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  • Thumbnail for Pour le Mérite
    distinction, a spray of gilt oak leaves attached above the cross. Award of the oak leaves originally indicated extraordinary achievement in battle, and was usually...
    43 KB (5,166 words) - 19:11, 9 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
    which it was added, the Oak Leaves clasp could be awarded for leadership, distinguished service or personal gallantry. The Oak Leaves, just like the 1813...
    27 KB (3,151 words) - 03:58, 3 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of foreign recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
    Eight of these men were also honoured with the next higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross, and one senior naval officer, Fleet Admiral Isoroku...
    24 KB (1,024 words) - 17:56, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1945)
    themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred...
    121 KB (6,504 words) - 13:04, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 342nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
    and its last commander, Generalleutnant Heinrich Nickel was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross while commanding the division. The division was...
    14 KB (1,699 words) - 13:28, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds recipients of the Waffen-SS
    September 1941 to reward those servicemen who had already been awarded the Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Ultimately, it...
    53 KB (2,598 words) - 13:32, 15 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for 31st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
    made to members serving with the division, along with two awards of the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross. Two of its commanders were killed in action....
    16 KB (1,744 words) - 13:24, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1940–1941)
    themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred...
    42 KB (1,353 words) - 09:25, 9 December 2024
  • break out of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket. He was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross. Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12...
    5 KB (297 words) - 06:48, 6 May 2024
  • Polotsk Fortress in heavy battles. For this achievement he received the oak leaves for the Knight's Cross on 8 August 1944. During the last stages of World...
    10 KB (961 words) - 20:06, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1942)
    themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred...
    67 KB (2,238 words) - 02:16, 24 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hans Zorn
    Soviet airstrike during Operation Kutuzov. He was posthumously awarded the Oak leaves to his Knight's Cross on 3 September 1943. Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class...
    5 KB (305 words) - 18:56, 28 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Michael Wittmann
    German tank kills were recorded as a unit. When he was presented with the Oak leaves to his Knights Cross by Hitler on 2 February 1944 his total was 117...
    40 KB (5,202 words) - 01:25, 13 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Waffen-SS
    themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred...
    195 KB (8,724 words) - 16:16, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gotthard Heinrici
    given command of the 4th Army. On 24 November 1943, he was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross for his leadership during the Battle of Orsha...
    29 KB (3,043 words) - 16:14, 12 October 2024
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for destroying 148 enemy aircraft and the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross for destroying 202 enemy aircraft on 2 March 1944...
    73 KB (9,422 words) - 12:32, 3 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artur Phleps
    killed in the aftermath of the 1944 Romanian coup d'état, he was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross. Phleps was born in what was then called Birthälm...
    42 KB (4,840 words) - 19:28, 9 October 2024
  • Colmar Pocket. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross. Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 December 1939)...
    4 KB (230 words) - 10:17, 13 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Knight, Death and the Devil
    knight's armour, the horse which towers in size over the beasts, and the oak leaves are symbolic of the resilience of faith, while the knight's plight may...
    20 KB (2,525 words) - 08:47, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients
    themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred...
    106 KB (4,902 words) - 17:54, 23 October 2024
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