WW2 and History Collection / Awards and Decorations / Countries G / German Empire - German National Socialist Empire / Orden des Eisernen Kreuzes / Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 / Recipients 1940 Updated: September 17th, 2016 Germany 3rd Reich Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes / Recipients 1940 Below you can find the the recipients for the Knightscross to the Order of the Iron Cross, awarded in the year 1940. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof. Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes Schuhart, Otto May 16th, 1940; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 29 Erdmenger, Hans Otto (Gersthofen/Bavaria/Germany, October 29th, 1903 - Gulf of Biskaij/France, December 28th, 1943) November 3rd, 1940; Korvettenkapitän, Kommandant Zerstörer "Wilhelm Heidkamp". Awarded for action during Operation "Weserübung". Kowalewski, Robert November 24th, 1940; Hauptmann, Flugzeugführer, Stabstaffel, X. Fliegerkorps  Becker, Hans (Golzwarden/Oldenburg/Germany), May 30th, 1914 - Oberursel/Hesse/Germany, January 15th, 2004) November 28th, 1940; Leutnant, Führer 2. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 116 Awarded for his part in the Battle of France Schütze, Viktor Hermann Otto Ludwig Paul Ferdinand December 11th, 1940; Korvettenkapitän, Kommandant U 103 Text: Wilco Vermeer Images: Wilco Vermeer (unless stated otherwise) Sources: - WW2Awards (Retrieved May 8th, 2015) - Fellgiebel, W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 - 45, Helion & Company, 2003, ISBN 1874622469   © WW2 History Collection, Wilco Vermeer, 2015 contact