — | — |
| Ottawa, NorbertNorbert Ottawa | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves | Chief of the 1./Füsilier-Regiment 22 | 01943-09-077 September 1943 | — | — |
| Otte, AlbrechtAlbrecht Otte | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 2./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 32 | 01945-04-2828 April 1945 | — | — |
| Otte, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Otte | Heer | 17-HOberst | Commander of Jäger-Regiment 207 | 01942-11-1313 November 1942 | — | — |
| Otte, Dr. jur. MaximilianDr. jur. Maximilian Otte | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant | Pilot in the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" | 01942-04-055 April 1942 | Awarded 433rd Oak Leaves 01944-03-2424 March 1944 | — |
| Ottenbacher, Otto-ErnstOtto-Ernst Ottenbacher | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 36. Infanterie-Division (motorized) | 01941-08-1313 August 1941 | — | — |
| Otto, ErnstErnst Otto | Heer | 14-HHauptmann | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 454 | 01943-02-1010 February 1943 | — | — |
| Otto, RudolfRudolf Otto | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 529 | 01944-05-1515 May 1944 | — | — |
| Otto, WernerWerner Otto | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier | Group leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 529 | 01944-04-066 April 1944 | — | — |
| Oven, Karl vonKarl von Oven | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant | Commander of the 56. Infanterie-Division | 01942-01-099 January 1942 | — | — |
| Overhagen, TheoTheo Overhagen | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel | Platoon leader in the 9./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 | 01944-01-011 January 1944 | — | — |
| Overhoff, GeroldGerold Overhoff | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant | Chief of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 11 (motorized) | 01942-12-1010 December 1942 | — |
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