Decorations

Iron Cross 1st Class

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

The Iron Cross was established in 1813 in Breslau and given to soldiers in the wars against Napoleon. The Iron Cross was reauthorized in 1914 by Emperor Wilhelm II when the First World War started (see the WWI U-boat decoration).

The Iron Cross, the most famous German war decoration, was awarded in several classes:

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse (EK 1)	Iron Cross 2nd Class
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse (EK 2)	Iron Cross 1st Class
Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1914	Bar for Iron Cross 1914
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes	Knights Cross to the Iron Cross
Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes	Grand Cross to the Iron Cross

The Großkreuz was only awarded once, to Hermann Göring in July 1940.

Das Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse

The Iron Cross 1st Class was worn on the left side of jacket.

The first EK 1 awarded to the U-Boat-force by order of the CinC Kriegsmarine went to the commander of U-29 on 18 September 1939 (delivered when the boat arrived in port on 26 Sep). Successful commanders often received both Iron Crosses after their first patrol, like Kptlt. Kentrat (U-74) and Kptlt. Mützelburg (U-203).

Kptlt. Fritz-Julius Lemp showing 3 grades of the Iron Cross; 2nd class ribbon on the button hole, 1st class Iron Cross on his left side and finally the Knights Cross around his neck.

Three officers from U-453 wearing the Iron Cross 1st Class, in the middle with the Knights Cross the commander Kptlt. Freiherr von Schlippenbach

Kptlt. Otto Kretschmer with EK I

Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz von 1914

The Bar for Iron Cross 1914 was awarded, when the man already was a owner of the Iron Cross from the WW I. The bar was worn over the EK 1 from 1914 or on the ribbon of the EK 2.

Spange zum EK 2

Spange zum EK 1

Decorations ordered by last name

See this list sorted by date

Commander and rank		Age	Crew	Date	U-boat Command(s) held *
Ltn.	Abel, Dr. Ulrich +	29	X/39	5 Jun 1941
Kptlt.	Achilles, Albrecht +	28	34	5 Apr 1942	U-161
Ltn.	Ackermann, Paul	23	XII/39	1943
Ltn.	Ackermann, Wolf	22	X/39	12 May 1943
Ltn.	Ahlers, Kurt	20	XII/39	1943
Oblt.	Albrecht, Fritz	23	37b	19 Feb 1944	U-386
	Albrecht, Karl +	35	IV/1923	12 Oct 1942
	Aldegarmann, Wolfgang +	25	X/39	1942
Oblt.	Altmeier, Friedrich	23	38	1943	U-1227
Kptlt.	Ambrosius, Wilhelm	37	26	Sep, 1940	U-28, U-21, U-43
Oblt.	Andersen, Klaus	25	37b	1944	U-708
Ltn.	Angermann, Walter	20	40	Jan 1944
Oblt.	Arco-Zinneberg, Graf Ulrich-Philipp von und zu	26	X/39	1943	U-922, U-29
Ltn.	Arendt, Rudolf	20	40	1944
Kptlt.	Auffermann, Hans-Jürgen +	27	34	1942	U-69
Oblt.	Auffhammer, Leonhard +	25	36	1942	U-265

Oblt.	Baberg, Kurt	25	36	1943	U-30, U-618
Ltn.	Bach, Helmut	34	IX/39	19 Mar 1941
Ltn.	Bach, Joachim-Werner	24	37b	1943
	Bade, Hans-Botho +	31	X/39	July, 1941
Ltn.	Baden, Hans-Heinrich +	26	38	15 Mar 1942
Oblt.	Bahn, Rolf	24	36	Sep 1942
Oblt.	Bahr, Rudolf +	26	35	10 Jun 1942
Oblt.	Balduhn, Ernst-Ludwig	24	38	1944	U-1163
Oblt.	Baldus, Hugo	23	X/39	Nov, 1944	U-773
Oblt.	Balke, Diethelm	23	37b	1943
Oblt.	Ballert, Rene	23	XII/39	4 Dec 1943
Oblt.	Ballert, Sarto +	25	37b	2 Oct 1942
Oblt.	Baltz, Rudolf	22	38	17 Jun 1943	U-603
	Barber, Bruno +	36	22	26 Feb 1940
Oblt.	Bargsten, Klaus	28	36	25 Sep 1940
	Barsch, Franz +	29	30	1 Apr 1941
Oblt.	Bartels, Robert +	29	34	1941	U-139
Ltn.	Bartke, Erwin +	33	40	1943	U-488
Ltn.	Basse, Georg-Wilhelm +	23	36	1941
Oblt.	Bauer, Ernst	26	33	1 Aug 1940	U-120
Oblt.	Bauer, Hermann +	24	36	28 Dec 1941
Kptlt.	Bauer, Max-Hermann +	27	30	3 Mar 1940	U-18, U-50
Ltn.	Baum, Heinz	30	40	10 Mar 1943
KrvKpt.	Baumann, Arend	37	22	9 May 1940
KrvKpt.	Baume, Günter La +	32	29	6 Aug 1943	U-355
Ltn.	Baumgärtel, Friedrich	21	40	Apr 1944
Oblt.	Baur, Götz	24	35	1941
Oblt.	Becker, Klaus	23	X/39	27 Oct 1943
Oblt.	Becker, Klaus-Helmuth +	23	36	1941
	Becker, Philipp	22	40	1944
Kptlt.	Becker, Richard	32	34	13 Oct 1943	U-218
	Beckmann, Hans	23	X/39	12 Dec 1941
	Beckmann, Heinz +	29	X/39	14 Dec 1942
Oblt.	Benker, Hans +	25	36	30 Nov 1942	U-80, U-625
	Bensel, Rolf Rüdiger	19	40	1943
Ltn.	Benthin, Karl-Dietrich	22	40	12 May 1944
Oblt.	Bentzien, Heinz +	25	37b	1943
Ltn.	Bergemann, Wilhelm	22	X/39	24 Dec 1942
Kptlt.	Berger, Joachim +	29	34	9 Jul 1942	U-87
Kptlt.	Bernardelli, Richard	33	32	1942
Oblt.	Bertelsmann, Hans-Joachim +	26	36	27 Mar 1943	U-142, U-603
Kptlt.	Bielfeld, Heinz +	25	34	16 Jul 1942	U-703
Kptlt.	Bigalk, Gerhard +	33	33	26 Dec 1941	U-14, U-751
Ltn.	Bitter, Georg von +	21	X/39	27 Aug 1942
	Blaudow, Ernst-Ulrich +	27	35	31 Mar 1942
Kptlt.	Bleichrodt, Heinrich	30	33	25 Sep 1940	U-48
Oblt.	Blischke, Heinz +	24	38	Jan 1944	U-744
Oblt.	Block, Helmut + (posthumous)	29	38	3 Jan 1945	U-771
Oblt.	Blum, Otto-Ulrich	25	36	18 Apr 1942
	Boddenberg, Karl	27	33	28 Aug 1941
Kptlt.	Bode, Thilo	25	36	1943
Ltn.	Boehmer, Wolfgang	23	XII/39	1 Dec 1943	U-575
Kptlt.	Bohmann, Heino +	28	34	Jul 1942	U-88
Oblt.	Bokelberg, Max	22	37a	1942
Oblt.	Boldt, Walter	22	XII/39	10 Jan 1944
Kptlt.	Bopst, Eberhard +	27	33	Aug 1941	U-6
Kptlt.	Borchers, Rolf	29	33	1943-05-01	U-149, U-226
Kptlt.	Borchert, Dietrich	33	33/34	30 Jul 1942	U-24, U-566
	Bork, Helmut	32	VIII/39	4 Sep 1942
Ltn.	Bormkessel, Dieter	22	XII/39	1943
Ltn.	Bortfeldt, Karl-Hermann	21	X/39	1943
	Bosüner, Harald	26		23 May 1940
KrvKpt.	Brachmann, Hans-Günther	36	22	3 May 1940
Oblt.	Braeucker, Friedrich	23	37a	1943
KrvKpt.	Brandenburg, Karl +	36	24	8 Sep 1942	U-457
Oblt.	Brandi, Albrecht	25	35	Apr 1940
Oblt.	Brans, Hans-Joachim +	24	35	1940
Ltn.	Brasack, Paul	24	37a	Nov 1940
Oblt.	Brauel, Wilhelm	28	37b	1943
Ltn.	Braun, Kurt	20	V/41	1944-06-01
Ltn.	Breckwoldt, Friedrich	30	IX/39	14 Oct 1942
Ltn.	Breinlinger, Siegfried	23	XII/39	Sep 1943
Oblt.	Bremen, Hanskurt von	25	38	1944	U-764
	Breun, Gerhard	23	IV/40	Oct 1943
Kptlt.	Brodda, Heinrich +	39	21	Sep 1942	U-209
Kptlt.	Bruns, Heinrich +	30	31	18 Oct 1942	U-175
Oblt.	Brüller, Ernst-Ulrich	23	36	16 Nov 1940
Oblt.	Brümmer-Patzig, Helmut	26	10	6 Mar 1917
Ltn.	Brünig, Matthias	22	38	1943
	Brüninghaus, Herbert	29	31	1940
Oblt.	Brünner, Joachim +	24	37b	Oct 1943	U-703
Kptlt.	Brünning, Herbert	27	35	1943	U-137, U-642
Kptlt.	Buchholz, Heinz +	33	29	1943	U-24, U-15, U-195
	Budzyn, Sigmund	27	V/41	1943
Oblt.	Bugs, Hans-Helmuth +	25	37a	1943	U-629
Oblt.	Bungards, Hans +	23	36	1941
Ltn.	Buscher, Hans	24	38	1943
Kptlt.	Büchel, Paul	32	25	Jan 1940	U-32
Oblt.	Büchler, Rudolf +	27	36	1943	U-387
Kptlt.	Bülow, Otto von	30	30	6 Apr 1942	U-3, U-404
Oblt.	Bürgel, Friedrich	25	36	Jul 1942	U-97
	Böhm, Hermann	31	X/37	24 Apr 1942
Oblt.	Böhme, Kurt	25	37b	1943	U-450
Oblt.	Börner, Hans-Joachim +	24	37b	Oct 1942
	Böttcher, Richard	33	25	30 Jul 1940

	Cabolet, Servais	34	X/37	30 Nov 1942
Oblt.	Carlsen, Claus-Peter	23	37b	1942	U-732
Oblt.	Christophersen, Erwin +	26	36	1942
Ltn.	Clausen, Asmus Nicolai +	29	29	10 Jun 1940
Kptlt.	Clausen, Heinz-Ehlert	33	33	4 Oct 1942	U-403
Ltn.	Coester, Christian-Brandt +	22	37b	1942
Kptlt.	Cohausz, Hans	32	26	30 Aug 1940	U-15, U-30, UA
Oblt.	Collmann, Herwig	24	35	Jan 1940
Oblt.	Conrad, Gerhard +	21	XII/39	1944
Oblt.	Cordes, Ernst +	28		17 Jul 1941
Ltn.	Cranz, Wilhelm +	28	X/39	18 Jan 1944
Kptlt.	Cremer, Peter-Erich	30	32	10 Feb 1942	U-152, U-333
Oblt.	Creutz, Horst +	26	35	1942
Oblt.	Curio, Oskar	24	37a	1943	U-80, U-952
KrvKpt.	Czygan, Werner +	38	25	Feb 1943	U-118

Ltn.	Dahlhaus, Eberhard +	22	38	1942
	Dankleff, Walter +	35	35	20 Apr 1942
Kptlt.	Daublebsky von Eichhain, Karl	30	29	1939	U-13
Oblt.	Dauter, Helmut	22	37b	May 1942
Oblt.	Davidson, Heinz von	24	37a	1943
Oblt.	Deckert, Horst	23	37a	1942	U-8
Kptlt.	Deecke, Joachim +	29	33	20 Mar 1942	U-9, U-584
Kptlt.	Deetz, Friedrich +	26	35	1943	U-757
Kptlt.	Degen, Horst	28	33	1942	U-701
Ltn.	Dierks, Hans-Joachim	20	40	1944
Kptlt.	Dierksen, Reiner +	34	33	3 Oct 1942	U-176
Oblt.	Dieterichs, Horst +	29	34	1942	U-406
	Dietrich, Willi +	30	28	1 Dec 1940
Kptlt.	Diggins, Kurt	30	34	1943	U-458
Ltn.	Dingler, Gottfried	20	XII/39	1943
Ltn.	Dobberstein, Erich +	23	38	1943
Oblt.	Dobbert, Max	33	X/38	Feb 1944	U-969
Ltn.	Dobenecker, Günter	21	40	1944
Oblt.	Dobinsky, Hans-Jürgen	21	XII/39	1944
	Dobratz, Kurt	37	22	18 Aug 1941
Kptlt.	Dommes, Wilhelm	34	31	10 Feb 1942	U-431
Oblt.	Drescher, Günther	24	38	1943
Kptlt.	Dresky, Hans-Wilhelm von +	31	29	1939	U-4, U-33
Kptlt.	Drewitz, Hans-Joachim +	33	33	1941
Oblt.	Drews, Ulrich	24	36	1941
Kptlt.	Driver, Heinrich	29	33	Aug 1941	U-20, U-23, U-145, U-371
Oblt.	Dunkelberg, Hans	25	37b	Feb 1944	U-716
Ltn.	Dübler, Rudolf	21	XII/39	22 Dec 1942
	Düppe, Joachim	26	I/40	18 Mar 1942
Oblt.	Döhler, Hans-Heinrich +	25	37a	6 Dec 1942	U-21, U-606

Ltn.	Eberbach, Heinz-Eugen	21	X/39	1943
Ltn.	Ebert, Jürgen +	24	37a	1941
Oblt.	Eck, Heinz-Wilhelm	25	34	17 Jul 1941
Ltn.	Eckelmann, Heinz +	24	37a	1940
Ltn.	Ehrhardt, Walther	22	38	1942
Oblt.	Eick, Alfred	27	37a	29 Aug 1943	U-510
Kptlt.	Eickstedt, Wolfgang	29	35	20 Dec 1944	U-668
	Eisele, Wilhelm	33	27	1940
Oblt.	Elfe, Horst	23	36	Nov 1940
	Elsinghorst, Josef	26	IV/39	1943
Oblt.	Emde, Bernhard	25	37a	1943
Oblt.	Emmermann, Carl	26	34	2 Aug 1941
Oblt.	Endrass, Engelbert +	28	34	17 Oct 1939
Oblt.	Engel, Hans-Adolf	26	36	1942
	Engel, Herbert	28	VII/39	3 Sep 1940
KrvKpt.	Engelmann, Kurt-Eduard +	39	23	Jan 1943	U-163
Ltn.	Ernst, Hans-Joachim	23	37b	1942
Oblt.	Esch, Dietrich von der +	25	34	1940
Oblt.	Ey, Hans	24	35	1941	U-433

Ltn.	Fabricius, Fritz	21	37b	Jan, 1941
KrvKpt.	Fahr, Theodor +	34	30	9 Sep 1944	U-567
	Falke, Hans +	21	39a	9 Sep 1941
Ltn.	Falke, Hans	22	X/39	14 Dec 1942
Oblt.	Faust, Erich +	22	XII/39	1944
KrvKpt.	Fechner, Otto +	34	24	1940
Oblt.	Fehler, Johann-Heinrich	30	36	7 Dec 1940
Kptlt.	Feiler, Gerhard	33	33	1942	U-653
Oblt.	Fenn, Heinz-Konrad	23	37a	1942	U-139
Oblt.	Fenski, Horst-Arno	24	37b	28 Mar 1943	U-34, U-410
Oblt.	Ferro, Otto +	32	40	26 Jun 1943	U-645
Oblt.	Fiedler, Hans +	27	36	1942
Oblt.	Finke, Otto +	26	36	1941
Oblt.	Fischel, Unno von +	26	34	14 Nov 1941	U-374
Ltn.	Fischer, Ernst	22	X/39	Mar, 1943
Kptlt.	Forstner, Siegfried von +	31	30	7 Aug 1942	U-59, U-402
Oblt.	Franke, Heinz	26	36	12 Dec 1941
Oblt.	Franken, Wilhelm +	27	35	28 Jan 1942
Kptlt.	Frauenheim, Fritz	27	30	7 Nov 1939	U-21
FrgKpt.	Freiwald, Kurt	37	25	1944	U-21, U-7, U-33, U-181
Ltn.	Frerks, Paul	33	XI/39	12 Oct 1941
Oblt.	Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, Walter von +	26	35	1942	U-52

Oblt.	Gelhaus, Harald	25	35	24 Feb 1941
Oblt.	Grau, Peter-Ottmar	24	34	17 Dec 1939
Oblt.	Guggenberger, Friedrich	25	34	9 Sep 1940
Kptlt.	Gysae, Robert	30	31	15 Apr 1941	U-98

Kptlt.	Hardegen, Reinhard	28	33	23 Aug 1941	U-147, U-123
Kptlt.	Hartenstein, Werner +	32	28	27 Apr 1940
Oblt.	Hartmann, Götz von	26	34	17 Dec 1939
KrvKpt.	Hartmann, Werner	36	21	8 Nov 1939	U-26, U-37
Kptlt.	Hechler, Ernst	32	29	25 Oct 1940
Oblt.	Heidtmann, Hans	27	34	23 Sep 1941	U-2, U-14, U-21, U-559
Ltn.	Hellriegel, Hans-Jürgen +	23	36	3 Jul 1940
Oblt.	Henke, Werner +	32	33	4 Oct 1941
	Hensellek, Ortwin	30	39	27 Oct 1941
Oblt.	Herbschleb, Karl-Heinz	29	34	17 Dec 1939
Kptlt.	Hessler, Günter	31	27	1 Mar 1941	U-107
Kptlt.	Heydemann, Günther	27	33	12 Apr 1941
Kptlt.	Heyse, Ulrich	35	33	24 Mar 1942	U-128
Ltn.	Hohmann, Otto	31	37	5 Dec 1941
Kptlt.	Hornbostel, Klaus	25	34	1942

Ltn.	Ites, Otto	22	36	25 Feb 1940

Kptlt.	Jahn, Gunter	32	31	6 Oct 1942	U-596
Oblt.	Johannsen, Hans	32	35	14 Mar 1943	U-569

	Kaeding, Walter	25	35	25 Aug 1941
KrvKpt.	Kals, Ernst	36	24	18 Dec 1941	U-130
Oblt.	Kelbling, Gerd	25	34	29 Aug 1940
Kptlt.	Kentrat, Eitel-Friedrich	34	28	13 Apr 1941	U-8, U-74
Oblt.	Kessler, Horst Wilhelm	25	34	17 Dec 1939
Oblt.	Koitschka, Siegfried	24	37a	7 Oct 1941
Kptlt.	Korth, Claus	28	32	26 Jan 1940	U-57
Oblt.	Kraus, Hans-Werner	25	34	28 Sep 1940
Oblt.	Krech, Günther	26	33	26 Sep 1940
Kptlt.	Kretschmer, Otto	27	30	17 Dec 1939	U-35, U-23
Oblt.	Krieg, Johann-Otto	23	37b	1942	U-142, U-81
Kptlt.	Kuppisch, Herbert +	30	33	4 May 1940	U-58
Oblt.	Kusch, Oskar-Heinz +	24	37a	22 Jun 1942

Ltn.	Lange, Hans-Günther	24	37a	12 Dec 1940
Oblt.	Lassen, Georg	25	35	18 Jul 1940
Ltn.	Lehmann, Hans	26	38	27 May 1942
Kptlt.	Lehmann-Willenbrock, Heinrich	29	31	31 Dec 1940	U-8, U-5, U-96
Kptlt.	Lemp, Fritz-Julius +	26	31	18 Jan 1940	U-28, U-30
Kptlt.	Liebe, Heinrich	32	27	6 Apr 1940	U-2, U-38
Oblt.	Lüdden, Siegfried +	25	36	8 Apr 1942
Oblt.	Lüth, Wolfgang +	26	33	15 May 1940	U-13, U-9

	Mangold, Ernst	24	35	27 Jun 1942
Oblt.	Marbach, Karl-Heinz	26	37a	21 Nov 1943	U-101, U-29, U-28, U-953
Kptlt.	Markworth, Friedrich	27	34	10 Nov 1942	U-66
Kptlt.	Maus, August	28	34	5 May 1943	U-185
Oblt.	Mehl, Waldemar	26	33	26 Oct 1940
Kptlt.	Mengersen, Ernst	28	33	10 Dec 1940	U-18, U-143, U-101
KrvKpt.	Merten, Karl-Friedrich	36	26	31 Dec 1941	U-68
Kptlt.	Metzler, Jost	32	32	2 Mar 1941	U-69
Kptlt.	Moehle, Karl-Heinz	30	30	24 Oct 1940	U-20, U-123
Oblt.	Mohr, Johann +	24	34	4 May 1941
Ltn.	Münster, Helmut	24	37b	31 Dec 1940
Kptlt.	Mützelburg, Rolf +	28	32	1 Jul 1941	U-10, U-203
Kptlt.	Möhlmann, Helmut	28	33	1 Dec 1941	U-143, U-52, U-571

KrvKpt.	Neitzel, Karl	39	23	23 Mar 1940

Kptlt.	Oehrn, Victor	32	27	10 Jun 1940	U-14, U-37
Oblt.	Oesten, Jürgen	26	33	27 Feb 1940	U-61

Oblt.	Pfeffer, Günther	25	34	17 Dec 1939
Kptlt.	Piening, Adolf Cornelius	29	30	27 Jun 1940
Oblt.	Poel, Gustav	25	36	26 Nov 1942	U-413
KrvKpt.	Poske, Hans-Georg Friedrich	37	23	3 Apr 1942	U-504
Oblt.	Praetorius, Friedrich-Hermann	35	34	17 Dec 1939
Kptlt.	Prien, Günther +	31	33	17 Oct 1939	U-47
Oblt.	Pulst, Günther	26	37b	18 Dec 1944	U-978

	Raabe, Ernst +	35	26	11 Oct 1942
Oblt.	Rasch, Hermann	26	34	11 Jul 1941
	Rasch, Karl-Heinz +	28	X/38	14 Aug 1942
Kptlt.	Reche, Reinhart	26	34	23 Jul 1942	U-255
Kptlt.	Rollmann, Wilhelm +	32	26	7 Feb 1940	U-34
Kptlt.	Rosenbaum, Helmut +	27	32	25 Apr 1941	U-2, U-73
Oblt.	Rosenberg-Gruszcynski, Hans-Achim von +	25	37a	5 Feb 1943	U-18, U-384
Kptlt.	Rostin, Erwin +	33	33	21 Nov 1940
KrvKpt.	Rösing, Hans Rudolf	34	24	3 Jul 1940	U-11, U-35, U-10, U-48

KrvKpt.	Schacht, Harro +	34	26	6 Jun 1942	U-507
Kptlt.	Schepke, Joachim +	27	30	27 Feb 1940	U-3, U-19
Kptlt.	Schewe, Georg	30	30	13 Jun 1940	U-60
Kptlt.	Schlippenbach, Egon Reiner von	28	34	6 Aug 1942	U-121, U-453
Oblt.	Schnee, Adalbert	26	34	15 Aug 1940	U-6, U-60
Kptlt.	Schneider, Herbert +	27	34	4 Dec 1942	U-522
Oblt.	Schonder, Heinrich +	30	34	23 Jul 1940	U-53, U-58
Oblt.	Schramm, Joachim +	26	36	1943	U-109
Oblt.	Schroeteler, Heinrich-Andreas	25	36	14 Apr 1941
Ltn.	Schroeter, Horst von	22	37b	10 Feb 1942
Kptlt.	Schuhart, Otto	30	29	26 Sep 1939	U-8, U-25, U-29
Oblt.	Schultze, Heinz-Otto +	26	34	23 Sep 1941	U-4, U-141, U-432
Kptlt.	Schultze, Herbert	30	30	27 Oct 1939	U-2, U-48
Kptlt.	Schulz, Georg-Wilhelm	34	32	25 Sep 1940	U-10, U-64, U-124
KrvKpt.	Schütze, Viktor	34	25	21 Feb 1940	U-19, U-11, U-25
Ltn.	Schöneboom, Dietrich +	23	37a	1 Aug 1941
Kptlt.	Seibicke, Günther +	28	32	16 May 1940
Oblt.	Sieder, Heinz +	23	38	28 Feb 1944	U-984
Oblt.	Siemon, Hilmar +	26	34	17 Dec 1941	U-334
Kptlt.	Staats, Georg +	26	35	9 Jan 1943	U-80, U-508
Kptlt.	Steinhoff, Friedrich +	32	34	17 Dec 1941	U-511
Kptlt.	Stockhausen, Hans-Gerrit von +	32	26	12 Jul 1940	U-13, U-65
Kptlt.	Strelow, Siegfried +	29	31	25 May 1940
Oblt.	Struckmeier, Rolf	26	35	1942	U-608
Ltn.	Stuckmann, Hermann +	21	X/39	18 Nov 1942
Oblt.	Suhren, Reinhard	23	35	25 Feb 1940

Oblt.	Teichert, Max-Martin +	26	34	7 Jun 1941
Ltn.	Thomsen, Rolf	25	36	17 May 1940
Kptlt.	Thurmann, Karl +	32	28	23 Oct 1941	U-553
Oblt.	Tiesenhausen, Hans-Diedrich von	28	34	7 Dec 1941	U-331
Oblt.	Tillessen, Hans-Rutger	28	34	17 Dec 1941
Kptlt.	Timm, Heinrich	30	33	16 May 1940
Ltn.	Trojer, Hans-Hartwig +	24	36	5 Aug 1940

Oblt.	Vogelsang, Ernst +	26	31	1 Jan 1938

Oblt.	Werner, Herbert A.	23	XII/39	18 Dec 1943
Oblt.	Westphalen, Otto	24	38	3 Apr 1944	U-121, U-968
Kptlt.	Winter, Werner	29	30	10 Nov 1941	U-22, U-103
Oblt.	Wintermeyer, Max	27	34	17 Dec 1941	U-62
Kptlt.	Witt, Hans-Ludwig	32	29	23 Aug 1942	U-161, U-129
Oblt.	Witte, Helmut	26	34	10 Jul 1941
Oblt.	Wohlfarth, Herbert	25	33	1 Oct 1940	U-14, U-137
Kptlt.	Würdemann, Erich +	28	33	18 Jun 1942	U-506

KrvKpt.	Zapp, Richard	37	26	6 Aug 1941	U-66
Oblt.	Zetzsche, Hans-Jürgen	26	34	17 Dec 1941	U-20, U-8, U-4, U-560, U-591
Oblt.	Zorn, Rudolf +	25	37b	25 Jul 1942
Oblt.	Zschech, Peter +	23	36	12 Apr 1942
Kptlt.	Zurmühlen, Bernhard +	33	33	Dec, 1942	U-600

319 officers decorated with Iron Cross 1st Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse) located.

Legend:
+ Indicates the Officer died in the war.
* Commands held indicates the U-boat commands held by this officer before award date. In some cases the officer had not taken command his first boat yet or was not even in the U-boat force yet.

Note: This listing is still being compiled and some recipients might be missing.

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