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 1941 Updated: September 3rd, 1939 Germany 3rd Reich Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 / Recipients 1941 Below you can find the the recipients for the Knightscross to the Order of the Iron Cross, awarded in the year 1941. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof. Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 Martens, Otto (Warwerort-Holstein/Germany, July 9th, 1897 - Preetz-Schleswick-Holstein/Germany, February 3rd, 1977) November 23rd, 1941; Hauptmann der Reserve, Kommandeur Panzerjäger-Abteilung 72 (Photo source: Beyerlein Sammlung) Scholtz, Klaus December 26th, 1941; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 108 Text: Wilco Vermeer 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, 2014 - 2016 contact