Awards (OL, Sw. & Diam.) personally bestowed by Hitler

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date etched in white ? on the edge of the negative which is damaged. I checked for A.H.'s location on that date and he was in East Prussia. I thought at first, he might have been in the Ukraine HQ. and the date was wrong. I question Stockert's ID on this photo. Perhaps some other members can comment or verify- perhaps Oberstab.

By the way, you will likely never see a photo of Hellmuth von Ruckteschell receiving the O.L. He was in Japan during the war. Probably mailed to his wife or family in Hamburg.

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Thanks alabamaguy for the info about Hellmuth von Ruckteschell

Karl Willig was at Stalingrad, I`m not sure if he received the EL before fallen POW by the Russian.

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1944

Schwerter

Smilo Frhr. von Lüttwitz 04-07-44 ( info & photo missing)
Hermann Fegelein 30-07-44 ( info & photo missing)
Genlt Dr. Dr. Johannes Mayer 23-08-44 ( info & photo missing)
Paul Hausser 26-08-44 ( info & photo missing)
Theodor Wisch 28-08-44 ( info & photo missing)
Hans Kroh 12-09-44 ( info & photo missing)
Wilhelm Wegener 17-09-44 ( info & photo missing)
Theo Nordmann 17-09-44 ( photo missing)
Werner Ziegler 23-10-44 ( info & photo missing)
Hermann Recknagel 23-10-44 ( info & photo missing)
Maximilian v. Edelsheim 23-10-44 ( info & photo missing)

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from google image

25/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Erich Hartmann (18. Brill.)

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from google images

01/01/45, FHQ Adlerhost, Ziegenberg
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1. Goldenes EL)

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I think it`s time to update the list.

First: year 1936 to 1941

1936

20/04/1936, Location: Berlin
WH Ceremony.
Werner v. Blomberg ( GFM)

1938

-03/08/1938. location Berlin
LW Ceremony.
GFM Hermann Göring awarded is Baton
1939
-
-30/01/1939. Location: Reichskanzlei.
German Awards
. Professor Ernst Heinkel Professor Willy Messerschmitt Dr. Ferdinand Porsche der Generalinspektor für das Straßenwesen Dr. Fritz Todt
(National Award of 1938, The German National Prize for Arts and Science)

01/04/39. Location Wilhelmshaven ( On the battleship Scharnhorst)
KM Ceremony
- Generaladmiral Erich Raeder ( GrossAdmiral)


After 30/09/39, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
- Gen.Obst. Walther von Brauchitsch (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Wilhelm List (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Fedor von Bock (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Wilhelm Keitel (1. RK)
- Gen.Obst. Gerd von Rundstedt (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Günther von Kluge (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Inf. Johannes von Blaskowitz (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Walther von Reichenau (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Art. Georg von Küchler (1. RK)
- GFM Hermann Göring (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Flieger Albert Kesselring (1. RK)
- Gen. d. Flieger Alexander Löhr (1. RK)
- Gr.Adm. Erich Raeder (1. RK)

After 18/10/39, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony
- Kaleu. Günther Prien (2. RK)

After 27/10/39, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Art. Franz Halder (RK)
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Heinz Guderian (3. RK)
- Gen. d. Inf. Hermann Hoth (6. RK)
- Gen. d. Inf. Adolf Strauss (RK)
- Gen. d. Kav. Erich Hoepner (RK)
- Gen.Lt. Friedrich Ollbricht (RK)
- Gen.Lt. Reinhardt (RK)
- Gen.Lt. v. Briesen (RK)
- Gen.Major Kübler (RK)
- Obst August Schmidt (RK)
- Oblt. Steinhardt

1940

-After 01/03/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Herbert Schultze (3. RK)

May 12 or 13, 1940, FHQ (Felsennest), Germany
LW ceremony (for the EK2, EK1 and RK) to reward the Eben Emael fighters
- Egon Delica
- Walter Koch
- Joachim Meißner
- Gustav Altmann
- Rudolf Witzig
- Otto Zierach
- Helmut Ringler
- Walter Kiess
- Rolf Jäger

21/05/40, FHQ, Felsennest
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- x
- Gen.Major Hans Jeschonnek (RK)

21/05/40, FHQ, Felsennest
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Hans Mikosch (27. RK)
- Ofw. Josef Portsteffen (RK)

-05/07/40 or after, Location: (to be confirm) Hitler was at Tannenberg until Jul 06 and after at Berghof between 10-14 july
WSS Ceremony,
Sepp Dietrich (RK).

20/07/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Eduard Dietl (1. EL)
- 13/08/40, Berlin
Politic Ceremony
- Gustav Krupp (goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP )

14/08/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
The Heer Feldmarschalls from the 19/07/40 promotion are awarded their Marschallstab
- Wilhelm Keitel
- Gerd von Rundstedt
- Fedor von Bock
- Walther von Brauchitsch
- Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
- Wilhelm List
- Günther von Kluge
- Erwin von Witzleben
- Walter von Reichenau

04/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
The Luftwaffe Feldmarschalls from the 19/07/40 promotion are awarded their Marschallstab
- Hugo Sperrle
- Albert Kesselring
- Erhard Milch

23/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Werner Mölders (2. EL)

26/09/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Adolf Galland (3. EL)

12/10/40, Obersalzberg
- Hptm. Helmut Wick (4. EL)

31/10/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Günther Prien (5. EL)

13/11/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Otto Kretschmer (6. EL)


10/12/40, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
- General Karl Bodenschatz is awarded the Golden Party Badge
1941

January, 1941, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Joachim Schepke (7. EL)
- 02 feb 1941. Berlin
Political Ceremony
Hierl, Konstantin (Kriegsverdienstkreuz m.Schwertern

- 06/02/41or after . Location: Wolfsschanze.
LW ceremony
Hptm Walter Oesau ( 9 EL).

08 or 11/03/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Martin Harlinghausen (8. EL)

19/03/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Eduard Dietl is awarded the Narvikschild

25/03/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Erwin Rommel (10. EL)

04/04/41, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gefr. Hubert Brinkforth (262. RK and first enlisted man to be awarded the Knights Cross)

- 24./ 25. April 1941 Göring's Headquarter/ FHQ Mönichkirchen
LW-ceremony
- Franz von Werra (Ritterkreuz)
-
After 14/05/41, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Hptsuf. Fritz Klingenberg (RK)


20/05/41,location Berghof
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Hermann-Frierich Joppien (11. EL)
- Oblt. Joachim Müncheberg (12. EL)

After 22/06/41, location Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Werner Mölders (2. Schw.)

29/06/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Kaleu. Henrich Liebe (13. EL)
- Kaleu. Engelbert Endrass (14. EL)
- Kaleu. Herbert Schultze (15. EL)

After 14/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Werner Baumbach (20. EL)

18/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Oskar Dinort (21. EL)
- Major Walter Storp (22. EL)


18/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW-WH ceremony
- Obst. August Krakau (314. RK)
- Obstlt. August Wittmann (313. RK)
- NCO Gebirgsjäger (maybe Sandner or Burghartweiser)
- Obst. Alfred Sturm (LW - 234. RK)
- Major Edgar Stenzler (LW – 239. RK)
- Major Ludwig Heilmann (LW – 203. RK)
- Obst. Richard Heidrich (LW – 202. RK)
- Hptm. Friedrich-August Freiherr von der Heydte (LW - 235. RK)
- Hptm. Gerhart Schirmer (LW – 204. RK)
- Oblt. Harry Herrmann (LW – 236. RK)
- Oblt. Arnold von Roon (LW – 237. RK)


24/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (Ullstein gives 27/07/41 for the bestowal date)
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Werner Mölders (1. Brill.)


25/07/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (Ullstein gives the 18/07/41 for the ceremony date)
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Adolf Galland (1. Schw.)
- Hptm. Walter Oesau (3. Schw.)
- Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld (16. EL)
- Oblt. Siegfried Schnell (18. EL)

August 1941, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
- Korv.Kapt. Viktor Schütze (23. EL)

06/08/41, Berditschew,
Axis ceremony :
- General Ion Antonescu (RK)

20/08/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Günther Lützow (27. EL)
- Major Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (29. EL)
- Oblt. Josef Priller (28. EL)

10/08/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Rittm. Horst Niemack (30. EL)

After 01/09/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Ludwig Crüwell (34. EL)

06 or 08/09/41, Marienburg
Axis ceremony :
- Admiral Nikolaus vitéz Horthy (RK)


03/09/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (Ullstein gives 14/08/41 for the ceremony date but it is very unlikely this latter date was the correct one since Philipp was awarded the EL on 24/08/41)
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Hans "Assi" Hahn (32. EL)
- Oblt. Hans Philipp (33. EL)
- Oblt. Heirich Bär (31. EL)
Note that the date of the ceremony (provided by the BSB), is confirmed in Assi Hahn’s book “The man and the machine”.

After 11/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Major Günther Lützow (4. Schw.)

After 20/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- Strmm. Fritz Christen (RK)

After 26/10/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW-WH ceremony :
- Hptm. Gordon Gollob (38. EL)
- Oblt. Erbo Graf von Kageneck (39. EL)
- Separate ceremony
- Obst. Kurt-Jürgen Frhr. v. Lützow (37. EL)

October, 1941, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (35. EL)

Between 31/12/41 and 28/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Sepp Dietrich (41. EL)

After 31/12/41, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Walther von Seydlitz-Kurbach (54. EL)
- Obst. Franz Scheidies (43. EL)
- Oblt. Ernst-Georg Buchterkirch (44. EL)

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- 1942

Beginning January 42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Josef Harpe (55. EL)

Between 31/12/41 and 10/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Kap. z.S. Bernhard Rogge (45. EL)
- Kaleu. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (51. EL)
- Oblt. z.S. Reinhard Suhren (56. EL)
The previous date for this ceremony was 12/01/42 but this is impossible since Suhren’s 13th sea patrol began on 11/01/42.

After 24/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Werner-Albrecht Freiherr von und zu Gilsa (68. EL)

After 27/01/42, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Fw. Gerhard Köppen (79. EL)

After 28/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Adolf Galland (2. Brill.)

01/01/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Otto Weiss (52. EL)
- Major Hubertus Hitschhold (57. EL)
- Hptm. Dietrich Peltz (46. EL)

07/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Hans Jordan (59. EL)
- Obst. Karl Eibl (50. EL)
- Major Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn (49. EL)
- Rittm. Georg Freiherr von Boeselager (53. EL)
- Oblt. Karl-Heinz Noak (63. EL)

- After 17/02/42. Location Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony
-OberstLt Walter Hagen ( 77 EL)
-Hptm Joachim Helbig ( 64 EL)
-Hptm Heinrich Bär ( 7 Schw)


After 17/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Ewald von Kleist (72. EL)

22/02/42, Wolfsschanze.
LW ceremony
Hans Joachim Marseille (RK)


28/02/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (Ullstein gives 15/02/42 for the ceremony date)
LW-WH ceremony :
- Wolfram freiherr von Richthofen is promoted to Generaloberst
- Gen.Obst. Walter Model (74. EL) and promotion to Generaloberst
- Gen. d. Pztrppen Georg-Hans Reinhart (73. EL)
(The date of the ceremony is provided by the OKW diaries)

After 12/03/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hans Philipp (8. Schw.)
- Kurt Ubben (80. EL)
- Oblt. Max-Hellmuth Ostermann (81. EL)

About 20/03/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Erwin Rommel (6. Schw.)

March of 1942, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hermann Breith (69. EL)
- Gen.Major Gerhard Wessel (76. EL) (shown as a General on the ceremony picture)
- Obst. Heinrich Eberbach (42. EL)
- Obst. Karl Wilhelm Specht (60. EL)
- Obstlt. Otto Hitzfeld (65. EL)

22 or 26/03/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hans-Valentin Hube (62. EL)
- Obst. Hans Traut (67. EL)
- Hptm. Hans Freiherr von Wolf (61. EL)
- Hptm. Adelbert Schulz (47. EL)
- Lt. Hans Strelow (84. EL)
Separate ceremony
- unknown ( Maybe Hptm Heinrich Borgmann ( 71 EL) Missing picture and info.
According to Pickert’s “Hitlers Tischgespräche”, 6 soldiers (of whom Strelow) attended this ceremony. A new one remains consequently to discover.

Between 03/05/42 and 17/08/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to Right :
- Kaleu. Erich Topp (87. EL)
- Kaleu. Reinhard Hardegen (89. EL)
Note that between the range of dates given above, only the following ones are possible : 03/05-15/05, 06/06-08/06, 20/06-03/07 and 14/08-17/08. On the remainding dates, the U-Boat commanders were at sea.

After 23/04/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld (9. Schw.)
- Oblt. Wolf-Dietrich Huy (83. EL)
- Oblt. Wolfgang Späte (90. EL)

12/05/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Wilhelm Wegener (66. EL)
- SS-Brig. u. Gen.Major d. Polizei Alfred Wünnenberg (91. EL)
- Gen.Major Wilibald Frhr. v. Langermann u. Erlencamp (75. EL)


17/05/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Theodor Scherer (92. EL)


25/05/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (Ullstein gives 08/06/42 for the ceremony date)
LW ceremony
- Hptm. Adolf Dickfeld (94. EL)
- Lt. d.R. Hermann Graf (95. EL and 11. Schw.)

1942, Reichskanlei, Berlin
Axis Ceremony
Hirosho Oshima( Großkreuz des Ordens vom deutschen Adler in Gold)

After 26/05/42. Location Reichskanzler Berlin. ( not confirm)
WH Ceremony
Gen. Eberhad von Mackensen ( 95 EL)

29/05/42, Location: Wolfsschanze
WH-civil ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d.Art. Friedrich Boetticher (RK z. KVK)
- Hans Thomsen (RK z. KVK)

- 04/06/1942, location:Immola near Imatra in south-eastern Finland
Axis ceremony.
GFM Mannerheim (grand cross of
the order of the german eagle in old)
-
26/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Theodor Eicke (88. EL)

28/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Hans-Joachim Marseille (97. EL - 12. Schw.)


After 27/06/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Walter Graf v. Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (103. EL)

28 or 29/06/42 Location: Rastenburg
LW ceremony
- Hptm Gordon Gollob ( 13 Schw)
- Oblt. Max-Hellmuth Ostermann (10. Schw.)
- Hptm. Helmut Lent (98. EL)
- Oblt. Heinrich Setz (102. EL)
- Oblt. Friedrich Geisshardt (101. EL)

-July 1942. Location: Vinnitsa.
-WH Ceremony.
- Gen.Major Ludwig Wolff ( 100 EL)
- Oberst F.Wilhelm Müller (86 EL)

-Between 16/07/42 and 31/10/42, location: Vinnitsa
KM Ceremony.
KapitaenLeutnant Rolf Mützelburg ( 104 EL)
KapitaenLeutnant Adalbert Schnee ( 105 EL)

-18/07/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- GFM Albert Kesselring (15. Schw.)

After 23/07/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Erwin Clausen (106. EL)
- Oblt. Viktor Bauer (107. EL)

After 09/08/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Anton Hackl (109. EL)
- Ofw. Franz-Josef Beerenbock (108. EL)

- After 17/08/42. Location: Vinnitsa
Wh Ceremony
Obslt Walter Gorn ( 113 EL)

After 17/08/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa (Ullstein gives 27/08/42 for the date of the ceremony)
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Werner Baumbach (16. Schw.)
Baumbach attended this ceremony with his crew which was introduced to the Führer (Fw. Thies and Braun, Uffz. Baerwald, both recipients of the German Cross in Gold)

After 17/08/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Erich Topp (17. Schw.)
Please note that Topp also attended the “Between July 1, 1943 and August 9, 1943” ceremony in FHQ, Wolfsschanze with Gysae, Suhren and Lüth to receive his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde.

After 27/08/42. location: Vinnitsa
LW Ceremony
Hptm Kurt Brändle ( 114 EL)

After 18/09/42, Berlin
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Reinhard Suhren (18. Schw.)
Please note that Suhren also attended the “Between July 1, 1943 and August 9, 1943” ceremony in FHQ, Wolfsschanze with Gysae, Topp and Lüth to receive his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde.
The date given is the one to which Suhren ended his 15th and last sea patrol.

After 03/09/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Ernst Bormann (119. EL)

After 16/09/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Heinz Schmidt (124. EL)

Mid-September, 1942, FHQ, Vinnitsa
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Klaus Scholtz (123. EL)

- 23/09/42: Location: Vinnitsa
LW Ceremony.
Oberst Gordon Gollob ( 3 Diamonds).

-23/09/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Werner Ziegler (121. EL)
- Lt. d.R. Gerhard Hein (120. EL)

-After 23/09/42. Vinnitsa
KM Ceremony
-KarLt Heinrich Bleichrodt ( 125 EL)

26/09/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Erwin Rommel receives his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde

October 42, FHQ, Vinnitsa.
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Joachim Helbig (20. Schw.)

01/10/42, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
Erwin Rommel is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

After 03/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Friedrich-Karl Müller (126. EL)
- Oblt. Wolfgang Tonne (128. EL)
- Lt. Hans Beisswenger (130. EL)
- Fw. Wilhelm Crinius (127. EL) RK & EL at same date 23-09-1942


07/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. d.R. Hermann Graf (5. Brill.)

- After 11/10/42. Wolfsschanze ( Vinnitsa)
WH ceremony
ObsLt Karl Torley ( 132 EL)

After 11/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Walter Sigel (116. EL)
- Hptm. Johannes Kümmel (133. EL)

17-10-1942.Location: Vinnitsa
LW ceremony.
Hptm Joachim Müncheberg ( 19 Schw)
Hptm Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke ( 122 EL)

29/10/42, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony :
Erich von Manstein is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

After 31/10/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Ludwig Kirschner (135. EL)

After 31/10/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Traugott Herr (110. EL)
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- After 13/11/42. Location: Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony.
Oberstlt Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz v.Gross Zauche und Camminetz
( 144 EL)
-
- - 16/11/1942. German Hospital
WH Ceremony
GenMajor Bruno Ritter v. Hauenschild ( 129 EL)

-26/11/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Alfred Druschel (118. EL)
- Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff (115. EL)
- Oblt. Günther Rall (134. EL)
- Fw. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert (131. EL)
- Ofw. Max Stotz (137. EL)

October, 1942, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d.Pztruppen Werner Kempf (111. EL)

After 21/11/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Wolfgang Schenck (139. EL)
- Hptm. Friedrich Lang (148. EL)
- Lt. Josef Zwernemann (141. EL)

01/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Heinrich Schweickhardt (138. EL)
- Gen.Major Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (145. EL)

13/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Alwin Boerst (149. EL)
- Lt. Josef Wurmheller (146. EL)


13/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Foreign ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Munos Grande (EL without bestowal number)

After 13/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Karl Allmendinger (153. EL)

- - After 22/12/42. Location Wolfsschanze ( to be confirm with a photo of this ceremony)
Wss Ceremony
-SS Oberführer Hermann Fegelein ( 157 EL)
-
After 23/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Gruf. Felix Steiner (159. EL)

After 23/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Hartwig v. Ludwiger (163. EL)

After 23/12/42, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Helmuth Thumm (166. EL)
-
- - After 23/12/42, Location: Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Gen. Hubert Lanz ( 160 EL)

Between 29/12/42 and 09/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Hans-Valentin Hube (22. Schw.)

1943
-
Jan 1943 , FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Ekkehard Kylling Schmidt (150. EL)
- Hptm. Harald von Hirschfeld (164. EL)

- Jan 1943, Location: Wolfsschanze.
LW Ceremony.
Major Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke ( 23 Schw)

After 04/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. Rainer Stahel (169. EL)
-
Between 18/01/43 and 23/03/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. Karl-Friedrich Merten (147. EL)
- Kaleu. Wolfgang Lüth (142. EL)
- Kaleu. Friedrich Guggenberger (171. EL)
- Kaleu. Werner Töniges (143. EL)
The date has been determined by taking into account the latest OL bestowal date and the sea patrols (Feindfahrten) dates of the 4 attendees (Lüth’s 15th patrol ended on 18/01/43 and his 16th and last one began on 23/03/43).

After 08/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Bruno Dilley (174. EL)
- Major Ernst Kupfer (173. EL)

After 12/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim (162. EL)
- Obst. Wend von Wietersheim (176. EL)

15/01/43. Location:Rastenburg ( Wolfsschanze between 01 January-18 february 43)
WH Ceremony.
Oberst Helmuth von Pannwitz ( 167 EL)
-

After 18/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- GFM Günther von Kluge (181 EL)

- After 18/01/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Oblt Günter Goebel ( 180 EL)
-
- After 21/01/43. Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony
- Oblt Reinhard Günzel ( 184 EL)

-28/01/43.Location:Wolfsschanze (to be confirm with photo)
LW Ceremony.
Hptm Gustav Pressler ( 188 EL)

31/01/43, FHQ, location Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Owm. Hugo Primozic (185. EL)
- Ernst Schimun ( DKG)
- Sepp Braun ( DKG)
- Heinz Götte ( DKG)

After 31/01/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
- Karl Dönitz is awarded his Grossadmiral baton and his "interimstab"

- 01/02/1943, FHQ Wolfsschanze
KM Ceremony
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder ( nomination of Inspector Admiral of the Navy)

- 01/02/43. Location: Berlin
WH Ceremony
- Gen Ernst Busch ( GFM baton)


- 08/02/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Erwin Fischer (191. EL)
- Hptm. Hermann Hogeback (192. EL)

Between 13/02/43 and 27/03/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Johann Mohr (177. EL)
As the picture has not reached us yet, we cannot exclude the fact that other soldiers also attended to this ceremony.
Dates range are for the earliest Mohr’s return from his 9th sea patrol (Feindfahrt) and for the latest, his departure from his 10th sea patrol.

After 16/02/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
Wolfram freiherr von Richthofen is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

After 19/02/43, FHQ, Vinnitsa
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Helmut Bruck (193. EL)
- Major Heinz Frank ( 172 EL)
- Major Gerhard Barkhorn ( 175 EL)

25/02/43, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Kurt Meyer (195. EL)

After 01/03/43, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Staf. Fritz Witt (200. EL)

After 06/03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Johann Mickl (205. EL)

-After 06/03/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
- Gen. Hans Kreysing ( 183 EL)
- Gen. Gustav Schmidt ( 203 EL)

-10/03/43, Zaporojie or Zaporozhye (Manstein HQ)
WH ceremony :
GFM Erich von Manstein (209. EL)
-
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-
- Different ceremony
-
-10/03/43, Zaporojie or Zaporozhye (Manstein HQ)
LW ceremony
GenLt Martin Fiebig (168 EL)
-
12/03/43, FHQ, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony
GFM Erwin Rommel (6. Brill.)

-After 15/03/43. Wolfsschanze
- WH Ceremony
Gen. Walther Hoernlein ( 213 EL)

- 17/03/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Oblt. d.R. Georg Michael (187. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Konrad Hupfer (136. EL)

- After 23/03/43, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
GenLt Hermann Balck ( 25 schw)
-31/ 03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg Same Day than Sepp Dietrich
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Georg-Wihelm Postel (215. EL)
- Obst. d.R. Hyazinth graf Strachwitz (27. Schw.)

31/03/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Josef Dietrich (26. Schw.)

After 31/03/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
Axis ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Gusztav vitéz Jany (RK)

After 01/04/43, Obersalzberg
Axis ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Italo Gariboldi (RK)

Two other Italian Officers are shown on the Hoffmann photo and AH’s Adjutant is shown bearing another diploma. We might suppose that at least another Italian recipient was also rewarded during this very same ceremony. Possible recipients are not numerous : Gen.Obst. Ugo Graf Cavallero, Gen.Lt. Fedele di Giorgo and Korps-General Giovanni Messe. However, these 3 soldiers were all awarded the RK in the beginning of 1942.

After 02/04/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Ernst Nobis (151. EL)
- Obst. Hans Mikosch (201. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Eberhard Zahn (204. EL)
- Hptm. Helmut Hudel (219. EL)
- Hptm Bruno Kohnz ( 207 EL)

- 04/04/1943, location: Berghof ( to be confirm with photo)
LW ceremony.
Generaloberst Robert Ritter von Greim ( 216 EL)


- 06/04/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg (Ullstein gives 07/04/43 for the ceremony date)
KM ceremony :
- Gr.Adm. Karl Dönitz (223. EL)

15/04/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Ewald von Kleist is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

After 16/04/1943, Berghof, Obersalzberg (Great Hall)
WH-LW-WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Walter Scheunemann (202. EL)
- Oblt. Josef Bremm (165. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Heinrich Schüler (218. EL)
- Hptm. Peter Frantz (228. EL)
- Oblt. Werner Baumgarten-Crusius (199. EL)
- Ofw. Rudolf Schlee (222. EL)
- Uffz. d.R. Georg Rietscher (210. EL)
- Obstlt. Paul Werner Hozzel (230. EL)
- Major Werner Streib (197. EL)
- Oblt. Theodor Nordmann (214. EL)
- Oblt. Hans Ulrich Rudel (229. EL)
- Hptm. Egon Mayer (232. EL)
- Hptm. Georg Dörffel (231. EL)
- SS-Staf. Hinrich Schuldt (220. EL)
It is possible that other recipients also attended to this ceremony but the angle of the photo can't allow to see more people.

27/04/43, Location Berghof
WH Ceremony
GenObst Walter Model ( 28 Schw)
-
-After 17/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (13.10.1943)
WH-WSS ceremony
- Gen.Lt. Hans-Karl von Scheele (217. EL)
- Oberst Walter Gorn ( 30 Schw)
- Obst. Karl Löwrick (247. EL)
- Obst. Franz Griesbach (242. EL)
- Hptm. Waldemar von Gazen (182. EL)
- Hptm. Erich Bärenfänger (243. EL)
- SS-Stubaf. August Dieckmann (233. EL)
- Oblt. d.R. Wilhelm Niggemeyer (241. EL)
- Ofw. Ernst Kruse (245. EL)

It is likely that Walter Gorn and Karl Göbel were respectively awarded their Swords and Oakleaves at this very same ceremony. (based on several studio photos taken by Walter Frentz which show the different attendees quoted above as well as Gorn and Göbel).

After 17/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Georg Bochmann (246. EL)

-After 17/05/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Gen. Karl-Adolf Hollidt ( 239 EL)

- 20/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Staf. Otto Kumm (221. EL)

After 23/05/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Martin Grase (248. EL)

27/05/43, location Wolfsschanze
Foreign ceremony :
- Finnish woman Fanny Luukonen (Stern d. Deutschen Adlerordens)

02/06/43, FHQ, Vinnitsa
Political ceremony :
- Albert Speer is awarded the Fritz Todt honor ring
-
- After 08/06/43, Vinnitsa
WH ceremony
- Obst. Walter Gorn (30. Schw.)
-
-10/06/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. d.R. Fritz Fessmann (170. EL)
- Hptm. Hans-Günther Stotten (236. EL)
- Major Erich Klawe (227.EL)
- Hptm. Wilhelm von Malachowski (206. EL)
-
22/06/43 or 06/07/43, Berghof, Obersalzberg
Political ceremony :
- Rudolf Rahn is awarded the RK d. KVK

-After 30/06/43. Location: Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony.
Major Gustav Rödel ( 255 EL)

After 30/06/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony :
- Kaleu. Albrecht Brandi (224. EL)


After 04/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Freg.Kapt. Gerhard von Kamptz (225. EL)
- Kaleu. Siegfried Wuppermann (226. EL)
- Kaleu. Otto von Bülow (234. EL)
- Kaleu. Georg Lassen (208. EL)
- Kaleu. Werner Henke (257. EL)

-07/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Fritz Bayerlein (258. EL)
-
-25/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obst. i.G. Dietrich Peltz (31. Schw.)
Due to a lack of photo for this ceremony, it is not possible to say with certainty that Peltz was alone.


After 28/07/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Paul Hausser (261. EL)

10 or 11/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
- Major Helmut Lent (32. Schw.)
- Hptm. Egmont Prinz zu Lippe Weissenfeld (263. EL)
- Hptm. Manfred Meurer (264. EL)
- Oblt. Joachim Kirschner (267. EL)
- Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler (265. EL)
- Hptm Werner Schroer (268. EL)
- Oblt. Theodor Weissenberger (266. EL)

02/08/43. Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony
-Major Hajo Herrmann ( 269 EL)

After 06/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Adalbert Schulz (33. Schw.)

15/09/43, location Wolfsschanze ( From Hitler`s Enforcers 15/09/43 and Stockert book)
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Lothar Rendulic (271. EL)

-After 16/08/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Oberst Dietrich v. Müller ( 272 EL)
Oberst Alfons König ( 194 EL)

- 21/08/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
GFM Georg v. Küchler ( 272 EL)

-After 21/08/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
GenLt Georg Lindemann ( 275 EL)

22/08/43. Location: Wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony
Oberst Alexander Conrady ( 279 EL)

- After 22/08/43. Wolfsscahnze.
WH Ceremony
GenLt Dietrich v. Saucken ( 281 EL)
-
- 27/08/43. Location: Vinnitsa
WH Ceremony
General der Panzertruppe Erhard Raus ( 280 EL)

28/08/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Inf. Hans von Obstfelder (251. EL)
- Gen. d. Inf. Paul Laux (237. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Gustav Hoene (238. EL)
- Major Bruno Kahl (270. EL)
- Major Karl Langesee (211. EL)
- Major Friedrich Höhne (253. EL)

-Sept 43, location: Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony
Hptm Rudolf Sigmund (RK)

After 07/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Staf. Heinz Harmel (296. EL)
- SS-Ostubaf. Otto Baum (277. EL)

After 07/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Erich Jaschke (295. EL)

After 09/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze.
WSS ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Hermann Priess (297. EL)

- After 11/09/1943, location: Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Geneal der Infanterie Friedrich Hoßbach ( 298 EL)

- After 11/09/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Cermony
Gen. Siegfried Thomaschki ( 299 EL)

After 13/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (Ullstein gives 15/09/43 for the ceremony date)
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Hpstuf. d.R. Otto Skorzeny (2153. RK)
Ernst Kaltenbrunner attended to this ceremony

-15/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Paul Schultz (284. EL)
- Obst. dR. Walter Lange (300. EL)
- Major Theodor Tolsdorff (302. EL)
- Obst. Günther Pape (301. EL)
- Major d.R. Franz Bäke (262. EL)


-15/09/43 or after, location: Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony.
Generaloberst Hermann Hoth ( 35 Schw).

- After 16/09/43. Wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony
Gen. Ulrich Kleemann ( 304 EL)

22 or 23/09/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Hptm. Hartmann Grasser (288. EL)
- Hptm. Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (290. EL)
- Hptm. Günther Rall (34. Schw.)
- Oblt. Walter Nowotny (293. EL + 37. Schw.)

24/09/1943, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
-After 27/09/43. Location: Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony
Generaloberst Kurt Student ( 305 EL)
GeneralMajor Paul Conrath ( 276 EL) “ Assumption “

After 03/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oblt. Bodo Spranz (2182. RK + 308. EL)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Joachim Lemelsen (294. EL)

- After 03/10/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Major Waldemar v.Gazen ( 38 Schw)

After 05/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Hpstuf. Erwin Meierdress (310. EL)

12/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Gen.Lt. Emilio Esteban-Infantes receives his RK as Kdr. 250. ID (span.)

-After 14/10/43. location Rastenburg
WH Ceremony
- Major Alfred Eidel (283 EL)
- Major Hans Fritsche ( 307 EL) “ Assumption”
- Hptm Hans Pestke ( 311 EL)

20/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Hptm. Walter Nowotny (8. Brill.)

25/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. Wolfgang Lüth (29. Schw. And 7 Brill.) Received his Schwertern und Brilliant grosse urkunden
- Korv.Kapt. Robert Gysae (250. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Erich Topp (11. Schw.) received his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde
- Korv.Kapt. Reinhard Suhren (18. Schw.) received his Schwertern Grosse Urkunde

After 25/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to Right :
- Gen.Lt. Julius Ringel (312. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Horst Grossmann (292. EL)

-After 29/10/1943, location: Wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony
- Gen Josef Harpe ( 36 Schw)
-GenLt Hans F.von funck ( 278 EL)
-Oberst Alfred.H.Reinhardt ( 306 EL)
-Oberfeldw. Josef Schreiber (309 EL)

- After 29/10/43. Berghof.
WH Ceremony
GFM günther v. Kluge ( 40 Schw)

Late October 1943, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to Right :
- SS-Gruf. Walter Krüger (286. EL)
- SS-Ostubaf. Sylvester Stadler (303. EL)

- After 06/11/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Gen. Hermann Recknagel ( 319 EL)

-After 07/11/43. Location: Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
- Oblt Heinrich Kiesling ( 321 EL)

After 12/11/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Major Otto-Ernst Remer (325. EL)

After 13/11/43, FHQ, Location Wolfsschanze.
WSS Ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Herbert Otto Gille (315. EL)
- SS-Hpstuf. Hans Dorr (327. EL)

- After 30/11/43. Location: Wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony
Gen. Walter Hartmann ( 340 EL)

After 24/11/43, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Dr.Med.Dent. Karl Mauss (335. EL)
- Major Bernhard Sauvant (260. EL)
- Hptm. Ernst Ziemer (317. EL)

After 25/11/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
from left ot right :
- Major Dietrich Hrabak (337. EL)
- Hptm. Hans-Ulrich Rudel (42. Schw.)
- Ofw. Erwin Hentschel (RK)

- After 28/11/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
GenLt Otto Schünemann ( 339 EL)

- After 05/12/43. Location: Wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony
Gen.Oberst Gottard Heinrici ( 333 EL)
Gen. Hans Schmidt ( 334 EL)
Gen. Otto v. Knobelsdorff ( 322 EL)
Gen Rudolf Freiherr v. Roman ( 313 EL)
Gen. Anton Grasser ( 344 EL)

-After 05/12/43. location: Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony.
- Oberst Kurt Walter ( 345 EL)

After 09/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Pz.Truppen Sigfrid Henrici (350. EL)
- Obst. Eugen König (318. EL)
- Obst. Heinrich Voigtsberger (351. EL)
- Major d.R. Adolf Weitkunat (346. EL)
- Hptm. Willy Johannmeyer (329. EL)

After 10/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Hasso von Manteuffel (332. EL)
- Obstlt. Ernst Wellmann (342. EL)
- Obstlt. Willi Langkeit (348. EL)
- Obstlt. Karl Baacke (352. EL)

After 10/12/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Christian Tychsen (353. EL)

-After 15/12/43. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Gen. Maximilian de Angelis ( 323 EL)
Hptm Alfred Müller ( 354 EL)

After 18/12/43. Wolfsschanze.
LW Cermony
Oberst Ernst Kükl ( 356 EL)

-23/12/1943, location Rastenburg
KM ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. Friedrich Kemnade (249. EL)
- Kaleu. Carl Emmermann (256. EL)

- After 23/12/43. Wolfsschanze.
WH + LW Ceremony
GenLt Johannes Block ( 331 EL)
Oberst Wilhem Schmalz ( 358 EL)

- After 23/12/43. Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony
Major Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke ( 23 Schw)

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1944


09/01/44, location Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Obst. Adelbert Schulz (9. Brill.)

14/01/44. Location: Wolfsschanze.
KM Ceremony.
- Korvettenkapitän Klaus Feldt ( 362 EL)
- Korvettenkapitän Bernd Klug ( 361 EL)
- Korvettenkapitän Georg Christiansen ( 326 EL).

16/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ustuf. Alfred Schneidereit (RK)

20/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (11.00am)
14 LW officers receive their Schwerter (Große Urkunden). They came with Galland.
From left to right :
- Adolf Galland
- Dietrich Peltz
- Günther Lützow
- Wolf Dieter Wilcke
- Walter Oesau
- Joachim Helbig
- Gordon Gollob
- Herbert Ihlefeld
- Alfred Druschel

On the other side of the room, we find :
- Hermann Graf
- Werner Baumbach
- Heinz Bär
- Helmut Lent
- Günther Rall
- Walter Nowotny

After 24/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Walter Krüger (373. EL)


After 27/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Joachim Peiper (377. EL)

30/01/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Albert Graf v.d. Goltz (316. EL)
- Obstlt. Karl Koetz (374. EL)
- Major Josef-Georg Mulzer (367. EL)
- Rittm. Andreas Thorey (349. EL)
- Fw. d.R. Heinrich Boigk (370. EL) wearing a patch on one of his eye

02/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Ustuf. Michael Wittmann (380. EL)

- After 08/02/44, Location: Berghof.
WH ceremony
Haupt. Günther Hilt ( 386 EL)
-
-09/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony
- Obst. “Hajo” Herrmann (43. Schw.)
- Obstlt. Hans-Henning Freiherr von Beust (336. EL)

February-March, 1944, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Gerhard Graf von Schwerin (41. Schw.)
-
10.02.1944 Wolfsschanze: To be confirm with photo
SA-/ Police-Ceremony
- SA-Obergruppenführer Graf Helldorff (RKzKVK)

13/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Inf. Kurt von der Chevallerie (357. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Hans Gollnick (282. EL)
- Gen. d. Inf. Friedrich Wiese (372. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Hans Schlemmer (369. EL)

24.02.1944, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony
- SS-Brigaf. Theodor Wisch (393. EL)
Sepp Dietrich (in black panzer wrapper), Fritz Witt, Max Wünsche and Otto Günsche attended to this ceremony.

13/02/44, Rastenburg ??
WH ceremony
- Major Erich Bärenfänger (45. Schw.)

After 17/02/44, location Berghof
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Geb.Tr. Ferdinand Schörner (398. EL)

18/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Hpstuf. Léon Degrelle (2474. RK)
- SS-Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille (47. Schw.)
Although Lieb (see below) was also awarded the Eichenlaub on this same day at the FHQ, it seems he received the EL alone. However, there are several photos showing both Degrelle, Gille, Lieb and Press Chief Dietrich taken after the 2 ceremonies.

18/02/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Theobald Lieb (400. EL)

After 24/02/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
- Gen.Artillerie Wend von Wietersheim ( 58 Schw)
- Gen d.Inf Friedrich Mieth ( 409 EL)
- Gen.Artillerie Erich Brandenberger (324 EL)
- Gen. Artillerie Robert Martinek (388 EL)
- Gen Artillerie Helmuth Weidling ( 408 EL)
- GenLt Werner Frost ( 407 EL)
- GenLt Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz ( 426 EL)
- GenLt Eduard Hauser (376 EL)
- GenLt Herman Hohn (410 EL)
- Obstlt. d.R. Dr.med.dent. Rudolf Kolbeck (403. EL)
- Obstlt Hans Joachim Kahler ( 355 EL)
- Major Robert Kästner (401. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Walter Mix (405. EL)
-
24/02/1944, Munich (München)
Political ceremony :
- Theo Morell (RK KVK)
-
- 19/03/1944, Location: Berghof.
WH Ceremony.
GenLt Walter Fries ( 378 EL)

-March, 1944, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Albert Frey (359. EL)
-
-28/03/44, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Hugo Kraas (375. EL)

- 30/03/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony
- Major Hans-Ulrich Rudel (10. Brill.)

30/03/44; Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- GFM Erich von Manstein (59. Schw.)
- GFM Ewald von Kleist (60. Schw.)

30/03/44; Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Walter Model is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"
- Ferdinand Schörner is promoted to Generaloberst.

- 01/04/44. Location :Berghof
WH Ceremony
General Hans Speidel ( RK)

After 01/04/44. Location :Berghof ( To be confirm with the picture)
LW Ceremony
Oblt Martin Becker ( RK)


04/04/44 or 20/04/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Major Werner Streib (54. Schw.)
- Hptm. Gerd Barkhorn (52. Schw.)
- Obst. Erich Walther (411. EL)
- Major Kurt Bühligen (413. EL)
- Hptm. Hans-Joachim Jabs (430. EL)
- Major Bernhard Jope (431. EL)
- Major Hansgeorg Bätcher (434. EL)
- Major Johannes Wiese (418. EL)
- Major Dr.jur. Maximilian Otte (433. EL)
- Major Reinhard Seiler (419. EL)
- Hptm. Horst Ademeit (414. EL)
- Oblt. Walter Krupinski (415. EL)
- Lt. Erich Hartmann (420. EL)
- Wm. Fritz Petersen (438. EL)
-
After 04/04/44, Obersalzberg
Axis Ceremony :
- General Petre Dumitrescu (EL)

-After 06/04/44. Berghof.
LW Ceremony
ObsLt Hans Kroh ( 443 EL)

After 09/04/44, location Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Inf. Johannes Friessner (445. EL)

After 13/04/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Geb.Tr. Hans Kreysing (63. Schw.)
- Gen.Lt. Johannes Mayer (453. EL)
-
-15/04/44 or After, location: Berghof
WH Ceremony
Gen.Major Hyazinth Graf von Strachwitz (11 Diamonds)

-20/04/44, Obersalzberg ( afternoon)
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Hans-Valentin Hube (13. Brill.)

- After 24/04/44. location: Berghof.
SS Ceremony
Brigadeführer Hermann Priess ( 65 Schw)

27/04/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. d. Inf. Hans Jordan (64. Schw.)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Hermann Breith (48. Schw.)
- Obslt. d.R. Franz Bäke (49. Schw.) + (Panzer battle badge for 100 engagements)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Walther K. Nehring (383. EL)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (439. EL)
- Gen.Major Hans Källner (392. EL)
- Obst. Georg Kossmala (435. EL)
-Obst.Maximilian Wengler ( 404 EL)
- Obst. Hermann-Heinrich Behrend (421. EL)
- Obstlt. Josef Bregenzer (427. EL)
- Obstlt. Meinrad von Lauchert (396. EL)
- Major Otto Benzin (406. EL)
- Hptm. Helmut Kalbitz (366. EL)
- Hptm. Josef Rettemeier (425. EL)
- Fw. Walter Möse (390. EL)

- 29/04/44, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony :
- SS Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille (12. Brill.)

05/05/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM-LW ceremony
From left to right :
- Korv.Kapt. d.R. Fritz Breithaupt (387. EL)
- Oblt. z.See d.R. Otto Pollmann (461. EL)
- Obstllt. Günther Radusch (444. EL)
- Obstllt. Hans Karl Stepp (462. EL)
- Major d.R. Rudolf Schoenert (450. EL)
- Major Wilhelm Herget (451. EL)
- Major Martin Möbus (463. EL)
- Major Erich Rudorffer (447. EL)
- Hptm. Alfred Grislawski (446. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Emil Lang (448. EL)
- Lt. Günther Schack (460. EL)
- Lt. Otto Kittel (449. EL)
- Lt. Anton Hafner (452. EL)

- 11/05/44. Berghof
WH Ceremony
Gen. Heinrich v. Vietinghoff ( 456 EL)

14/05/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Lt. Hasso von Manteuffel (50. Schw.)


After 14/05/44, Berghof Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Obst. Werner Mummert (429. EL)
- Lt. d.R. Josef Schneider (389. EL)
- Ofw. Johann Schwerdfeger (474. EL)

- After 15/05/44. Wolfsschanze.
LW Ceremony
GenLt Richard Heidrich ( 382 EL + 55 Schw) to be confirm
Oberst Ludwig heilmann ( 412 EL + 67 Schw) to be confirm

After 20/05/44, Location: Berghof ( to be confirm)
LW,KM Ceremony.
- Major Karl Henze ( 481 EL)
- kptnLt albrecht Brandi ( 66 Schw)

-25/05/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
as far as I can see on the photo, at least 9 Heer officers (several generals). This photo is displayed on "on the Field of Honor" (volume 2 - see entry for von Brese) . From left to right :
- Gen.Lt. Dietrich von Saucken (46. Schw.)
- Gen.Lt. Georg-Wilhelm Postel (57. Schw.)
- Obst. Franz Griesbach (53. Schw.)
- Gen. d. Art. Maximilian Fretter-Pico (368. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Friedrich Schulz (428. EL)
- Obst. Ernst-Günther Baade (402. EL)
- Obst. Herbert Schwender (442. EL) ????
- Major Heinz von Brese-Winiary (441. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Heinrich Hogrebe (454. EL)

- After 26/05/44. Location Berghof.
WH Ceremony
- GenOberst Georg-Hans Reinhardt ( 68 Schw)
- GenLt Alfons Hitter ( 488 EL) ( Russian prisonner at Vitebsk 28/06/44)


31/05/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
-Gen.der Panzertruppe Friedrich Kirchner (391 EL)
- Genlt.Emil Vogel ( 475 EL)
- Gen.major. Rudolf Freiherr v.Waldenfelds (476. EL)
- Gen.major Karl Decker (466 EL)
- Oberst Karl Lorenz ( 395 EL)
- Obstlt. d.R. Erich Lorenz (467. EL)
- Obstlt. Wilhelm Eggemann (468. EL)
- Obstlt. Kilian Weimer (478. EL)
- Obstlt. Max Sachsenheimer (472. EL)
- Major Wilhelm Drewes (458. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Walter Elflein (347. EL)
- Ofw. d.R. Martin Hrustak (473. EL)


- 31/05/1944. Location Obersalzberg.
WH ceremony.
GFM Walter Model ( awards Feldmarschall baton)
-
After 09/06/44, location Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Fw. d.R. Georg Bonk (492. EL)
- Ofw. d.R. Ferdinand Wegerer (483. EL)

20/06/44, Obersalzberg
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Oberst Horst Niemack ( 69 Schw )
- Gen. d. Art. Ernst-Eberhard Hell (487. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Ludwig Müller (440. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Friedrich Hochbaum (486. EL)
- Gen.Major Gottfried Weber (490. EL)
- Gen.Major Wolf Hagemann (484. EL)
- Obstlt. Ernst Wilhelm Hoffmann (494. EL)
- Obstlt. Fritz Müller (477. EL)
- Hptm. Bernhard Flachs (381. EL)
- Hptm. Theodor von Lücken (469. EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Konrad Zeller (495. EL)
- Ofw. Hans Strippel (485. EL)

- After 24/06/44. location: Wolfsschanze.
LW Ceremony.
- Genlt Wolfgang Pickert (489 EL)
- Oberlt Hendrik Stahl ( 506 EL)
-
25/06/44, Obersalzberg
WSS ceremony
- SS-Ostuf. Michäel Wittmann (71. Schw.)

- After 26/06/44. Berghof
WH Ceremony
GenLt. Erich Abraham ( 516 EL)

- After 26/06/44. Location: Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
GenLt Fritz Hubert Gräser ( 517 EL)

- 01/07/44, location: France ( by Hitler's adjutant Colonel Heinrich Borgmann)
WH Ceremony.
GFM Gerd v. Rundstedt ( 519 EL)

-after 09/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony
- SS-Stubaf. Hans Dorr (77. Schw.)

11/07/44, Berghof, Obersalzberg
KM ceremony :
- Kap. z.See Rudolf Petersen (499. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Heinrich Hoffmann (524. EL)
- Kaleu. Götz Freiherr von Mirbach (500. EL)

After 11/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-KM ceremony
from left to right :
- Gen. d. Inf. Erich Buschenhagen (521. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Ernst Sieler (502. EL)
- Obst. d.R. Werner Kolb (514. EL)
- Major Hermann Wulf (520. EL)
- Major Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck (513. EL)
- Major Joachim Domaschk (496. EL)
- Major Heinz-Otto Fabian (522. EL)
- Korv.Kapt. Karl Palmgren (523. EL)
- Hptm. Willi Thulke (424. EL)

After 14/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostubaf. Karl Ullrich (480. EL)

After 15/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Martin Unrein (515. EL)

- After 15/07/44, Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
- Gen Hans Speidel ( RK)

After 18/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Obstlt. Theodor Tolsdorff (80. Schw.)

After 20/07/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Gen.Major Rainer Stahel (79. Schw.)

-After 20/07/44. Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
- GenLt. Fritz Bayerlein ( 81 Schw)

-21/07/44.Location Rastenburg
WH Ceremony
Major Heinz-Georg Lemm (525 EL)

- After 27/07/44. Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
Hptm Gerhard Kruse ( 534 EL)

- After 28/07/44. Wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony
GenMajor Rudolf Demme ( 537 EL)

End July 1944 ( Maybe 30/07/44). FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
-OberstLt Johannes Steinhoff ( 82 Schw)
- Major Kurt Bühlingen ( 88 Schw)
Major Herbert Lamprecht (532. EL)
- Hptm. Wilhelm Batz (526. EL)
- Hptm. Heinz Strüning (528. EL)

- 01-08-44. Location Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Oberst Otto Ernst Remer ( promotion for Kommandeur der Führer-begleit-Brigade)

-02/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Josef Priller (73. Schw.)
- Major Anton Hackl (78. Schw.)
- Major Friedrich Lang (74. Schw.)
- Oblt. Erich Hartmann (75. Schw.)
- Hptm. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (507. EL AND/OR 84. Schw.)
- Major Horst Kaubisch (505. EL)
- Hptm. Eduard Skrzipek (509. EL)
- Lt. Adolf Glunz (508. EL)

10/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostgruf. Josef Dietrich (16. Brill.)

- After 11/08/44. Wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony
GenLt Walter Fries ( 87 Schw)

After 11/08/44, location Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen. D.Inf. Kurt v. Tippelskirch ( 539 EL)
- GenLt. Hermann Flörke ( 565 EL)
- Obst. Rudolf Flinzer (575. EL)
- Obst. Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (536. EL)
- Hptm. Hubert Mickley (540. EL)

After 11/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Major Heinrich Nickel (543. EL)
- Obst. Albert Brux (504. EL)
- Major Wilhelm v. Salisch ( 533 EL)
- Oblt. d.R. Gerhard Simons (547. EL)

-After 14/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony
- ObersLt Johannes Steinhoff ( 82 Schw)
- Major kurt Bühlingen ( 88 Schw)
- Major Herbert Lamprecht (532. EL)
- Hptm. Wilhelm Batz (526. EL)
- Hptm. Heinz Strüning (528. EL)

17/08/44. Location: Finnish Supreme HQ in Mikkeli ( By GFM W. Keitel)
Axis Ceremony.
GFM Carl Gustav freiherr Mannerheim ( EL)

19/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze ( 20/08/44)
Political ceremony :
- Franz von Papen is awarded the RK d. KVK

15 or 18/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze (Ullstein gives the 17/08/44 for the ceremony date, The book “Hitler’s commander” gives 15/08/44 for the date of the ceremony)
WH ceremony :
- GFM Walter Model (17. Brill.)

After 19/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Gen. Karl Hilpert ( 542 EL)
- Obst. Hinrich Warrelmann (555. EL)
- Obstlt. Gerhard Pick (553. EL)

20/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
FHQ ceremony : bestowal of the 20 July Wound Badge
From left to right :
- GFM Wilhelm Keitel
- Gen.Obst. Alfred Jodl
- Gen. d. Art. Walter Warlimont
- Gen. d. Inf. Walter Buhle
- Adm. Hans Erich Voss
- Minister Councelor Franz von Sonnleithner
- Oberstleutnant Heinz Weizenegger
-Major Ernst John v. Freyend
- Major Herbert Buchs
- SS-Hpstuf. Otto Gunsche
- Buchholz

Other recipients who survived to the plot are :
- Kap. z.S. Heinz Assmann
- Obst. Nikolaus von Below
- Gen. d. Flieger Karl Bodenschatz
- Obstlt. Heinrich Borgmann
- SS-Gruf. Hermann Fegelein
- Hagen (Stenographer )
- Gen.Lt. Adolf Heusinger
- Walter Hewel
- Admiral Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer
- Gen.Major Walter Scherff

Killed recipients (during or after the plot) who consequently didn’t attend to this ceremony are :
- Gen. d. Flieger Günter Korten KILLED
- Obst. Heinz Brandt KILLED
- Gen.Lt. Rudolf Schmundt DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED
- Heinrich Berger (Stenographer ) KILLED

After 23/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz (559. EL)

25/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Obstlt. Helmut Lent (15. Brill.)

25/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
LW ceremony :
- Oblt. Erich Hartmann (18. Brill.)



After 27/08/44. Wolfsschanze
LW Ceremony
GenOberst Robert Ritter von greim ( 92 Schw)

-27/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-WSS ceremony with the first bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 14 soldiers
From left to right :
- Oblt. Rudolf Becker (RKT)
- SS-Ostuf. Julius Weck
- SS-Ustuf. Wilhelm Schache
- Ofw. Georg Aniol
- Ofw. Franz Ingebrand
- Fw. Kurt Buschbeck
- Fw. Karl Hamberger (RKT)
- Fw. Benno Paffrath
- Fw. Franz Schmid
- Uffz. Johann Friedberg
- Uffz. Anton Hermann
- Uffz. Fritz Willno (*)
- Uffz. Oskar Menz (*)
- Ogfr. Hans-Georg Rusdorf (*)

(*) I am not sure of the postion in the row for these recipients .

28/08/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze ( Mid September 1944)
WSS ceremony
From left to right :
- SS-Ogruf. Felix Steiner (86. Schw.)
- SS-Stubaf. Léon Degrelle (EL + NKSiG)
- + werhmacht officers

- After 27/08/44. Wolfschlucht 2 ( France)
LW Ceremony
Gen Kurt Pflügheil ( 562 EL)

-After 28/08/44, Unknown
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Obst. Ferdinand Schörner (93. Schw.)

- After 31/08/44. Wolfsschanze
WH, LW Ceremony
Gen. Eugen Meindl ( 564 EL)
Gen. Walter Melzer ( 558 EL)

- After 31/08/44. Location: Wolfsschanze
- LW Ceremony
- GenLt Richard Heidrich ( 382 EL + 55 Schw) Good possibility they received the two decorations at the same time
- Oberst Ludwig Heilmann ( 412 EL + 67 Schw)

After 02/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Staf. Otto Baum (95. Schw.)


05/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH-WSS ceremony with the second bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 14 soldiers
From left to right :
- SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz (EL)
- Ofw. Erich Friedrich
- SS-Oscha. Hans Karowski
- Fw. Franz Bierhoff
- Fw. Gerhard Sonntag
- Fw. Josef Hofstetter
- Uffz. Erich Makus
- Uffz. Friedrich Billau
- Uffz. Wilhelm Hatting
- Ogfr. Franz Richter (RK)
- Ogfr. Kurt Bormann (*)
- Ogfr. Alfred Plefka (*)
- SS-Rttf. Karl Schmidinger (*)
- Gefr. Franz Schmitt (*)

(*) I am not sure of the postion in the row for these recipients .
It is very likely that SS-Ostuf. Bruno Hinz was also awarded the EL by AH this very same day, during another ceremony even if I have not proof (see the “After 23/08/44“ ceremony).

- After 13/09/44, Location: Wolfsschanze
WH Ceremony
Gen. Günther Blumentritt ( RK)

14/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony with the third bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 8 soldiers
From left to right :
- Obstlt. Hermann Wulf (EL)
- Hptm. d.R. Karl Beiss
- Oblt. Wilhelm Loos (RK)
- Ogfr. Erich Carl
- Stgfr. Kurt Rätzel
- Fw. Johann Rennert
- Uffz. Erich Steininger
- Ogfr. Kurt Schmidt

It is said that SS-Stubaf. Léon Degrelle was also awarded the NKSiG this very same day (with the EL) during another ceremony. This point needs to be checked (see the „28/08/44“ ceremony)
-
-17/09/44 or after, Location:Wolfsschanze.
LW Ceremony.
Major Theo Nordmann ( 98 Schw)

-19.09.1944, Wolfsschanze:
WH-ceremony
Generalleutnant von Tresckow (Ritterkreuz)

19/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
from left to right :
- Obst. Rudolf Holste (561. EL)
- Major Walter Misera (569. EL)

-21/09/44. Location: Wolfsschanze.
WH ceremony
Gen. Hermann Balck ( 19 Brill)

- 21/09/44. location: wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony.
- Gen. Hasso von Manteuffel ( receive Kommand of 5th Panzer Army)
- Gen. Otto von Knobelsdorff ( 100 Schw)

26/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony with the fourth bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 13 soldiers
Position of the different recipients is not known for the moment (they have been consequenty sorted by rank)
- Oblt. d.R. Georg Pfisterer
- Lt. d.R. Ferdinand Chardon
- Lt. d.R. Walter Hofmeier
- Ofw. Heinrich Weber
- Fw. Hans Helming
- Fw. Martin Retz
- Uffz. Herbert Gottschalk
- Uffz. Nikolaus Körner
- Uffz. Emil Schacht
- Uffz. Erwin Scherhans
- Uffz. Karl Schwertfeger
- Uffz. Johann Winkler
- Ogfr. Fritz Schmidt
-
- 21/10/44, Location: Wolfsschanze
- SS Ceremony
-Sturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny ( Promoted Obersturmbannführer and awarded german cross in gold)

After 23/10/44, FHQ, Wolfschlucht 2 ( France)
WH ceremony
From left to right :
- Gen.Lt. Johann-Goerg Richert (623. EL) Maybe Gen. Otto von Knobelsdorff ( 100 Schw)
- Gen.Lt. Hans Källner (106. Schw.)
- Unknown LW officer

After 23/10/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Karl Mauss (101. Schw.)
-
24/10/1944, location:Wolfsschanze.
LW Ceremony.
Oberlt. Gustav Schubert (629 EL)

-After 28/10/ 1944, Location: Unknown ( Bestowed by Himmler)
WSS Ceremony
SS Gruppenfuhrer Max Simon ( 639 EL)

29/10/ 1944. Location: Wolfsschanze.
WH Ceremony
- Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz (640. EL)

30/10/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
W-SS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Hans Jüttner is awarded the RK d. KVK mit Schwertern

End October. Location: unknown ( Bestowed by Himmler)
WH Ceremony
Lt Hans Bölter ( 581 EL)

After 05/11/44. Location: Adlerhorst
WH Ceremony
Gen. Gustav-Adolf von Zangen ( 647 EL)

- After 05/11/44. Location: Adlerhorst
WH Ceremony
Gen. Hans v. Obstfelder ( 110 Schw)
-
07/11/44, Posen (awards bestowed by Himmler)
WH-WSS ceremony :
- SS-Gruf. Heinz Reinefarth (608. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Otto Lasch (578. EL)
- Gen.Lt. Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz (571. EL)
- Gen.Major Georg Graf von Rittberg (610. EL)
- Gen.Major Werner Marcks (593. EL)
- Obst. Martin Bieber (566. EL)
- Obst. Hermann Siggel (552. EL)
- Obst. Wilhelm Bleckwenn (621. EL)
- Obst. Arthur Jüttner (622. EL)
- Obst. Wolfgang Kretzschmar (600. EL)
- Obst. Martin Strahammer (545. EL)
- Obst. Alois Weber (579. EL)
- Major Gerhard Behnke (605. EL)
- Major Kurt Schille (544. EL)
- Major Karl Thieme (627. EL)
- Hptm. Wilhelm Kohler (607. EL)
- Hpm. Hans-Christian Stock (628. EL)
- SS-Ostuf. Helmut Scholz (591. EL)
-
- - 07/11/ 1944, Berlin) Awards bestowed by Göring
LW ceremony :
- - Hptm. Herbert Bauer ( 618 EL)
- Hptm. Franz Kieslich (619. EL)
- Hptm. Dieter Lukesch (620. EL)
- Lt. Walter Schuck (616. EL)
-
- 25/11/44, Location: Berlin
LW Ceremony.
Hptm Hubert Pölz (661 EL)
-
- 25/11/44 or after , Location: Berlin ( to be confirm)
- LW Ceremony
- OberLt Otto Kittel ( 113 Schw)

27/11/44, Berlin
LW ceremony :
- Major Wolfgang Schnaufer (21. brill.)
-
- 28/11/1944 or after. Location: Reich Chancellery.
WH Ceremony.
Gen. der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling ( 115 Schw)

- End Nov. 1944. Berlin.
KM Ceremony
- Kov.Kap. Albrecht brandi ( 22 Brill.)


- - November 44, Location FHQ ( maybe Wolfsschanze or Berlin ) waiting for a picture of this ceremony
Allies Ceremony
Gen Miklos Nagyöszy ( Hungarian) RK personnaly by A. Hitler.


- - After 10/12/44. Location: Adlerhorst
WH Ceremony
Gen. Hermann Hohn ( 109 Schw)
-
- 11/12/44, FHQ, Adlerhorst, Ziegenberg
WH ceremony :
- Gen.Major Gerhard Engel (679. EL)
- Gen.Major Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (4181. RK)
- Obst. Siegfried von Waldenburg (RK)

16/12/44, Trossingen/ Württemberg or 28-11-1944 Maybe 05/01/1945 Location : Berlin
WH ceremony (awards bestowed by Himmler)
from left to right :
- - SS Obersturmbannführer Albrecht Krügel ( 651 EL) 18-11-1944
- Oberst Gerd Ruge ( 648 EL) 16-11-1944
- Oberst Heinrich Busse ( 637 EL) 28-10-1944
- - GenLt Hellmuth Pfeifer ( 574 EL)
- -GenLt Helmuth Reymann ( 672 EL)
- Unknown
- - Major d.R. Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (636. EL)
- Major d.R. Klaus von Bismarck (669. EL)

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- 1945

01/01/45, FHQ Adlerhost, Ziegenberg
LW ceremony
- Obstlt. Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1. Goldenes EL)

02/01/45, Salzburg suburbs
WH ceremony (awards bestowed by Himmler)
- Lt. d.R. Otto Carius (535. EL)

-16/01/45, Reichskanzlei, Berlin 1:20PM
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Ogruf. Walter Kruger (120. Schw.)
-
- -16/01/45. Location RKL , Berlin around 2:00PM
WH ceremony.
Col.Gen.Ferdinand Schörner ( 23 Diamonds)

After 18/01/45, location Berlin ( From Hitler`s Enforcers 17/01/45)
- Gen.Obst. Lothar Rendulic (122. Schw.)
-
- - 26/01/45 or after , Location: Berlin
Lw Ceremony
OberstLt Hermann Hogeback ( 125 Schw)
-
- - 26/01/45 or after, Location: Berlin
- LW Ceremony.
- Major Erich Rudorffer ( 126 Schw).
-
After 01/02/45, location unknown
WSS ceremony :
- SS-Stubaf. Kurt Wahl (720. EL)
-
- 03/02/45. Location: Berlin
- WH Ceremony
- Hptm egon Agtha ( RK)
-
- -19/02/45, Location:Berlin.
LW Ceremony.
Major Rolf Hermichen ( 748 EL)

20/02/45, location unknown
WSS ceremony
Position of the 2 recipients in the row is not known
- SS-Ostuf. Joachim Boosfeld (4628. RK and NKSiG)
- SS-Hpscha. Hermann Maringgele (4629. EK and NKSiG)
-
- -21/02/45, Location: Berlin
- WSS Ceremony
- SS Haupsturmführer Harry Phönix & SS Unterscharführer Hermann Maringgele ( RK)
-
- 24-2-1945 or 16/02/45 Konstantin Hierl presented with Golden Cross of the German Order with Oak Leaves and Swords in the Reichschancellery at the last meeting of Reichsleiters/Gauleiters.


- 25.02.1945 Berlin
WH-ceremony
- GFM von Weichs (731. E)
-
- 01or 02/03/45, Location : Berlin ( Reichskanzlei)
- WH Ceremony
- General der Panzertruppe Hasso v.Manteuffel ( 24 Diamonds)
-
- 02.03.1945 Berlin
WL-Ceremony
- Generaloberst Alexander Löhr (705. E)



- 09.03.1945 Führerbunker/ Berlin
WH-ceremony
- Generalmajor Rudolf Huebner (RK)

11/03/45, Reichskanzlei, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- GFM Gerd von Rundstedt (133. Schw.)

After 11/03/45, location unknown
WH ceremony (bestowed by Gen. Wilhelm Burgdorf)
- Hptm. d.R. Dr.Jur. Wolfgang Rust (771. EL)

After 12/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Hptm. d.R. Egon Agtha (778. EL)

18/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Major Othmar Pollmann (760. EL)

After 18/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Gen. d. Art. Walter Hartmann (139. Schw.)

After 18/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony
- Gen.Major Theodor Tolsdorff (25. Brill.)

20/03/45, Entrance (outside) of the Führerbunker, Berlin
HJ ceremony
- About 20 HJ members are awarded EK2 and/or EK1 by AH (among those, 12 yr-old Alfred Czech). RJF Artur Axmann and SS-Gruf. Fegelein also attended to this ceremony.

After 23/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Obstlt. Hans-Georg Herzog (798. EL)

- - After 26/03/45 or 30/03/45. Location: Führerbunker,Berlin.
- WSS Ceremony
- Standartenführer Georg Bochmann ( 140 Schw)
-
- 26 or 28/03/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
LW-WH ceremony
- Obstlt. i.G. Bernd von Baer (761. EL)
- Major Herbert Wittmann (735. EL)
- Oblt. Kurt Welter (769. EL)
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- -08/04/45. location: Berlin.
- LW ceremony.
- OberLt Gerhard Thyben ( 822 EL)
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- 09/04/45 or after, Location:Berlin
SS Ceremony.
Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny ( 826 EL).

- 18/04/45 or later. Location: Berlin ( By A.Hitler)
WH ceremony
GenMajor Helmuth Mäder (143 Schw)

23/04/45, Führerbunker, Berlin
WH ceremony :
- Ferdinand Schörner is awarded his GFM baton and his "interimstab"

- 26/04/45. location: Bunker, Berlin
LW Ceremony.
Gen.Robert Ritter von greim ( GFM)


- 26/04/1945 Artur Axmann is presented with the Golden Cross of the German Order 2nd Class in the Bunker

[bake]

Another view of this ceremony

From Google image
26/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony with the fourth bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 13 soldiers
Position of the different recipients is not known for the moment (they have been consequenty sorted by rank)
- Oblt. d.R. Georg Pfisterer
- Lt. d.R. Ferdinand Chardon
- Lt. d.R. Walter Hofmeier
- Ofw. Heinrich Weber
- Fw. Hans Helming
- Fw. Martin Retz
- Uffz. Herbert Gottschalk
- Uffz. Nikolaus Körner
- Uffz. Emil Schacht
- Uffz. Erwin Scherhans
- Uffz. Karl Schwertfeger
- Uffz. Johann Winkler
- Ogfr. Fritz Schmidt

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After 03/10/43, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony
- Oblt. Bodo Spranz (2182. RK + 308. EL)
- Gen. d. Pz.Tr. Joachim Lemelsen (294. EL)

[Dieter Zinke]

Another view of this ceremony

From Google image
26/09/44, FHQ, Wolfsschanze
WH ceremony with the fourth bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold (Close Combat Clasp) to 13 soldiers

Unfortunately, bake is fully mistaken.

The event shown in the pic took place in the second bestowal of the NKSiG.

The affirmation comes from the two authors of reference books Ingo Möbius and Manfred Dörr !!

Till this day a contemporary image of the fourth bestowal of the Nahkampfspange in Gold is not existing !!!

Dieter Z.

[Igor Karpov]

- Korv.Kapt. d.R. Fritz Breithaupt ( 387 EL)

He also was SA-Truppführer in the SA-Sturm 14, SA-Reserve-Standarte 463 of the SA-Gruppe Hansa.

Regards,
Igor

[steve248]

This award to Artur Axmann might be of interest (English version only):

[AlifRafikKhan]

General der Panzertruppe Hermann Balck (Oberbefehlshaber 4. Panzerarmee) receiving his Brillanten zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern #19 from Hitler outside Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze Rastenburg, 21 September 1944. On that occasion Balck also appointed as Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe G. FLTR: Josef Harpe, Balck, x , Erik von Amsberg, Hitler, Wilhelm Keitel, and Otto Günsche.

Does someone know the ID of Heer officer between Balck and Amsberg? He is very much like Richard Schulze-Kossens (including his familiar style of wearing open-collar uniform!), but did he only served in the SS??

Source: Hermann Historica