List of Knight's Cross recipients 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Norland

The 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nordland'', also known asKampfverband Waräger,Germanische-Freiwilligen-Division,SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 11 (Germanische)or11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-DivisionNordland'', was a German Waffen SS mechanised infantry division recruited from foreign volunteers. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of September 1, 1939 instituted the Iron Cross and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. As the war progressed some of the recipients distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of June 3, 1940. In 1941 two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of September 28, 1941 introduced the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. At the end of 1944 the last and final grade, the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of December 29, 1944 concluded the variants of the Knight's Cross.

Prerequisites

To qualify for the Knight's Cross, a soldier had to already hold the 1939 Iron Cross First Class, though the Iron Cross I Class was awarded concurrently with the Knight's Cross in rare cases. Unit commanders could also be awarded the medal for exemplary conduct by the unit as a whole.

Grades

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was divided into five grades, excluding the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross:

• Knights Cross
• Knights Cross with Oak Leaves
• Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and swords
• Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
• Knights Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

Knight's Cross with Swords

• Fritz von Scholz Edler von Rarancze, 08.08.1944 Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der W-SS Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nordland

Knight's Cross with Oakleaves

• Paul Albert Kausch, 23.04.1945 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Rgt Hermann von Salza
• Albrecht Krügel, 16.11.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 24th SS Pz Gren Rgt Danmark
• Fritz von Scholz, 12.03.1944 Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland
• Joachim Ziegler, 28.04.1945 Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland

Knight’s Cross

HQ staff

• Joachim Ziegler, 05.09.1944 Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge

• Josef Bachmeier, 23.08.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
• Martin Gürz, 23.10.1944 Hauptsturmführer. Commander III Battalion
• Ludwig Hoffmann, 11.05.1945 Hauptsturmführer Commander III Batalion
• Willi Hund, 20.04.1945 Obersturmführer Commander 7th Company
• Fritz Knöchlein, 16.11.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge
• Walter Körner, 29.04.1945 Hauptsturmführer Rgt Adjutant 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge
• Albrecht Krügel, 12.03.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander II Battalion
• Hanns Heinrich Lohmann, 12.03.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander III Battalion
• Siegfried Lüngen, 16.11.1944 Hauptscharführer Commander 6th Company
• Richard Spörle, 16.11.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
• Arnold Stoffers, 12.03.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 Danmark

• Egon Christophersen, 11.07.1944 Unterscharführer Gruppenführer 7th Company
• Heinz Hämel, 16.06.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
• Albert Hektor, 23.08.1944 Oberscharführer platoon commander 7th Company
• Walter Seebach, 12.03.1944 Obersturmführer Commander 5th Company

SS Panzer Battalion 11 Hermann von Salza

• Paul Albert Kausch, 23.08.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Btn
• Rudolf Rott, 28.02.1945 Obersturmführer Commander 1st Company
• Philipp Wild, 21.03.1944 Oberscharführer Tank Commander 1st Company

SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 11 Nordland

• Alfred Fischer (SS officer), 11.05.1945 Sturmbannführer Commander II Battalion
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Karl, 26.12.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Art Rgt
• Herman Potschka, 07.12.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander III Battalion

SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion 11 Nordland

• Karlheinz Schulz Streeck, 09.05.1945 Sturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Stug Btn

SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 11 Nordland

• Georg Langendorf, 12.03.1944 Untersturmführer Commander 5th (Heavy) Company
• Rudolf Saalbach, 12.03.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander 11th SS Pz Rec Btn
• Casper Sporck, 23.10.1944 Unterscharführer Gunner, 5th (Heavy) Company

SS Pionier Battalion Nordland 11

• Fritz Bunse, Fritz 30.01.1944 Sturmbannführer commander 11th SS Pi Btn

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Nordland

(assigned to the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking until march 1943)

• Harry Polewacz, 23.12.1942 Sturmbannführer Commander III./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt Nordland
• Fritz von Scholz 18.01.1942 Oberführer Commander SS-Rgt Nordland

See also

• 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland
• Waffen SS

Footnotes

References

• SEEMEN, Gerhard von: Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas, 1976.
• SCHERZER, Veit: Knight's Cross Recipients 1939 - 1945 (Paperback) by Enid Blyton, 1999

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