Knight's Cross With Oak Leaves
The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. The last officially announced number for the Oak Leaves was 843. Higher numbers are unofficial and therefore denoted in brackets.
Number | Name | Rank | Unit | Date of award | Notes |
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005 !5 | Prien, GüntherGünther Prien | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-47 | 01940-10-2020 October 1940 | missing in action 7 March 1941 |
006 !6 | Kretschmer, OttoOtto Kretschmer | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-99 | 01940-11-044 November 1940 | Awarded 5th Swords on 26 December 1941 |
007 !7 | Schepke, JoachimJoachim Schepke | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-100 | 01940-12-011 December 1940 | killed in action 17 March 1941 |
013 !13 | Liebe, HeinrichHeinrich Liebe | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-38 | 01941-06-1010 June 1941 | at the same time promoted to Korvettenkapitän |
014 !14 | Endrass, EngelbertEngelbert Endrass | Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-46 | 01941-06-1010 June 1941 | killed in action 21 December 1941 |
015 !15 | Schultze, HerbertHerbert Schultze | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-48 | 01941-06-1212 June 1941 | |
023 !23 | Schutze, Viktor Hermann OttoViktor Hermann Otto Schütze | Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-103 | 01941-07-1414 July 1941 | |
051 !51 | Lehmann-Willenbrock, HeinrichHeinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-96 | 01941-12-3131 December 1941 | |
056 !56 | Suhren, ReinhardReinhard Suhren | Oberleutnant zur See | commander of U-564 | 01941-12-3131 December 1941 | Awarded 18th Swords on 1 September 1942 |
087 !87 | Topp, ErichErich Topp | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-552 | 01942-04-1111 April 1942 | Awarded 17th Swords on 17 August 1942 |
089 !89 | Hardegen, ReinhardReinhard Hardegen | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-123 | 01942-04-2323 April 1942 | |
104 !104 | Mützelburg, RolfRolf Mützelburg | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-203 | 01942-07-1515 July 1942 | killed on active service 11 September 1942 |
105 !105 | Schnee, AdalbertAdalbert Schnee | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-201 | 01942-07-1515 July 1942 | |
123 !123 | Scholtz, KlausKlaus Scholtz | Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-108 | 01942-09-1010 September 1942 | |
125 !125 | Bleichrodt, HeinrichHeinrich Bleichrodt | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-109 | 01942-09-2323 September 1942 | |
142 !142 | Lüth, WolfgangWolfgang Lüth | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-181 | 01942-11-1313 November 1942 | Awarded 29th Swords on 15 April 1943 and 7th Diamonds on 9 August 1943 |
147 !147 | Merten, Karl-FriedrichKarl-Friedrich Merten | Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-68 | 01942-11-1616 November 1942 | |
171 !171 | Guggenberger, FriedrichFriedrich Guggenberger | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-81 | 01943-01-088 January 1943 | |
177 !177 | Mohr, JohannJohann Mohr | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-124 | 01943-01-1313 January 1943 | killed in action 3 April 1943 |
208 !208 | Lassen, GeorgGeorg Lassen | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-160 | 01943-03-077 March 1943 | |
223 !223 | Dönitz, KarlKarl Dönitz | Großadmiral | commander in chief of the Kriegsmarine Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine |
01943-04-066 April 1943 | |
224 !224 | Brandi, AlbrechtAlbrecht Brandi | Korvettenkapitän | commander of U-617 | 01943-04-1111 April 1943 | Awarded 66th Swords on 9 May 1944 and 22nd on Diamonds 24 November 1944 |
234 !234 | Bulow, Otto vonOtto von Bülow | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-404 | 01943-04-2626 April 1943 | |
250 !250 | Gysae, RobertRobert Gysae | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-177 | 01943-05-3131 May 1943 | |
256 !256 | Emmermann, CarlCarl Emmermann | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-172 | 01943-07-044 July 1943 | |
257 !257 | Henke, WernerWerner Henke | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-515 | 01943-07-044 July 1943 | killed as prisoner of war on 15 June 1944 |
645 !645 | Hartmann, WernerWerner Hartmann | Kapitän zur See | leader of U-boat operations in the Mediterranean Sea, commander of U-198 | 01944-11-055 November 1944 | |
852 !(852) | Thomsen, RolfRolf Thomsen | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-1202 | 01945-04-2929 April 1945 | |
853 !(853) | Lange, Hans-GüntherHans-Günther Lange | Kapitänleutnant | commander of U-711 | 01945-04-2929 April 1945 |
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