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September 10th, 2016





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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold / Recipients K




Below you can find the the recipients for the German Cross in Gold, with names beginning with the letter K. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Käding, Walter September 6th, 1943; Obersteuermann, Steuermann/Wachoffizier U 123
Kaiser, Karl
March 29th, 1945; Obermachinenmaat
Kaut, Otto
(December 10th, 1922 - ?)

February 4th, 1944; Leutnant, Panzer-Abteilung 8

Kerner, Georg
(Hohenried/Germany, January 21st, 1919 -
Deubach/Thuringia/Germany, April 5th, 1945) 

April 15th, 1944; Feldwebel, 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 423
(Source Image: Andrew Straube)
Kiepert, Helmut

May 19th, 1943; Kapitänleutnant (Ing.), Leitender Ingenieur U 504
Kikillus, Bruno Georg

January 27th, 1944; Oberleutnant, Füsilier-Regiment "Grossdeutschland"
(Image: Bundesarchiv)
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)
Klümper, Werner
(Herne/Germany, April 19th, 1911 -
Lübeck/Germany, October 21st, 1989)
October 20th, 1942; Major, I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 26
Knoche, Heinz
(Zerbst/Germany, September 18th, 1913 -
Überlingen am Bodensee/Germany,  August 15th, 2004)

December 26th, 1943;  Hauptmann,  II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33
Knöchlein, Fritz
(Munich/Bavaria/Germany, May 17th, 1911 - 
Hamelin/Lowersaxony/Germany, January 28th, 1949)
November 15th, 1942; Führer 1. Kompanie, SS-Infanterie-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"
Korger, Konrad
June 24th, 1944; Leutnant zur See (Ing.), Leitender Ingenieur U 373
Kotisch, Gerhard
February 24th, 1944; Oberfunkmaat, Erster Funkmaat/Stationsleiter U 107
Kowalewski, Robert

July 2nd, 1942; Hauptmann,  III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 40
(Image: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B07013 / CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Krage, Otto
February 24th, 1943; Obermaschinist, U 134
Kranz, Bernhard
September 15th, 1943; Oberfunkmaat, Stationsleiter U 373
Kruschka, Max
April 26th, 1944; Oberleutnant zur See, Kommandant U 621
Kruse, Wilhelm
July 28th, 1942; Oberfunkmeister, U 48
Kujas, Willi

January 7th, 1944; Kapitänleutnant (Ing.), Leitender Ingenieur U 536
Kuschniersch, Paul

February 24th, 1944; Obermaschinist, U 107
Kirchner, Hermann

May 20th, 1944; Oberfunkmaat, Funkmaat U 608



Text: Wilco Vermeer
Images: Wilco Vermeer (unless stated otherwise)
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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