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August 26th, 2016





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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold / Recipients 1943




Below you can find the the recipients for the German Cross in Gold, awarded in the year 1943. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Boller, Willi

January 4th, 1943; Maschienenmaat, Technischer Unteroffizier U 507
Schley, Max
January 4th, 1943; Bootsmannsmaat, seemännischer Unteroffizier U 596
Krage, Otto
February 24th, 1943; Obermaschinist, U 134
Petersen, Theodor March 12th, 1943; Oberleutnant zur See, 1. Wachoffizier
Pickelmann, Wilhelm
March 12th, 1943; Obermaschinist
Riecks, Walter Adolf Albert
(September 21st, 1917, Gartz an der Oder, Germany -
June 3rd, 1973)
March 20th, 1943; Feldwebel, 1. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 55
(Image: Wolfgang Riecks)
Hahn, Fritz
(November 24th, 1919  -
February 11th, 1944)

April 29th, 1943; Oberleutnant, 12.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 13
Kiepert, Helmut

May 19th, 1943; Kapitänleutnant (Ing.), Leitender Ingenieur U 504
Mahncke, Alfred
(Idasheim, Posen/Germany, March 18th, 1888 -
Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein/Germany, January 12th, 1979)
May 20th, 1943; Generalleutnant, Kommandeur Flieger-Division Donez
Gardemann, Heinz

July 13th, 1943; Obermaschinenmaat, Technischer Unteroffizier U 67
Büttner, Kurt

August 7th, 1943; Bootsmannsmaat, Seemännischer Unteroffizier U 43
Reissnauer, Karl

August 7th, 1943; Obermaschinenmaat, Zentralemaat U 109
Voll, Hermann

August 7th, 1943; Obersteuermann, Steuermann/Wachoffizier U 518
Finke, Heinz
(Alt-Jauer (Germany), February 8th, 1920 -
Munich (Germany), December 7th, 1996)
September 5th, 1943; Oberleutnant der Reseve,  Führer I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 51 (motorisiert)
Käding, Walter
September 6th, 1943; Obersteuermann, Steuermann/Wachoffizier U 123
Wolf, Gerhard
September 10th, 1943; Obersteuermann,  Steuermann/Wachoffizier U 752
Kranz, Bernhard
September 15th, 1943; Oberfunkmaat, Stationsleiter U 373
Gahl, Heinz

October 1st, 1943; Kapitänleutnant (Ing.),  Leitender Ingenieur U 66
Klammt, Günther-Alois
(Löwenberg (Silesia, Germany), May 9th, 1898 - Lübeck (Schleswick-Holstein, Germany), May 16th, 1971) 

October 7th, 1943; Oberst, Grenadier-Regiment 77
(Image: Infanterie-Regiment 77)
Fröhlich, Werner

October 8th, 1943; Stabsobersteuermann, Obersteuermann/Wachoffizier U 66
Degener-Böning, Karl

October 12th, 1943; Oberfunkmaat, U 66
Böer, Hermann

November 6th, 1943; Kapitänleutnant (Ing.), Leitender Ingenieur U 107
Hoffmann, Georg
November 6th, 1943; Oberleutnant zur See (Ing.), Leitender Ingenieur U 333
Grade, Friedrich-Wilhelm

November 19th, 1943; Kapitänleutnant (Ing.), Leitender Ingenieur U 183
Limbach, Johann November 19th, 1943; Obersteuermann, Steuermann/Wachoffizier
Witthaus, Heinrich December 17th, 1943; Oberleutnant, 3. Kompanie, Füsilier-Bataillon 170
Knoche, Heinz
(Zerbst (Germany), September 18th, 1913 -
Überlingen am Bodensee (Germany),  August 15th, 2004)

December 26th, 1943;  Hauptmann,  II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33

Gutendorf, Willi

December 31st, 1943; Oberleutnant zur See (Ing.), Leitender Ingenieur U 129



Text: Wilco Vermeer
Sources:
- WW2Awards
- Patzwall, K., Scherzer, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945, Geschichte und Unhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001, ISBN 393152245X
 
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