Knight's Cross Winners
- Hauptmann Friedrich Adrario, Antitank Battalion 272, 26 December 1944
- Oberst Ewald Burian, Grenadier Regiment 980, 4 October 1944
- Generalmajor Eugen König, Division Commander, 1 August 1942, (Oakleaves 4 November 1943)
- Oberst Georg Koßmala, Division Commander, 13 March 1942, (Oakleaves 26 March 1944)
- Hauptmann Adolf Thomae, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment 980, 24 February 1945
- Major Hans Uhl, Division Ia (Operations Officer), 22 January 1943
- Oberstleutnant Ernst Werner, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Regiment 980, 19 August 1944
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