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 S (not complete) Updated: August 25th, 2016 Germany 3rd Reich Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 / Recipients S Below you can find the the recipients for the Knightscross to the Order of the Iron Cross, with names beginning with the letter S. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof. Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 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 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) Schier, Rudolf (Gleiwitz, Silesia/Germany, June 16th, 1914 - September 2nd, 2004) February 14th, 1945; Hauptmann der Reserve, Kommandeur  III. Bataillon, Jäger-Regiment 49 (Image: Russ Nummer) Scholtz, Klaus December 26th, 1941; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 108 Schuhart, Otto May 16th, 1940; Kapitänleutnant, Kommandant U 29 Schultze, Heinz-Otto July 9th, 1942; Kapitänleutnant,  Kommandant U 432 (Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-6858-10/Wikimedia) Schütze, Viktor Hermann Otto Ludwig Paul Ferdinand December 11th, 1940; Korvettenkapitän, Kommandant U 103 Soyka, Heinz Neustadt, German, February 4th, 1918 - June 23rd, 1998) January 13th, 1944; Oberleutnant, Chef 2. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 96  (Image: Willi Schumacher collection) Unconfirmed, unofficial and illegal awardings: Sailer, Johann (Wildon, Austria, December 23rd, 1921 - Wildon, Austria, November 12th, 2005 May 4th, 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. Recognized by the Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger and by W.P. Fellgiebel stated to have been awarded by Sepp Dietrich on May 6th, 1945. Both awardings to the Ritterkreuz and the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (March 19th, 1945) 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 evidenceto 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 - 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 - 2016 contact