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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 / Recipients 1942




Below you can find the the recipients for the Knightscross to the Order of the Iron Cross, awarded in the year 1942. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939
Hardegen, Reinhard
January 23rd, 1942; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 123
Clausen, Nicolai
March 13th, 1942; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 129
Bauer, Ernst

March 16th, 1942; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 126
Mohr, Johann
March 27th, 1942; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 124
Hausmann, Karl
May 15th, 1942; Führer, 3. Kompanie, Jäger-Regiment 28
Winter, Werner June 5th, 1942; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 103
Merten, Karl-Friedrich
June 13th, 1942; Korvettenkapitän, Kommandant U 68
Schultze, Heinz-Otto
July 9th, 1942; Kapitänleutnant,  Kommandant U 432
Dragalina, Corneliu
August 9th, 1942; General de Divizie,  Kommandierender General rum. VI. Armeekorps
Hamester, Bernhard
October 21st, 1913, Dahmker, Germany -
April 22nd, 1945,Trebbin, Germany)
September 3rd, 1942, Hauptmann, Staffelführer 8. Staffel, Sturzkampfgeschwader 3
Scheuerpflug, Heinrich Lorenz Paul Alfons "Paul"
(Niedernetphen/Westphalia/Germany, July 3rd, 1896 -
POW-Camp Auschwitz/Poland, August 8th, 1945)
September 6th, 1942; Oberst, Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 116
Awarded for his part in the capture of Krasnodar
(Image: Beyerlein Sammlung)
Primozic, Hubert Georg "Hugo"
(Backnang-Württemberg/Germany, February 16th, 1914 -
Fulda- Hesse/Germany, March 18th, 1996)
September 19th, 1942; Oberwachtmeister, Zugführer, II. Zug, 2. Batterie, Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667
Sass, Freiherr von, Eduard Heinrich Hartwig Reinhold
(Charlottenburg, Brandenburg/Germany, September 11th, 1900 -
Velikije Luki, Russia/Soviet Union, January 16th, 1946)
December 19th, 1942; Oberst, Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 277



Text: Wilco Vermeer
Sources:
- WW2Awards (Retrieved September 16th, 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
 
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