WW2 and History Collection / Awards and Decorations / Countries G / German Empire - German National Socialist Empire / Kriegsorden des Deutschen Kreuzes / Deutsches Kreuz in Gold / Recipients 1945 Updated: September 30th, 2015 Germany 3rd Reich Deutsches Kreuz in Gold / Recipients 1945 Below you can find the the recipients for the German Cross in Gold, awarded in the year 1945. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof. Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Rotermehl, Hans January 12th, 1945; Stabsobermaschinist, U 532 Unconfirmed, unofficial and illegal awardings: Sailer, Johann (Wildon (Austria), December 23rd, 1921 - Wildon (Austria), November 12th, 2005 March 19th, 1945; SS-Obersturmführerder der Reserve, Führer 4. Zug, SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9 Awarding according to the War Diary ("Kriegslebenslauf") by Johann Sailer and an entry made in his Soldbuch. Both awardings to the Ritterkreuz (May 4th, 1945) and the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold in the Soldbuch seem to have been added later to the last entry in the Soldbuch of the Nahkampfspange in Silber and are in a different handwriting. No formal evidence to both the awardings (RK and DKiG) have been found with the Bundesarchiv or any other official records. (Image: Willi Schumacher Collection) 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   © WW2 History Collection, Wilco Vermeer, 2015 contact