List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ba–Bm)

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The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest award in the military of the Third Reich during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. The following is the first part of the list of all 725 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last name starts with "B". Listed here are the 368 recipients whose last name is in the range "Ba–Bm". The recipients whose last name is in the range "Bn–Bz" is listed at List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Bn–Bz).

The number of 368 Knight's Cross recipients whose last name is in the range "Ba–Bm" is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[1] Author and historian Veit Scherzer has challenged the validity of 13 of these listings.^[2] The recipients are ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.

Contents 1 Background 2 Recipients 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

Background

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.^[3] As the war progressed, some of the recipients distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.^[4] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten).^[5] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, concluded the variants of the Knight's Cross.^[6]

Recipients

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force) and for the 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.^[7] The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and 143 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.^[8]

      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[Note 1]	Date of award	Notes	Image
Baacke, KarlKarl Baacke	Heer	Hauptmann[9]	Chief of the 2./Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment 124[9][10]	01941-06-30 30 June 1941[9]	Awarded 352nd Oak Leaves 10 December 1943[9]	—
Baade, Ernst-GüntherErnst-Günther Baade	Heer	Oberst[9]	Commander of Schützen-Regiment 115[9][10]	01942-06-27 27 June 1942[9]	Awarded 402nd Oak Leaves 22 February 1944 111th Swords 16 November 1944[9]
Baader, HeinzHeinz Baader	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann[9]	In the Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 5[9][10]	01945-04-26 26 April 1945[9]	—	—
Baagoe, SophusSophus Baagoe	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant[11]	Pilot in the 5./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"[11][12]	01941-06-14 14 June 1941*[11]	Killed in action 14 May 1941[11]	—
Baake, WernerWerner Baake	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[10]	01944-07-27 27 July 1944	—	—
Baasch, JohannesJohannes Baasch	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 410[10]	01942-05-03 3 May 1942	—	—
Baasner, HansHans Baasner	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Pilot and observer in the 3./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 121[10]	01943-03-11 11 March 1943	—	—
Bach, WilhelmWilhelm Bach	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 104 (DAK)[10]	01941-07-09 9 July 1941	—	—
Bach-Zelewski, Erich von demErich von dem Bach-Zelewski	Waffen-SS	SS-Obergruppenführer and general of the police	commanding general of the Korpsgruppe "von dem Bach" in Warsaw[10]	01944-09-30 30 September 1944	—
Bachem, ErichErich Bachem	Heer	Leutnant	Vorgeschobener Beobachter (artillery observer) in the IV./Artillerie-Regiment 262[10]	01942-01-06 6 January 1942	—	—
Bachor, WillyWilly Bachor	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Platoon leader in the 12./Panzer-Regiment 24[10]	01945-05-11 11 May 1945	—	—
Bacherer, RudolfRudolf Bacherer	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 234[10]	01943-10-30 30 October 1943	Awarded 550th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944	—
Bachmaier, [Dr.] Friedrich[Dr.] Friedrich Bachmaier[Note 2]	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves[11]	Commander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100[11][10]	01945-01-09 9 January 1945[11]	—	—
Bachmaier, LudwigLudwig Bachmaier	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 179[13]	01941-12-26 26 December 1941	—	—
Bachmann, ChristianChristian Bachmann	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Leader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf"[10]	01945-02-28 28 February 1945	—	—
Bachmann, ErwinErwin Bachmann	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer	Adjutant of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 "Frundsberg"[10]	01945-02-10 10 February 1945	—
Bachmann, FritzFritz Bachmann	Heer	Obergefreiter	In the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 7[10]	01945-04-05 5 April 1945	—	—
Bachmeier, JosefJosef Bachmeier	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Leader of the II./SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge"[10]	01944-08-23 23 August 1944	—	—
Bachnick, HerbertHerbert Bachnick	Luftwaffe	Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 52[14]	01944-07-27 27 July 1944	—	—
Back, Hans-UlrichHans-Ulrich Back	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 2[14]	01940-08-05 5 August 1940	—	—
Backhauss, FritzFritz Backhauss	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13[14]	01944-02-08 8 February 1944	—	—
Bade, KurtKurt Bade	Heer	Unteroffizier	Platoon leader in the 4./Panzer-Auklärungs-Abteilung 23[14]	01943-08-26 26 August 1943	—	—
Bader, EdwinEdwin Bader	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Observer in the 2./Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 16[14]	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	—	—
Bader, FriedrichFriedrich Bader	Heer	Major	Commander of Hochgebirgs-Jäger-Bataillon 3[14]	01944-08-12 12 August 1944	—	—
Bader, JosefJosef Bader	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 95[14]	01943-08-23 23 August 1943	—	—
Badinski, CurtCurt Badinski	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 489[14]	01941-10-11 11 October 1941	—	—
Badorrek, EmilEmil Badorrek	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 4./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 11[14]	01943-11-22 22 November 1943	Awarded 652nd Oak Leaves 18 November 1944
Badum, JohannJohann Badum	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 77[14]	01942-10-15 15 October 1942	—	—
Badzong, AlfredAlfred Badzong	Heer	Gefreiter	Machine gunner in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 273[15]	01945-02-05 5 February 1945	—	—
Baecker, RudolfRudolf Bäcker	Heer	Sanitäts-Feldwebel	In the Stab of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 36[14]	01943-09-18 18 September 1943	—	—
Baeder, WilhelmWilhelm Bäder	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 958[15]	01945-04-14 14 April 1945*	Killed in action 22 March 1945[14]	—
Baeke, FranzDr. med. dent. Franz Bäke	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 11[14]	01943-01-11 11 January 1943	Awarded 262nd Oak Leaves 1 August 1943 49th Swords 21 February 1944
Baer, Bern vonBern von Baer	Heer	Oberstleutnant im Generalstab	Ia (operations officer) of the 16. Panzer-Division[14]	01944-01-13 13 January 1944	Awarded 761st Oak Leaves 28 February 1945
Baer, HeinrichHeinrich (Heinz) Bär	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 51[14]	01941-07-02 2 July 1941	Awarded 31st Oak Leaves 14 August 1941 7th Swords 16 February 1942	—
Baerenfänger, ErichErich Bärenfänger	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 123[15]	01942-08-07 7 August 1942	Awarded 243rd Oak Leaves 17 May 1943 45th Swords 23 January 1944
Baetcher, HansgeorgHansgeorg Bätcher	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 1./Kampfgeschwader 100[14]	01942-12-21 21 December 1942	Awarded 434th Oak Leaves 24 March 1944	—
Baetge, NielsNiels Bätge	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Chief of the 4. Schnellbootflottille[14]	01942-01-04 4 January 1942	—	—
Baeuchl, JohannJohann Bäuchl[Note 3]	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[16]	Platoon leader in the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3[14][16]	01944-10-23 23 October 1944[16]	—	—
Baeuerle, EmilEmil Bäuerle	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 8./Jäger-Regiment 56[14]	01944-05-04 4 May 1944	—	—
Baeumler, GottfriedGottfried Bäumler	Heer	Unteroffizier	Platoon leader in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 41 (mot.)[17]	01944-05-14 14 May 1944	—	—
Baeumler, HeinzHeinz Bäumler	Heer	Oberleutnant[16]	Leader of the 6./Artillerie-Regiment 17[17][16]	01944-06-11 11 June 1944[16]	—	—
Bahns, KurtKurt Bahns	Heer	Oberleutnant[16]	Chief of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 216[17][16]	01942-11-13 13 November 1942[16]	—	—
Bahr, ArturArtur Bahr	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 44[17]	01944-12-03 3 December 1944*	Died of wounds 27 November 1944	—
Bahr, GüntherGünther Bahr	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6[17]	01945-03-28 28 March 1945	—	—
Baier, JosephJoseph Baier	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 36[17]	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Baier, KarlKarl Baier	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1036[17]	01944-10-16 16 October 1944	—	—
Baindner, HansHans Baindner	Heer	Gefreiter	Machine gunner in the 11./Jäger-Regiment 228[17]	01944-06-24 24 June 1944	—	—
Bajorat, KurtKurt Bajorat	Heer	Obergefreiter	Group leader in the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13[17]	01944-05-15 15 May 1944	—	—
Balck, HermannHermann Balck	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Schützen-Regiment 1[17]	01940-06-03 3 June 1940	Awarded 155th Oak Leaves 20 December 1942 25th Swords 4 March 1943 19th Diamonds 31 August 1944
Baldauf, HorstHorst Baldauf	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Observer in the 2./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 22[17]	01944-08-08 8 August 1944	—	—
Baldauf, JohannJohann Baldauf	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 3./Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 91[17]	01944-11-18 18 November 1944	—	—
Baldes, JosefJosef Baldes	Luftwaffe	Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 124[18]	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Ball, GerhardGerhard Ball	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 53 (mot.)[17]	01941-11-23 23 November 1941*	Killed in action 9 October 1941	—
Ballasko, Otto Edler vonOtto Edler von Ballasko	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"[17]	01942-08-13 13 August 1942	—
Balthasar, WilhelmWilhelm Balthasar	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 27[17]	01940-06-14 14 June 1940	Awarded 17th Oak Leaves 2 July 1941
Balzer, UdoUdo Balzer	Heer	Major	Commander of Füsilier-Bataillon "Deba"[18]	01944-04-09 9 April 1944	—	—
Banach, FriedrichFriedrich Banach	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader of the 4./Panzer-Regiment 36[17]	01942-11-30 30 November 1942	—	—
Banaski, HelmutHelmut Banaski	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Platoon leader in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 1077[17]	01945-02-18 18 February 1945	—	—
Banholzer, AlfredAlfred Banholzer	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 1./Kampfgeschwader 55[17]	01945-01-14 14 January 1945	—	—
Bansen, ErichErich Bansen	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 1./schwere Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung 519[17]	01944-03-15 15 March 1944	—	—
Banze, Karl-HeinrichKarl-Heinrich Banze	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Platoon leader in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 244[18]	01942-05-27 27 May 1942	—	—
Barall, BennoBenno Barall	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 227[19]	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Baranek, EwaldEwald Baranek	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 58[19]	01943-02-12 12 February 1943	—	—
Barby, Hans-Levin vonHans-Levin von Barby	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Schützen-Regiment 361 and leader of a Kampfgruppe[20]	01941-09-13 13 September 1941	—	—
Barde, KonradKonrad Barde	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 104[19]	01943-01-05 5 January 1943	—	—
Barge, JohannesJohannes Barge	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment Kreta[20]	01945-05-10 10 May 1945	—	—
Bargen, Hans vonHans von Bargen	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Adjutant and technical officer of the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3[19]	01942-09-19 19 September 1942	—	—
Bargsten, KlausKlaus Bargsten	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-521[19]	01943-04-30 30 April 1943	—	—
Barkhorn, GerhardGerhard Barkhorn	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 52[20]	01942-08-23 23 August 1942	Awarded 175th Oak Leaves 11 January 1943 52nd Swords 2 March 1944
Barkmann, ErnstErnst Barkmann	Waffen-SS	SS-Unterscharführer	Panzer commander in the 4./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"[19]	01944-08-27 27 August 1944	—
Barmetler, JosefJosef Barmetler	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 7./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment[19]	01941-07-09 9 July 1941	Died of wounds 20 February 1945
Barnbeck, HermannHermann Barnbeck	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 211[19]	01942-10-29 29 October 1942	—	—
Bartel, EwaldEwald Bartel	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Bataillon 106 "Feldherrnhalle"[19]	01944-12-31 31 December 1944	—	—
Bartels, HansHans Bartels	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of Minensucher M-1[19]	01940-05-16 16 May 1940	—
Bartels, Hans-WernerHans-Werner Bartels	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 399[19]	01944-01-26 26 January 1944	—	—
Bartels, HeinrichHeinrich Bartels	Luftwaffe	Unteroffizier	Pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 5[19]	01942-11-13 13 November 1942	—	—
Bartels, HerbertHerbert Bartels	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Leader of the 3./Flak-Regiment 293 (mot.)[19]	01943-11-22 22 November 1943	—	—
Barten, FranzFranz Barten	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 53[19]	01944-10-29 29 October 1944*[Note 4]	Killed in action 4 August 1944	—
Barth, Eitel-AlbertEitel-Albert Barth	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelführer of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 55[19]	01943-03-24 24 March 1943	—	—
Barth, JoachimJoachim Barth	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 13[22]	01942-12-17 17 December 1942	—	—
Barth, KarlKarl Barth	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Pilot in the 3./Küstenflieger-Gruppe 506[22]	01940-12-14 14 December 1940	—	—
Barth, LudwigLudwig Barth	Heer	Stabsfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 14[22]	01942-08-20 20 August 1942	—	—
Barth, OttoOtto Barth	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 117[22]	01943-05-08 8 May 1943	—	—
Barth, OttoOtto Barth	Heer	Major	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 688[22]	01945-02-09 9 February 1945	—	—
Barth, SiegfriedSiegfried Barth	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 51[22]	01942-10-02 2 October 1942	—	—
Barthle, HansHans Barthle	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 119 (mot.)[22]	01943-12-19 19 December 1943	—	—
Barths, Karl-LudwigKarl-Ludwig Barths	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 393[22]	01945-01-14 14 January 1945	—	—
Bartkowiak, HansHans Bartkowiak	Heer	Leutnant	pioneer platoon leader in the Stabskompnie/Grenadier-Regiment 30 (mot.)[22]	01943-10-25 25 October 1943	—
Bartl, LeopoldLeopold Bartl	Heer	Major	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 335[22]	01943-11-06 6 November 1943	—	—
Bartsch, GünterGünter Bartsch	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 2./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 110	01943-11-12 12 November 1943	—	—
Barz, HerbertHerbert Barz	Heer	Unteroffizier	Gunner in the 3./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 519[22]	01944-07-18 18 July 1944	—	—
Basse, Hans-Dieter vonHans-Dieter von Basse	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[22]	01944-09-10 10 September 1944	—	—
Bassewitz-Levetzow, Werner Graf vonWerner Graf von Bassewitz-Levetzow	Heer	Oberst of the Reserves	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 96[22]	01944-09-17 17 September 1944	—	—
Bastian, HeinrichHeinrich Bastian[Note 5]	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer	Leader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"[22]	01945-05-06 6 May 1945	—	—
Bastian, HelmutHelmut Bastian	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Leader of a Sprengbootflottille (Kleinkampfverband)[22]	01944-11-03 3 November 1944	—
Bastian, KarlKarl Bastian	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Leader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21[22]	01944-08-23 23 August 1944*	Killed in action 11 August 1944	—
Batz, WilhelmWilhelm Batz	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 52[22]	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	Awarded 526th Oak Leaves 20 July 1944 (145th) Swords 21 April 1945	—
Bauer, ErhardErhard Bauer	Heer	Gefreiter	Squad leader in the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 102[22]	01944-10-04 4 October 1944	—	—
Bauer, ErnstErnst Bauer	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-126[22]	01942-03-16 16 March 1942	—	—
Bauer, FriedrichFriedrich Bauer	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the I./Panzer-Regiment 33[22]	01943-09-13 13 September 1943*	Died of wounds 10 July 1943	—
Bauer, GerhardGerhard Bauer	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[22]	01944-02-29 29 February 1944	—	—
Bauer, HansHans Bauer	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer	Leader of the 3./SS-Panzergrenadier-Bataillon 506[24]	01945-04-05 5 April 1945	—	—
Bauer, Dr. jur. HeinzDr. jur. Heinz Bauer	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	regiment adjutant of the Grenadier-Regiment 585[24]	01944-06-12 12 June 1944	—	—
Bauer, HelmutHelmut Bauer	Waffen-SS	SS-Oberscharführer	Platoon leader in the 3./SS-Panzer-Regiment 5 "Wiking"[24]	01944-09-12 12 September 1944	—	—
Bauer, HerbertHerbert Bauer	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[24]	01943-12-31 31 December 1943	Awarded 618th Oak Leaves 30 September 1944	—
Bauer, HermannHermann Bauer	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of Grenadier-Bataillon Belgard in the fortress Schneidemühl[25]	01945-02-14 14 February 1945	—	—
Bauer, JoachimJoachim Bauer	Luftwaffe	Oberst im Generalstab	Fliegerführer of Luftflottenkommando 4[24]	01944-05-14 14 May 1944	—	—
Bauer, JohannJohann Bauer	Heer	Oberjäger	Group leader in the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99[24]	01942-06-27 27 June 1942	—	—
Bauer, KonradKonrad Bauer	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 300[24]	01944-10-31 31 October 1944	—	—
Bauer, LudwigLudwig Bauer	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 117[24]	01944-10-23 23 October 1944	—	—
Bauer, LudwigLudwig Bauer	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the I./Panzer-Regiment 33[25]	01945-04-29 29 April 1945	—	—
Bauer, MichaelMichael Bauer	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 499[24]	01942-02-02 2 February 1942	—	—
Bauer, OskarOskar Bauer	Luftwaffe	Major	Commander of the II./Flak-Regiment 4[24]	01941-10-22 22 October 1941	—
Bauer, RobertRobert Bauer	Heer	Major	Leader of a Kampfgruppe of the 15. Infanterie-Division[24]	01945-03-11 11 March 1945	—	—
Bauer, ViktorViktor Bauer	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 3[24][Note 6]	01941-07-30 30 July 1941	Awarded 107th Oak Leaves 26 July 1942	—
Bauhaus, GerhardGerhard Bauhaus	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Staffelkapitän of the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[24]	01942-05-25 25 May 1942	—	—
Baum, Dr. AdolfDr. Adolf Baum	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Chief of the Flak-Regiment 37 (mot.)[24]	01942-12-21 21 December 1942*	Killed in action 4 December 1942	—
Baum, AdolfAdolf Baum	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 1./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 197[24]	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	—	—
Baum, OttoOtto Baum	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the III./SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3[24]	01942-05-08 8 May 1942	Awarded 277th Oak Leaves 22 August 1943 95th Swords 2 September 1944
Baumann, PaulPaul Baumann	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the Radfahr-Kompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 422[24]	01943-09-01 1 September 1943	—	—
Baumann, WilliWilli Baumann	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Quartiermeister (quartermaster general) of the XI. SS-Armeekorps and leader of a Kampfgruppe[24]	01945-01-27 27 January 1945	—	—
Baumbach, WernerWerner Baumbach	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 30[27]	01940-05-08 8 May 1940	Awarded 20th Oak Leaves 14 July 1941 16th Swords 17 August 1942
Baumgarten-Crusius, WernerWerner Baumgarten-Crusius	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 156 (mot.)[27]	01942-02-22 22 February 1942	Awarded 199th Oak Leaves 27 February 1943	—
Baumgartl, ErichErich Baumgartl	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 55[27]	01943-07-31 31 July 1943	—	—
Baunach, GregorGregor Baunach	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 173[27]	01944-09-05 5 September 1944	—	—
Baur, EugenEugen Baur	Heer	Major	Leader of Infanterie-Regiment 470[28]	01942-02-02 2 February 1942	—	—
Baurmann, HeinzHeinz Baurmann	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 300 (Feld)[27]	01945-05-04 4 May 1945	—	—
Bausch, Dr. jur. AlbertDr. jur. Albert Bausch	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 286[27]	01944-02-10 10 February 1944	—	—
Bausch, FriedrichFriedrich Bausch	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Company leader in the 3./Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 5[27]	01945-03-12 12 March 1945	—	—
Bausch, RichardRichard Bausch	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 57[27]	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Baxmann, KarlKarl Baxmann	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73[27]	01944-05-14 14 May 1944	—	—
Bayer, AntonAnton Bayer	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 19[28]	01943-10-05 5 October 1943	—	—
Bayer, FranzFranz Bayer	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 26[27]	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Bayer, HansHans Bayer	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 3.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 33[27]	01945-05-01 1 May 1945	—	—
Bayer, HeinzHeinz Bayer	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 22[27]	01941-07-17 17 July 1941	—	—
Bayer, RudolfRudolf Bayer	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 112[27]	01944-02-21 21 February 1944	—	—
Bayerlein, FritzFritz Bayerlein	Heer	Oberstleutnant im Generalstab	Chief of the general staff Generalstab DAK[27]	01941-12-26 26 December 1941	Awarded 258th Oak Leaves 6 July 1943 81st Swords 20 July 1944
Beaulieu-Marconnay, Sigurt-Horstmar Freiherr vonSigurt-Horstmar Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 29 (mot.)[27]	01943-01-20 20 January 1943	—	—
Becher, KarlKarl Becher	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Battery officer in the 8./Artillerie-Regiment 125[27]	01943-10-25 25 October 1943	—	—
Bechler, HelmutHelmut Bechler	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 504[27]	01943-03-26 26 March 1943	—	—
Beck, JosefJosef Beck	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 320[28]	01945-03-11 11 March 1945	—	—
Beck, KarlKarl Beck	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 290[27]	01943-04-02 2 April 1943	—	—
Beck, WilhelmWilhelm Beck	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer	Leader of the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[27]	01943-03-28 28 March 1943	—	—
Beck-Broichsitter, HelmutHelmut Beck-Broichsitter	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[29]	01940-09-04 4 September 1940	—	—
Becker, AntonAnton Becker	Heer	Hauptmann	regiment adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 77[29]	01945-04-05 5 April 1945	—	—
Becker, ArthurArthur Becker	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 7./Schützen-Regiment 394[29]	01941-08-25 25 August 1941	—	—
Becker, CarlCarl Becker	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 18[29]	01942-11-01 1 November 1942	Awarded 829th Oak Leaves 14 April 1945	—
Becker, ErichErich Becker	Heer	Major	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment-Gruppe 425[29]	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Becker, FelixFelix Becker	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 418[29]	01943-01-25 25 January 1943	—	—
Becker, FritzFritz Becker	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander of the 370. Infanterie-Division[29]	01943-04-06 6 April 1943	—	—
Becker, GüntherGünther Becker	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 3./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 122[29]	01945-02-28 28 February 1945	—	—
Becker, HannsHanns Becker	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of Ost-Bataillon 439[29]	01944-08-23 23 August 1944	—	—
Becker, HansHans Becker	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Chief of the 2./SS-Panzerzgrenadier-Regiment 2 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[29]	01943-03-28 28 March 1943	—	—
Becker, HansHans Becker	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 116[30]	01940-11-28 28 November 1940	—	—
Becker, HeinrichHeinrich Becker	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 8./Panzer-Regiment 31[29]	01943-03-15 15 March 1943	—	—
Becker, HeinrichHeinrich Becker	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 529[29]	01944-04-06 6 April 1944	—	—
Becker, HellmuthHellmuth Becker	Waffen-SS	SS-Standartenführer	Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke"[29]	01943-09-07 7 September 1943	Awarded 595th Oak Leaves 21 September 1944	—
Becker, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Becker	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 11./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1[29]	01941-07-09 9 July 1941	Awarded 780th Oak Leaves 12 March 1945
Becker, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Becker	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 503[29]	01942-01-27 27 January 1942	—	—
Becker, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Becker	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 2./Jäger-Regiment 228[29]	01944-03-20 20 March 1944	—	—
Becker, LudwigLudwig Becker	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 12./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[29]	01942-07-01 1 July 1942	Awarded 198th Oak Leaves 26 February 1943	—
Becker, MartinMartin Becker	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Pilot in the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6[29]	01944-04-01 1 April 1944	Awarded 792nd Oak Leaves 20 March 1945	—
Becker, PaulPaul Becker	Heer	Obergefreiter of the Reserves	Gunner in the 10./Artillerie-Regiment 3 (mot.)[29]	01942-10-25 25 October 1942	—	—
Becker, RudolfRudolf Becker	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66[29]	01944-02-23 23 February 1944	—	—
Becker, WilhelmWilhelm Becker	Luftwaffe	Unteroffizier	Gun leader in the 8./Flak-Regiment 43[29]	01944-05-04 4 May 1944	—	—
Becker, WilhelmWilhelm Becker	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1299[29]	01945-02-18 18 February 1945	—	—
Beckh, FriedrichFriedrich Beckh	Luftwaffe	Major	Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 51[31]	01941-09-18 18 September 1941	—
Beckmann, JosefJosef Beckmann	Heer	Obergefreiter	In the Stab III./Füsilier-Regiment 39[31]	01943-09-07 7 September 1943	—	—
Beckmann, JuliusJulius Beckmann	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 457	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Beckmann, LudwigLudwig Beckmann	Luftwaffe	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 500	01943-03-14 14 March 1943	—	—
Beckmann, LudwigLudwig Beckmann	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Vorgeschobener Beobachter (artillery observer) in the 2./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 27	01943-10-26 26 October 1943	—	—
Beckmann, TheodorTheodor Beckmann	Luftwaffe	Oberst	Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 1	01942-10-23 23 October 1942	—	—
Beeger, HorstHorst Beeger	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 3.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1	01941-11-23 23 November 1941	—	—
Beerenbrock, Franz-JosefFranz-Josef Beerenbrock	Luftwaffe	Unteroffizier	Pilot in the 10./Jagdgeschwader 51	01941-10-06 6 October 1941	Awarded 108th Oak Leaves 3 August 1942
Begemann, FranzFranz Begemann	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 21	01943-12-19 19 December 1943	—	—
Begemann, HermannHermann Begemann	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 132	01942-12-18 18 December 1942	—	—
Beginen, JosefJosef Beginen	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 4./Panzer-Regiment 35	01944-02-23 23 February 1944	—	—
Behlendorff, HansHans Behlendorff	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 34. Infanterie-Division	01941-10-11 11 October 1941	—	—
Behler, KlemensKlemens Behler	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer	Chief of the 3./SS-Artillerie-Regiment 54 "Nederland"	01945-03-17 17 March 1945	—	—
Behm, HerbertHerbert Behm	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 4./Flak-Regiment 33[32]	01945-04-01 1 April 1945	—	—
Behne, FriedrichFriedrich Behne	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of Sicherungs-Bataillon 738	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	—	—
Behnke, GerhardGerhard Behnke	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 203	01943-02-08 8 February 1943	Awarded 605th Oak Leaves 4 October 1944	—
Behnke, HeinzHeinz Behnke	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Platoon leader in the 14.(Pz.J)/Grenadier-Regiment 668	01944-01-20 20 January 1944	—	—
Behnken, HansHans Behnken	Heer	Hauptmann zur Verwendung	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 161	01942-12-19 19 December 1942	—	—
Behr, Heinrich Baron vonHeinrich Baron von Behr	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 200 (mot.)	01944-02-23 23 February 1944	Awarded 689th Oak Leaves 9 January 1945	—
Behr, PaulPaul Behr	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 13./Füsilier-Regiment 39	01945-03-28 28 March 1945	—	—
Behr, RudolfRudolf Behr	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the III./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 201	01943-01-25 25 January 1943	—	—
Behr, WinrichWinrich Behr	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3	01941-05-15 15 May 1941	—	—
Behre, FriedrichFriedrich Behre	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Leader of the 2./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring"	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Behrend, Hermann-HeinrichHermann-Heinrich Behrend	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 489	01941-07-15 15 July 1941	Awarded 421st Oak Leaves 6 March 1944 (148th) Swords 26 April 1945	—
Behrends, HeinrichHeinrich Behrends	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5[33]	01944-12-24 24 December 1944	—	—
Behrens, Heinz-GeorgHeinz-Georg Behrens	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Deputy leader of the 3./Panzer-Abteilung 5[33]	01944-03-12 12 March 1944	—	—
Behrens, WilhelmWilhelm Behrens	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 106[33]	01942-03-27 27 March 1942	—	—
Beier, GerhardGerhard Beier	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1193[33]	01945-03-17 17 March 1945	—	—
Beier, KarlKarl Beier	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Observer and Verbindungsoffizier (liaison officer) to the 5th Romanian Kampfgruppe[33]	01944-12-06 6 December 1944	—	—
Beier, WilhelmWilhelm Beier	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2[33]	01941-10-10 10 October 1941	—	—
Beigel, FritzFritz Beigel	Heer	Major	Commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 39[33]	01941-07-09 9 July 1941	—	—
Beilhack, XaverXaver Beilhack	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 19 "List"[33]	01944-11-05 5 November 1944	—	—
Beine, ErichErich Beine	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Leader of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 12[33]	01944-09-05 5 September 1944	—
Beisswenger, HansHans Beißwenger	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54[33]	01942-05-09 9 May 1942	Awarded 130th Oak Leaves 3 October 1942
Bellegarde, Franz Graf vonFranz Graf von Bellegarde	Heer	Hauptmann	Chief of the 3./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 4[33]	01940-11-28 28 November 1940	—	—
Bellinger, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Bellinger	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Chief of the 9./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring"[33]	01944-09-30 30 September 1944	—	—
Bellof, LudwigLudwig Bellof	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 1./Nacht-Schlacht-Geschwader 3[33]	01945-01-28 28 January 1945	—	—
Below, Dr.-Ing. FritzDr.-Ing. Fritz Below	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 669[33]	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Below, Gerd-Paul vonGerd-Paul von Below	Heer	Oberst of the Reserves	Commander of the augmented Grenadier-Regiment 374[33][34]	01943-02-28 28 February 1943	—	—
Belser, HelmutHelmut Belser	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 53[33]	01942-09-06 6 September 1942	—	—
Belz, KurtKurt Belz	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25[33]	01945-04-30 30 April 1945	—	—
Belz, JosefJosef Belz	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Pilot in Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 500[33]	01942-12-23 23 December 1942	—	—
Belzer, HansHans Belzer	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of the IV./Artillerie-Regiment 227[33]	01944-10-04 4 October 1944	—	—
Benack, GerhardGerhard Benack	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Kradschützen-Bataillon 38[33]	01941-08-13 13 August 1941	—	—
Bender, Hans-WilhelmHans-Wilhelm Bender	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 3[33]	01941-09-08 8 September 1941	—	—
Bendert, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Bendert	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 27[33]	01942-10-30 30 October 1942	—	—
Benedikt, JohannJohann Benedikt	Heer	Obergefreiter	Company troop messenger of the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138[33]	01943-12-11 11 December 1943	—	—
Benekamp, PeterPeter Benekamp	Heer	Feldwebel	Company troop leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 546[35]	01944-10-28 28 October 1944	—	—
Benkendorff, HelmutHelmut Benkendorff	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the II./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1[35]	01943-03-26 26 March 1943	—	—
Bennemann, HansHans Bennemann	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Pilot in the 7./Kampfgeschwader 55[35]	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	—	—
Bennemann, Dr. med. dent. HelmutDr. med. dent. Helmut Bennemann	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 52[35]	01942-10-02 2 October 1942	—	—
Benner, HeinrichHeinrich Benner	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 102[35]	01944-10-27 27 October 1944	—	—
Benning, Dr. AntonDr. Anton Benning	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 301[35]	01945-04-13 13 April 1945	—	—
Benthack, Hans-GeorgHans-Georg Benthack	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander of Festungs-Division Kreta[36]	01945-05-10 10 May 1945	—	—
Bentin, KurtKurt Bentin	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of Grenadier-Bataillon 8/9 "Feldherrnhalle" in the fortress Schneidemühl[36]	01945-02-12 12 February 1945	—	—
Benz, KurtKurt Benz	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelführer of Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 500[36]	01943-03-24 24 March 1943	—	—
Benzin, OttoOtto Benzin	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 89[36]	01941-12-31 31 December 1941	Awarded 406th Oak Leaves 22 February 1944	—
Bercken, Werner vonWerner von Bercken	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 102. Infanterie-Division[35]	01944-10-23 23 October 1944	—	—
Berg, AntonAnton Berg	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 358[35]	01944-10-16 16 October 1944	—	—
Berg, Karl-ErichKarl-Erich Berg	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 191[35]	01944-04-06 6 April 1944	—	—
Berg, MartinMartin Berg	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 166[35]	01943-12-30 30 December 1943	—	—
Berg, WilhelmWilhelm Berg	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Vorgeschobener Beobachter (artillery observer) in the 11./Artillerie-Regiment 361[35]	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Bergelt, KarlKarl Bergelt	Kriegsmarine	Korvettenkapitän	Chief of the 1. Minensuchflottille[35]	01942-08-03 3 August 1942	—	—
Bergen, HansHans Bergen	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 187[35]	01941-07-09 9 July 1941	—	—
Berger, FranzFranz Berger	Heer	Feldwebel	Shock troops leader in the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 130[35]	01940-07-19 19 July 1940	—	—
Berger, FritzFritz Berger	Kriegsmarine	Fregattenkapitän	Chief of the 1. Zerstörerflottille[35]	01940-08-04 4 August 1940	—	—
Berger, HeinzHeinz Berger	Heer	Gefreiter	Gunner in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 187[35]	01941-09-17 17 September 1941	—	—
Berger, HeinzHeinz Berger	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Battery leader in the II./Flak-Regiment 411 in the Flak-Regiment 151 (mot.)[35]	01943-04-03 3 April 1943	—	—
Berger, HerbertHerbert Berger	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 10./Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) "Feldherrnhalle"[35]	01944-03-12 12 March 1944	—	—
Berger, KarlKarl Berger	Luftwaffe	Leutnant of the Reserves	Company leader of the 10./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15[35]	01945-02-07 7 February 1945	—	—
Berger, LotharLothar Berger	Heer	Major[37]	Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 84[35][37]	01940-08-05 5 August 1940[37]	Awarded 806th Oak Leaves 28 March 1945[37]	—
Berger, RobertRobert Berger	Heer	Major[37]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 2[37][38]	01944-03-07 7 March 1944[37]	—	—
Berger, RudolfRudolf Berger	Heer	Feldwebel[37]	Platoon leader in the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 296[37][38]	01943-04-14 14 April 1943[37]	—	—
Bergerhoff, Dr. jur. GüntherDr. jur. Günther Bergerhoff	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves[37]	Adjutant of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 162[37][38]	01944-04-15 15 April 1944[37]	—	—
Bergerhoff, KurtKurt Bergerhoff	Heer	Oberleutnant[Note 7]	Chief of the 3./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23[38]	01944-08-27 27 August 1944*[37]	Killed in action 10 August 1944[37]	—
Bergmann, GustavGustav Bergmann	Heer	Obergefreiter	Group leader in the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 696[38]	01942-10-04 4 October 1942	—	—
Bergmann, HeinzHeinz Bergmann	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 4./Panzer-Regiment 26[38]	01944-11-26 26 November 1944	—	—
Bergmann, HelmutHelmut Bergmann	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 8./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4[38]	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Bering, RolfRolf Bering	Heer	Major	Leader of the Fähnrichs-Regiment 1 of the Division "Märkisch Friedland"[38]	01945-03-11 11 March 1945	—	—
Berkenbusch, WilhelmWilhelm Berkenbusch	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 914[39]	01945-01-15 15 January 1945	—	—
Berlin, WilhelmWilhelm Berlin	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 227. Infanterie-Division[38]	01944-03-06 6 March 1944	—	—
Bermadinger, MatthiasMatthias Bermadinger	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 14./Kampfgeschwader 55[38]	01944-04-05 5 April 1944*	Killed in action 18 February 1944	—
Berndl, AloisAlois Berndl	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Aerial gunner in the III./Schlachtgeschwader 1[38]	01944-06-16 16 June 1944	—	—
Berneike, RudolfRudolf Berneike	Luftwaffe	Major	Leader of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15[38]	01945-03-15 15 March 1945	—	—
Berner, EmilEmil Berner	Luftwaffe	Gefreiter	Gunner in the 3./Flak-Regiment 18[38]	01942-11-03 3 November 1942	—	—
Berner, ErhardErhard Berner	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Jäger-Regiment 28[38]	01945-01-18 18 January 1945	—	—
Bernhard, AlfredAlfred Bernhard	Heer	Hauptmann	Chief inspector at the Heeres-Unteroffiziers-Schule Jauer[38][Note 8]	01945-02-14 14 February 1945	—	—
Bernhard, HansHans Bernhard	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 165[38]	01945-01-09 9 January 1945	—	—
Bernuth, Julius vonJulius von Bernuth	Heer	Oberstleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the general staff of the XV. Armeekorps[38]	01940-08-05 5 August 1940	—	—
Berrer, HerbertHerbert Berrer	Kriegsmarine	Ober-Fernschreibmeister	Einzelkämpfer (lone fighter) in a Kleinkampf Verband (small units detachment)[39][Note 9]	01944-08-05 5 August 1944	—	—
Berres, Heinz-EdgarHeinz-Edgar Berres	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 77[38]	01943-09-19 19 September 1943*	Killed in action 25 July 1943	—
Berthold, GerhardGerhard Berthold	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander of the 31. Infanterie-Division[38]	01941-12-04 4 December 1941	—	—
Bertram, Hans-WilhelmHans-Wilhelm Bertram	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 6[38]	01945-01-14 14 January 1945	—	—
Bertram, Karl-EricKarl-Eric Bertram	Luftwaffe	Oberst	Commander of Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring"[38]	01945-03-26 26 March 1945	—	—
Bertram, LudwigLudwig Bertram	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 237[41]	01944-08-12 12 August 1944	—	—
Bertram, OttoOtto Bertram	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"[41]	01940-10-28 28 October 1940	—	—
Berzen, AugustAugust Berzen	Heer	Unteroffizier	Festungs-Pak-Kompanie 13/X with the 180. Infanterie-Division[42]	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Beschle, KarlKarl Beschle	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 114[41]	01944-11-03 3 November 1944	—	—
Beschnidt, WernerWerner Beschnidt	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 103[41]	01944-10-04 4 October 1944	—	—
Beschwitz, Werner Freiherr vonWerner Freiherr von Beschwitz	Heer	Major	Commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505[41]	01944-07-27 27 July 1944	—
Besler, ErwinErwin Besler	Heer	Rittmeister	Commander of Schnelle Abteilung 123[41]	01942-12-29 29 December 1942	—	—
Besslein, Georg-RobertGeorg-Robert Beßlein	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmbannführer	Commander of SS-Festungs-Regiment 1 "Beßlein" in the fortress Breslau[41]	01945-04-30 30 April 1945	—	—
Bestmann, WalterWalter Bestmann	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Totenkopf"[41]	01941-09-28 28 September 1941	—	—
Bethke, Hans-GüntherHans-Günther Bethke	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the 5./Panzer-Regiment 11[41]	01940-09-04 4 September 1940	—	—
Betke, SiegfriedSiegfried Betke	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 26[41]	01944-08-08 8 August 1944	—	—
Betz, Franz-EugenFranz-Eugen Betz	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 7./Infanterie-Regiment 41 (mot.)[41]	01942-08-30 30 August 1942*	Killed in action 22 August 1942	—
Betz, KarlKarl Betz	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the II./Schützen-Regiment 2[41]	01942-03-06 6 March 1942	—	—
Betz, PaulPaul Betz	Heer	Oberst[43]	Leader of the 50. Infanterie-Division[43][41]	01944-06-16 16 June 1944*[43]	Killed in action 9 May 1944[43]	—
Betzel, ClemensClemens Betzel	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander of the 4. Panzer-Division[41]	01944-09-05 5 September 1944	Awarded 774th Oak Leaves 11 March 1945	—
Beukemann, HelmuthHelmuth Beukemann	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 382[41]	01941-05-14 14 May 1941	—	—
Beukemann, LotharLothar Beukemann	Heer	Major	Commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 79[41]	01945-01-25 25 January 1945	—	—
Beust, Hans-Henning Freiherr vonHans-Henning Freiherr von Beust	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"[41]	01941-09-17 17 September 1941	Awarded 336th Oak Leaves 25 November 1943	—
Beutelspacher, ErnstErnst Beutelspacher	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelführer of the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[41]	01944-05-04 4 May 1944	—	—
Beutler, HeinzHeinz Beutler	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Panzer-Regiment 2[41]	01945-02-14 14 February 1945	—	—
Beutler, WalterWalter Beutler	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Gun leader in the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 245[44]	01943-08-13 13 August 1943	—	—
Beutner, ManfredManfred Beutner	Heer	Major	division adjutant of the 329. Infanterie-Division and commander of schnelle Abteilung 329[41]	01944-09-30 30 September 1944	—	—
Beuttel, WilhelmWilhelm Beuttel	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 45[41]	01945-03-05 5 March 1945	—	—
Bevernis, HeinzHeinz Bevernis	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Aerial gunner in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1[45]	01942-09-19 19 September 1942*	Killed in action 19 July 1942	—
Bey, ErichErich Bey	Kriegsmarine	Kapitän zur See	Chief of the 4. Zerstörerflottille[45]	01940-05-09 9 May 1940	—
Beyer, FranzFranz Beyer	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 3[45]	01941-08-30 30 August 1941	—	—
Beyer, FranzDr.-jur. Franz Beyer	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 131[45]	01941-09-12 12 September 1941	—	—
Beyer, HerbertHerbert Beyer	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4[45]	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Beyer, ReinhardReinhard Beyer	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 694[45]	01942-10-17 17 October 1942	—	—
Bialetzki, AlfonsAlfons Bialetzki	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 333[45]	01944-09-17 17 September 1944	—	—
Bibra, Ernst Freiherr vonErnst Freiherr von Bibra	Luftwaffe	Major	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 51[45]	01942-12-23 23 December 1942	—	—
Bickel, Rolf-GüntherRolf-Günther Bickel	Heer	Oberst	Artilleriekommandeur 35[45]	01944-08-08 8 August 1944	—	—
Bieber, MartinMartin Bieber	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 184[45]	01943-07-28 28 July 1943	Awarded 566th Oak Leaves 2 September 1944	—
Biecker, AlbertAlbert Biecker	Heer	Hauptmann der Landwehr	Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 386[45]	01942-03-18 18 March 1942	—	—
Bieg, KarlKarl Bieg	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 868[45]	01943-09-17 17 September 1943	—	—
Biegeleben, Arnold Freiherr vonArnold Freiherr von Biegeleben	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 6. Infanterie-Division[45]	01940-08-05 5 August 1940	—	—
Biegi, FritzFritz Biegi	Waffen-SS	SS-Oberscharführer	Platoon leader in the 5./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"[45]	01944-06-16 16 June 1944	—	—
Biehl, JohannJohann Biehl	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 124[45]	01942-07-30 30 July 1942	—	—
Biehler, ErnstErnst Biehler	Heer	Generalmajor	Fortress commander of Frankfurt/Oder[45]	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Bieler, BrunoBruno Bieler	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 73. Infanterie-Division[45]	01941-10-26 26 October 1941	—	—
Bielig, GerhardGerhard Bielig	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	Chief engineer on U-177[45]	01943-02-10 10 February 1943	—	—
Bielig, MartinMartin Bielig	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 13./Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[45]	01944-10-07 7 October 1944	—	—
Bienek, FritzFritz Bienek	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 281[45]	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Bierbrauer, GüntherGünther Bierbrauer	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Pilot in the 14./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"[45]	01945-04-17 17 April 1945	—	—
Bierlin, OttoOtto Bierlin	Heer	Rittmeister	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 35[45]	01944-11-26 26 November 1944	—	—
Biermann, FritzFritz Biermann	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the 3./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 6[46]	01943-08-31 31 August 1943	—	—
Biermeier, FritzFritz Biermeier	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Leader of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"[46]	01943-12-10 10 December 1943	Awarded 685th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944	—
Biesenbach, WilliWilli Biesenbach	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 2./Heeres-Unteroffizier-Schule Jülich[46]	01944-12-11 11 December 1944*	Killed in action 16 November 1944[46]	—
Bigalk, GerhardGerhard Bigalk	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-751[46]	01941-12-26 26 December 1941	—
Biggemann, WernerWerner Biggemann	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 3./Landungs-Pionier-Bataillon 86[46]	01944-11-26 26 November 1944	—	—
Bingemer, Dr. FritzDr. Fritz Bingemer	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 442[46]	01943-04-09 9 April 1943	—	—
Binnig, OttoOtto Binnig	Heer	Obergefreiter	Messenger in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 463[46]	01944-10-05 5 October 1944	—	—
Birckhahn, Eberhard vonEberhard von Birckhahn	Heer	Rittmeister	Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 321[46]	01945-02-10 10 February 1945	—	—
Birk, WalterWalter Birk	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Divisions-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 44[46]	01941-11-02 2 November 1941	—	—
Birkner, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Birkner	Luftwaffe	Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 52[46]	01944-07-27 27 July 1944	—	—
Birnbacher, HeinzHeinz Birnbacher	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Chief of the 1. Schnellbootflottille	01940-06-17 17 June 1940	—	—
Birnbaum, FritzFritz Birnbaum	Luftwaffe	Oberfähnrich	Platoon leader in the 8./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring"[46]	01944-10-19 19 October 1944	—	—
Birnkraut, PaulPaul Birnkraut	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Pilot in the 1./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 121[46]	01943-05-10 10 May 1943	—	—
Bischof, KurtKurt Bischof	Heer	Obergefreiter	In the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 337[46]	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Bischoff, AdolfAdolf Bischoff	Heer	Obergefreiter	Group leader in the 1./Panzergenadier-Regiment 112[46]	01944-03-12 12 March 1944	—	—
Bischoff, HansHans Bischoff	Heer	Major	Leader of Panzergenadier-Regiment 5[46]	01944-12-09 9 December 1944	—	—
Bischoff, LeonhardLeonhard Bischoff	Heer	Leutnant	Platoon leader in the 1./Panzergenadier-Regiment 115[46]	01945-04-30 30 April 1945	—	—
Bischoff, OttoOtto Bischoff	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 4./Kampfgeschwader 77[46]	01942-05-03 3 May 1942*	Killed in action 2 April 1942[46]	—
Bischoffshausen, Lothar vonLothar von Bischoffshausen	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2[46]	01942-10-04 4 October 1942	—	—
Bismarck, Georg vonGeorg von Bismarck	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Schützen-Regiment 7[46]	01940-09-29 29 September 1940	—	—
Bismarck, Klaus vonKlaus von Bismarck	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 4[47]	01941-12-31 31 December 1941	Awarded 669th Oak Leaves 26 November 1944
Bisping, JosephJoseph Bisping	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Observer in the 4.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe des OB der Luftwaffe[46]	01941-10-22 22 October 1941	—	—
Bitsch, EmilEmil Bitsch	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 8./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"[48]	01943-08-29 29 August 1943	—	—
Bittl, XaverXaver Bittl	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 423[48]	01943-11-04 4 November 1943	—	—
Bittlingmaier, GeorgGeorg Bittlingmaier	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 391[48]	01942-07-25 25 July 1942*	Died of wounds 30 June 1942[49]	—
Bittner, HerwigHerwig Bittner	Heer	Leutnant	Platoon leader in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 270[48]	01944-01-18 18 January 1944	—	—
Bittner, RudolfRudolf Bittner	Heer	Gefreiter	Gunner in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 561[48]	01942-11-28 28 November 1942	—	—
Bittorf, OttoOtto Bittorf	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4[48]	01944-11-18 18 November 1944	—	—
Bittrich, WilhelmWilhelm Bittrich	Waffen-SS	SS-Oberführer	Commander of SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland"[48]	01941-12-14 14 December 1941	Awarded 563rd Oak Leaves 28 August 1944 (153rd) Swords 6 May 1945[Note 10]
Bix, HermannHermann Bix	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 3./Panzer-Regiment 35[48]	01945-03-22 22 March 1945	—	—
Bladt, WilhelmWilhelm Bladt	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 6./Artillerie-Regiment 30[48]	01942-12-22 22 December 1942	—	—
Blaich, AlbertAlbert Blaich	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 12./Panzer-Regiment 6[48]	01941-07-24 24 July 1941	—	—
Blanc, Adalbert vonAdalbert von Blanc	Kriegsmarine	Fregattenkapitän	Leader of the 9. Sicherungs-Division[51]	01944-11-27 27 November 1944	Awarded (866th) Oak Leaves 10 May 1945[Note 11]	—
Blancbois, Gustav-AdolfGustav-Adolf Blancbois	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I.(gep.)/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25[48]	01944-07-20 20 July 1944	—	—
Blasberg, KurtKurt Blasberg	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	Group leader in the 36. Minensuchflottille[48]	01944-09-07 7 September 1944	—	—
Blasig, ArnulfArnulf Blasig	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the IV.(Stuka)/Lehrgeschwader 1[48]	01941-09-04 4 September 1941	—	—
Blaskowitz, JohannesJohannes Blaskowitz	Heer	General der Infanterie	Commander in chief of the 8. Armee[51]	01939-09-30 30 September 1939	Awarded 640th Oak Leaves 29 October 1944 (146th) Swords 25 April 1945
Blauensteiner, ErnstErnst Blauensteiner	Luftwaffe	Oberstleutnant im Generalstab	Chief of the Generalstab II. Fallschirmkorps[48]	01944-10-29 29 October 1944	—	—
Blaurock, EdmundEdmund Blaurock	Heer	Oberst im Generalstab	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 320[48]	01944-07-27 27 July 1944	Awarded 746th Oak Leaves 19 February 1945	—
Blechschmidt, JoachimJoachim Blechschmidt	Luftwaffe	Major	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Zerstörergeschwader 1[48]	01943-03-17 17 March 1943
Bleckl, KarlKarl Bleckl	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelführer of the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1[48]	01942-11-03 3 November 1942	—	—
Bleckmann, GüntherGünther Bleckmann	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Staffelkapitän of the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 2 and leader of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[48]	01944-06-09 9 June 1944*	Killed in action 4 June 1944[48]	—
Bleckwenn, WilhelmWilhelm Bleckwenn	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 487[52]	01944-04-06 6 April 1944	Awarded 621st Oak Leaves 18 October 1944	—
Bleher, GeorgGeorg Bleher	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	adjudant of the Stab I./Grenadier-Regiment 358[52]	01945-05-06 6 May 1945	—	—
Bleichrodt, HeinrichHeinrich Bleichrodt	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-48[52]	01940-10-24 24 October 1940	Awarded 125th Oak Leaves 23 September 1942
Bleyer, Eugen-HeinrichEugen-Heinrich Bleyer	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 379[52]	01941-12-14 14 December 1941	—	—
Bleyer, WernerWerner Bleyer	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 4./schwere Heeres-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 563[52]	01945-02-24 24 February 1945	—	—
Bliesener, FritzFritz Bliesener	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 55[52]	01941-12-20 20 December 1941	—	—
Bloch, JohannJohann Bloch	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Company troop leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 44[52]	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Block, JohannesJohannes Block	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 202[52]	01941-12-22 22 December 1941	Awarded 331st Oak Leaves 22 November 1943	—
Block, JosefJosef Block	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 2[52]	01943-06-06 6 June 1943	—	—
Bloedorn, ErichErich Bloedorn	Luftwaffe	Major	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"[52]	01940-10-13 13 October 1940	—	—
Blond, FriedrichFriedrich Blond[Note 12]	Waffen-SS	SS-Untersturmführer	Leader of the 12./SS-Panzergrenadier Ausbildung und Ersatz Bataillon 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[52]	01945-04-28 28 April 1945	—	—
Bloos, LudwigLudwig Bloos	Heer	Oberfeldwebel[54]	Platoon leader in the 8./Panzer-Regiment 11[54][52]	01944-04-06 6 April 1944[54]	—	—
Blücher, Wolfgang Graf vonWolfgang Graf von Blücher(-Fincken)	Luftwaffe	Leutnant of the Reserves[54]	Platoon leader in the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1[54][52]	01940-05-24 24 May 1940[54]	Killed in action 21 May 1941[54]
Bluemel, JosefJosef Blümel	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Pilot in the 10.(Panzer)/Schlachtgeschwader 3[52]	01945-01-28 28 January 1945	—	—
Bluemke, FriedrichFriedrich Blümke	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 347[52]	01943-11-06 6 November 1943	—	—
Blumm, OskarOskar Blümm	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 57. Infanterie-Division[52]	01941-11-23 23 November 1941	—	—
Blume, HermannHermann Blume	Heer	Rittmeister	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 24[52]	01945-03-11 11 March 1945	—	—
Blume, WernerWerner Blume	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 1./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 122[52]	01942-07-01 1 July 1942	—	—
Blumenroth, WilliWilli Blumenroth	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 3./Infanterie-Regiment 124[52]	01941-10-23 23 October 1941	—	—
Blumenthal, Carl-LudwigCarl-Ludwig Blumenthal	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 7./Infanterie-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[52]	01942-09-18 18 September 1942	—	—
Blumentritt, GüntherGünther Blumentritt	Heer	General der Infanterie	Chief of the Generalstab Heeresruppe D[55]	01944-09-13 13 September 1944	Awarded 741st Oak Leaves 18 February 1945	—

Notes

References

Citations

Bibliography

Further reading

External links

• "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes" (in German). Lexikon der Wehrmacht. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Orden/Ritterkreuz/IndexRK.htm. Retrieved 2 January 2011. 
• "Das Bundesarchiv". Military Archive - Freiburg im Breisgau. http://www.bundesarchiv.de/bundesarchiv/dienstorte/freiburg/index.html.en. Retrieved 2 January 2011. 

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