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 date

See this list sorted by last name

	Commander and rank		Age	Crew	Date	U-boat Command(s) held *
1.	Oblt.	Brümmer-Patzig, Helmut	26	10	6 Mar 1917
2.	Oblt.	Vogelsang, Ernst +	26	31	1 Jan 1938
3.	Kptlt.	Schuhart, Otto	30	29	26 Sep 1939	U-8, U-25, U-29
4.	Oblt.	Endrass, Engelbert +	28	34	17 Oct 1939
5.	Kptlt.	Prien, Günther +	31	33	17 Oct 1939	U-47
6.	Kptlt.	Schultze, Herbert	30	30	27 Oct 1939	U-2, U-48
7.	Kptlt.	Frauenheim, Fritz	27	30	7 Nov 1939	U-21
8.	KrvKpt.	Hartmann, Werner	36	21	8 Nov 1939	U-26, U-37
9.	Kptlt.	Daublebsky von Eichhain, Karl	30	29	1939	U-13
10.	Kptlt.	Dresky, Hans-Wilhelm von +	31	29	1939	U-4, U-33
11.	Oblt.	Grau, Peter-Ottmar	24	34	17 Dec 1939
12.	Oblt.	Hartmann, Götz von	26	34	17 Dec 1939
13.	Oblt.	Herbschleb, Karl-Heinz	29	34	17 Dec 1939
14.	Oblt.	Kessler, Horst Wilhelm	25	34	17 Dec 1939
15.	Kptlt.	Kretschmer, Otto	27	30	17 Dec 1939	U-35, U-23
16.	Oblt.	Pfeffer, Günther	25	34	17 Dec 1939
17.	Oblt.	Praetorius, Friedrich-Hermann	35	34	17 Dec 1939
18.	Kptlt.	Büchel, Paul	32	25	Jan 1940	U-32
19.	Oblt.	Collmann, Herwig	24	35	Jan 1940
20.	KrvKpt.	Fechner, Otto +	34	24	1940
21.	Kptlt.	Lemp, Fritz-Julius +	26	31	18 Jan 1940	U-28, U-30
22.	Kptlt.	Korth, Claus	28	32	26 Jan 1940	U-57
23.	Oblt.	Esch, Dietrich von der +	25	34	1940
24.	Kptlt.	Rollmann, Wilhelm +	32	26	7 Feb 1940	U-34
25.	KrvKpt.	Schütze, Viktor	34	25	21 Feb 1940	U-19, U-11, U-25
26.	Ltn.	Ites, Otto	22	36	25 Feb 1940
27.	Oblt.	Suhren, Reinhard	23	35	25 Feb 1940
28.		Barber, Bruno +	36	22	26 Feb 1940
29.	Oblt.	Oesten, Jürgen	26	33	27 Feb 1940	U-61
30.	Kptlt.	Schepke, Joachim +	27	30	27 Feb 1940	U-3, U-19
31.	Kptlt.	Bauer, Max-Hermann +	27	30	3 Mar 1940	U-18, U-50
32.	KrvKpt.	Neitzel, Karl	39	23	23 Mar 1940
33.	Kptlt.	Liebe, Heinrich	32	27	6 Apr 1940	U-2, U-38
34.	Kptlt.	Hartenstein, Werner +	32	28	27 Apr 1940
35.	Oblt.	Brandi, Albrecht	25	35	Apr 1940
36.	Oblt.	Brans, Hans-Joachim +	24	35	1940
37.	KrvKpt.	Brachmann, Hans-Günther	36	22	3 May 1940
38.	Kptlt.	Kuppisch, Herbert +	30	33	4 May 1940	U-58
39.	KrvKpt.	Baumann, Arend	37	22	9 May 1940
40.	Oblt.	Lüth, Wolfgang +	26	33	15 May 1940	U-13, U-9
41.	Kptlt.	Seibicke, Günther +	28	32	16 May 1940
42.	Kptlt.	Timm, Heinrich	30	33	16 May 1940
43.	Ltn.	Thomsen, Rolf	25	36	17 May 1940
44.		Bosüner, Harald	26		23 May 1940
45.	Kptlt.	Strelow, Siegfried +	29	31	25 May 1940
46.		Eisele, Wilhelm	33	27	1940
47.	Ltn.	Clausen, Asmus Nicolai +	29	29	10 Jun 1940
48.	Kptlt.	Oehrn, Victor	32	27	10 Jun 1940	U-14, U-37
49.	Kptlt.	Schewe, Georg	30	30	13 Jun 1940	U-60
50.	Kptlt.	Piening, Adolf Cornelius	29	30	27 Jun 1940
51.		Brüninghaus, Herbert	29	31	1940
52.	Ltn.	Hellriegel, Hans-Jürgen +	23	36	3 Jul 1940
53.	KrvKpt.	Rösing, Hans Rudolf	34	24	3 Jul 1940	U-11, U-35, U-10, U-48
54.	Kptlt.	Stockhausen, Hans-Gerrit von +	32	26	12 Jul 1940	U-13, U-65
55.	Oblt.	Lassen, Georg	25	35	18 Jul 1940
56.	Oblt.	Schonder, Heinrich +	30	34	23 Jul 1940	U-53, U-58
57.		Böttcher, Richard	33	25	30 Jul 1940
58.	Oblt.	Bauer, Ernst	26	33	1 Aug 1940	U-120
59.	Ltn.	Trojer, Hans-Hartwig +	24	36	5 Aug 1940
60.	Oblt.	Schnee, Adalbert	26	34	15 Aug 1940	U-6, U-60
61.	Oblt.	Kelbling, Gerd	25	34	29 Aug 1940
62.	Kptlt.	Cohausz, Hans	32	26	30 Aug 1940	U-15, U-30, UA
63.	Kptlt.	Ambrosius, Wilhelm	37	26	Sep, 1940	U-28, U-21, U-43
64.		Engel, Herbert	28	VII/39	3 Sep 1940
65.	Oblt.	Guggenberger, Friedrich	25	34	9 Sep 1940
66.	Oblt.	Bargsten, Klaus	28	36	25 Sep 1940
67.	Kptlt.	Bleichrodt, Heinrich	30	33	25 Sep 1940	U-48
68.	Kptlt.	Schulz, Georg-Wilhelm	34	32	25 Sep 1940	U-10, U-64, U-124
69.	Oblt.	Krech, Günther	26	33	26 Sep 1940
70.	Oblt.	Kraus, Hans-Werner	25	34	28 Sep 1940
71.	Ltn.	Basse, Georg-Wilhelm +	23	36	1941
72.	Oblt.	Wohlfarth, Herbert	25	33	1 Oct 1940	U-14, U-137
73.	Kptlt.	Moehle, Karl-Heinz	30	30	24 Oct 1940	U-20, U-123
74.	Kptlt.	Hechler, Ernst	32	29	25 Oct 1940
75.	Oblt.	Mehl, Waldemar	26	33	26 Oct 1940
76.	Ltn.	Brasack, Paul	24	37a	Nov 1940
77.	Oblt.	Elfe, Horst	23	36	Nov 1940
78.	Oblt.	Brüller, Ernst-Ulrich	23	36	16 Nov 1940
79.	Kptlt.	Rostin, Erwin +	33	33	21 Nov 1940
80.		Dietrich, Willi +	30	28	1 Dec 1940
81.	Ltn.	Eckelmann, Heinz +	24	37a	1940
82.	Oblt.	Fehler, Johann-Heinrich	30	36	7 Dec 1940
83.	Kptlt.	Mengersen, Ernst	28	33	10 Dec 1940	U-18, U-143, U-101
84.	Ltn.	Lange, Hans-Günther	24	37a	12 Dec 1940
85.	Kptlt.	Lehmann-Willenbrock, Heinrich	29	31	31 Dec 1940	U-8, U-5, U-96
86.	Ltn.	Münster, Helmut	24	37b	31 Dec 1940
87.	Oblt.	Bartels, Robert +	29	34	1941	U-139
88.	Oblt.	Bungards, Hans +	23	36	1941
89.	Kptlt.	Drewitz, Hans-Joachim +	33	33	1941
90.	Oblt.	Drews, Ulrich	24	36	1941
91.	Ltn.	Ebert, Jürgen +	24	37a	1941
92.	Ltn.	Fabricius, Fritz	21	37b	Jan, 1941
93.	Oblt.	Liebe, Johannes	27	33		U-6
94.	Oblt.	Gelhaus, Harald	25	35	24 Feb 1941
95.	Kptlt.	Hessler, Günter	31	27	1 Mar 1941	U-107
96.	Kptlt.	Metzler, Jost	32	32	2 Mar 1941	U-69
97.	Ltn.	Bach, Helmut	34	IX/39	19 Mar 1941
98.		Barsch, Franz +	29	30	1 Apr 1941
99.	Kptlt.	Heydemann, Günther	27	33	12 Apr 1941
100.	Kptlt.	Kentrat, Eitel-Friedrich	34	28	13 Apr 1941	U-8, U-74
101.	Oblt.	Schroeteler, Heinrich-Andreas	25	36	14 Apr 1941
102.	Kptlt.	Gysae, Robert	30	31	15 Apr 1941	U-98
103.	Kptlt.	Rosenbaum, Helmut +	27	32	25 Apr 1941	U-2, U-73
104.	Oblt.	Mohr, Johann +	24	34	4 May 1941
105.	Oblt.	Ey, Hans	24	35	1941	U-433
106.	Ltn.	Abel, Dr. Ulrich +	29	X/39	5 Jun 1941
107.	Oblt.	Teichert, Max-Martin +	26	34	7 Jun 1941
108.		Bade, Hans-Botho +	31	X/39	July, 1941
109.	Kptlt.	Mützelburg, Rolf +	28	32	1 Jul 1941	U-10, U-203
110.	Oblt.	Witte, Helmut	26	34	10 Jul 1941
111.	Oblt.	Rasch, Hermann	26	34	11 Jul 1941
112.	Oblt.	Cordes, Ernst +	28		17 Jul 1941
113.	Oblt.	Eck, Heinz-Wilhelm	25	34	17 Jul 1941
114.	Kptlt.	Bopst, Eberhard +	27	33	Aug 1941	U-6
115.	Kptlt.	Driver, Heinrich	29	33	Aug 1941	U-20, U-23, U-145, U-371
116.	Ltn.	Schöneboom, Dietrich +	23	37a	1 Aug 1941
117.	Oblt.	Emmermann, Carl	26	34	2 Aug 1941
118.	KrvKpt.	Zapp, Richard	37	26	6 Aug 1941	U-66
119.		Dobratz, Kurt	37	22	18 Aug 1941
120.	Kptlt.	Hardegen, Reinhard	28	33	23 Aug 1941	U-147, U-123
121.		Kaeding, Walter	25	35	25 Aug 1941
122.		Boddenberg, Karl	27	33	28 Aug 1941
123.		Falke, Hans +	21	39a	9 Sep 1941
124.	Oblt.	Heidtmann, Hans	27	34	23 Sep 1941	U-2, U-14, U-21, U-559
125.	Oblt.	Schultze, Heinz-Otto +	26	34	23 Sep 1941	U-4, U-141, U-432
126.	Oblt.	Henke, Werner +	32	33	4 Oct 1941
127.	Oblt.	Koitschka, Siegfried	24	37a	7 Oct 1941
128.	Ltn.	Frerks, Paul	33	XI/39	12 Oct 1941
129.	Kptlt.	Thurmann, Karl +	32	28	23 Oct 1941	U-553
130.		Hensellek, Ortwin	30	39	27 Oct 1941
131.	Kptlt.	Winter, Werner	29	30	10 Nov 1941	U-22, U-103
132.	Oblt.	Fischel, Unno von +	26	34	14 Nov 1941	U-374
133.	Oblt.	Finke, Otto +	26	36	1941
134.	Kptlt.	Möhlmann, Helmut	28	33	1 Dec 1941	U-143, U-52, U-571
135.	Ltn.	Hohmann, Otto	31	37	5 Dec 1941
136.	Oblt.	Tiesenhausen, Hans-Diedrich von	28	34	7 Dec 1941	U-331
137.		Beckmann, Hans	23	X/39	12 Dec 1941
138.	Oblt.	Franke, Heinz	26	36	12 Dec 1941
139.	Oblt.	Siemon, Hilmar +	26	34	17 Dec 1941	U-334
140.	Kptlt.	Steinhoff, Friedrich +	32	34	17 Dec 1941	U-511
141.	Oblt.	Tillessen, Hans-Rutger	28	34	17 Dec 1941
142.	Oblt.	Wintermeyer, Max	27	34	17 Dec 1941	U-62
143.	Oblt.	Zetzsche, Hans-Jürgen	26	34	17 Dec 1941	U-20, U-8, U-4, U-560, U-591
144.	KrvKpt.	Kals, Ernst	36	24	18 Dec 1941	U-130
145.	Kptlt.	Bigalk, Gerhard +	33	33	26 Dec 1941	U-14, U-751
146.	Oblt.	Bauer, Hermann +	24	36	28 Dec 1941
147.	Oblt.	Baur, Götz	24	35	1941
148.	Oblt.	Becker, Klaus-Helmuth +	23	36	1941
149.	KrvKpt.	Merten, Karl-Friedrich	36	26	31 Dec 1941	U-68
150.		Aldegarmann, Wolfgang +	25	X/39	1942
151.	Kptlt.	Auffermann, Hans-Jürgen +	27	34	1942	U-69
152.	Kptlt.	Bernardelli, Richard	33	32	1942
153.	Oblt.	Bokelberg, Max	22	37a	1942
154.	Ltn.	Coester, Christian-Brandt +	22	37b	1942
155.	Oblt.	Creutz, Horst +	26	35	1942
156.	Oblt.	Deckert, Horst	23	37a	1942	U-8
157.	Oblt.	Dieterichs, Horst +	29	34	1942	U-406
158.	Ltn.	Ehrhardt, Walther	22	38	1942
159.	Oblt.	Engel, Hans-Adolf	26	36	1942
160.	Ltn.	Ernst, Hans-Joachim	23	37b	1942
161.	Oblt.	Fenn, Heinz-Konrad	23	37a	1942	U-139
162.	Oblt.	Fiedler, Hans +	27	36	1942
163.	Oblt.	Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen, Walter von +	26	35	1942	U-52
164.		Heilmann, Udo	28	33		U-24, U-97
165.	Kptlt.	Hornbostel, Klaus	25	34	1942
166.	Oblt.	Petersen, Kurt	25	36
167.		Stoeffler, Otto	31	XI/39
168.	Oblt.	Franken, Wilhelm +	27	35	28 Jan 1942
169.	Kptlt.	Cremer, Peter-Erich	30	32	10 Feb 1942	U-152, U-333
170.	Kptlt.	Dommes, Wilhelm	34	31	10 Feb 1942	U-431
171.	Ltn.	Schroeter, Horst von	22	37b	10 Feb 1942
172.	Ltn.	Baden, Hans-Heinrich +	26	38	15 Mar 1942
173.		Düppe, Joachim	26	I/40	18 Mar 1942
174.	Kptlt.	Deecke, Joachim +	29	33	20 Mar 1942	U-9, U-584
175.	Kptlt.	Heyse, Ulrich	35	33	24 Mar 1942	U-128
176.		Blaudow, Ernst-Ulrich +	27	35	31 Mar 1942
177.	Oblt.	Christophersen, Erwin +	26	36	1942
178.	KrvKpt.	Poske, Hans-Georg Friedrich	37	23	3 Apr 1942	U-504
179.	Kptlt.	Achilles, Albrecht +	28	34	5 Apr 1942	U-161
180.	Kptlt.	Bülow, Otto von	30	30	6 Apr 1942	U-3, U-404
181.	Oblt.	Lüdden, Siegfried +	25	36	8 Apr 1942
182.	Oblt.	Zschech, Peter +	23	36	12 Apr 1942
183.	Oblt.	Blum, Otto-Ulrich	25	36	18 Apr 1942
184.		Dankleff, Walter +	35	35	20 Apr 1942
185.		Böhm, Hermann	31	X/37	24 Apr 1942
186.	Oblt.	Dauter, Helmut	22	37b	May 1942
187.	Ltn.	Lehmann, Hans	26	38	27 May 1942
188.	Kptlt.	Degen, Horst	28	33	1942	U-701
189.	Oblt.	Makowski, Kurt +	26	36		U-78, U-619
190.	Kptlt.	Reschke, Franz-Georg	34	29		U-205
191.	KrvKpt.	Schacht, Harro +	34	26	6 Jun 1942	U-507
192.	Oblt.	Bahr, Rudolf +	26	35	10 Jun 1942
193.	Kptlt.	Würdemann, Erich +	28	33	18 Jun 1942	U-506
194.	Oblt.	Kusch, Oskar-Heinz +	24	37a	22 Jun 1942
195.		Mangold, Ernst	24	35	27 Jun 1942
196.	Kptlt.	Bohmann, Heino +	28	34	Jul 1942	U-88
197.	Oblt.	Bürgel, Friedrich	25	36	Jul 1942	U-97
198.	Kptlt.	Berger, Joachim +	29	34	9 Jul 1942	U-87
199.	Kptlt.	Bielfeld, Heinz +	25	34	16 Jul 1942	U-703
200.	Kptlt.	Reche, Reinhart	26	34	23 Jul 1942	U-255
201.	Oblt.	Zorn, Rudolf +	25	37b	25 Jul 1942
202.	Kptlt.	Borchert, Dietrich	33	33/34	30 Jul 1942	U-24, U-566
203.	Kptlt.	Schlippenbach, Egon Reiner von	28	34	6 Aug 1942	U-121, U-453
204.	Kptlt.	Forstner, Siegfried von +	31	30	7 Aug 1942	U-59, U-402
205.		Rasch, Karl-Heinz +	28	X/38	14 Aug 1942
206.	Kptlt.	Witt, Hans-Ludwig	32	29	23 Aug 1942	U-161, U-129
207.	Ltn.	Bitter, Georg von +	21	X/39	27 Aug 1942
208.	Oblt.	Bahn, Rolf	24	36	Sep 1942
209.	Kptlt.	Brodda, Heinrich +	39	21	Sep 1942	U-209
210.	Ltn.	Dahlhaus, Eberhard +	22	38	1942
211.		Bork, Helmut	32	VIII/39	4 Sep 1942
212.	KrvKpt.	Brandenburg, Karl +	36	24	8 Sep 1942	U-457
213.	Oblt.	Struckmeier, Rolf	26	35	1942	U-608
214.	Oblt.	Börner, Hans-Joachim +	24	37b	Oct 1942
215.	Oblt.	Ballert, Sarto +	25	37b	2 Oct 1942
216.	Kptlt.	Dierksen, Reiner +	34	33	3 Oct 1942	U-176
217.	Kptlt.	Clausen, Heinz-Ehlert	33	33	4 Oct 1942	U-403
218.	Kptlt.	Jahn, Gunter	32	31	6 Oct 1942	U-596
219.		Raabe, Ernst +	35	26	11 Oct 1942
220.		Albrecht, Karl +	35	IV/1923	12 Oct 1942
221.	Ltn.	Breckwoldt, Friedrich	30	IX/39	14 Oct 1942
222.	Kptlt.	Bruns, Heinrich +	30	31	18 Oct 1942	U-175
223.	Kptlt.	Markworth, Friedrich	27	34	10 Nov 1942	U-66
224.	Ltn.	Stuckmann, Hermann +	21	X/39	18 Nov 1942
225.	Oblt.	Poel, Gustav	25	36	26 Nov 1942	U-413
226.	Oblt.	Benker, Hans +	25	36	30 Nov 1942	U-80, U-625
227.		Cabolet, Servais	34	X/37	30 Nov 1942
228.	Oblt.	Carlsen, Claus-Peter	23	37b	1942	U-732
229.	Kptlt.	Feiler, Gerhard	33	33	1942	U-653
230.	Kptlt.	Zurmühlen, Bernhard +	33	33	Dec, 1942	U-600
231.	Kptlt.	Schneider, Herbert +	27	34	4 Dec 1942	U-522
232.	Oblt.	Döhler, Hans-Heinrich +	25	37a	6 Dec 1942	U-21, U-606
233.		Beckmann, Heinz +	29	X/39	14 Dec 1942
234.	Ltn.	Falke, Hans	22	X/39	14 Dec 1942
235.	Ltn.	Dübler, Rudolf	21	XII/39	22 Dec 1942
236.	Ltn.	Bergemann, Wilhelm	22	X/39	24 Dec 1942
237.	Oblt.	Auffhammer, Leonhard +	25	36	1942	U-265
238.	Oblt.	Krieg, Johann-Otto	23	37b	1942	U-142, U-81
239.	Ltn.	Ahlers, Kurt	20	XII/39	1943
240.	Oblt.	Baberg, Kurt	25	36	1943	U-30, U-618
241.	Ltn.	Bach, Joachim-Werner	24	37b	1943
242.		Bensel, Rolf Rüdiger	19	40	1943
243.	Oblt.	Bentzien, Heinz +	25	37b	1943
244.	Kptlt.	Borm, Carl	31	33		U-592
245.	Ltn.	Bormkessel, Dieter	22	XII/39	1943
246.	Ltn.	Bortfeldt, Karl-Hermann	21	X/39	1943
247.	Oblt.	Braeucker, Friedrich	23	37a	1943
248.	Ltn.	Brünig, Matthias	22	38	1943
249.	Kptlt.	Buchholz, Heinz +	33	29	1943	U-24, U-15, U-195
250.		Budzyn, Sigmund	27	V/41	1943
251.	Oblt.	Bugs, Hans-Helmuth +	25	37a	1943	U-629
252.	Ltn.	Buscher, Hans	24	38	1943
253.	Oblt.	Büchler, Rudolf +	27	36	1943	U-387
254.	Oblt.	Böhme, Kurt	25	37b	1943	U-450
255.	Oblt.	Curio, Oskar	24	37a	1943	U-80, U-952
256.	Oblt.	Davidson, Heinz von	24	37a	1943
257.	Kptlt.	Deetz, Friedrich +	26	35	1943	U-757
258.	Kptlt.	Diggins, Kurt	30	34	1943	U-458
259.	Ltn.	Dingler, Gottfried	20	XII/39	1943
260.	Ltn.	Dobberstein, Erich +	23	38	1943
261.	Ltn.	Eberbach, Heinz-Eugen	21	X/39	1943
262.		Elsinghorst, Josef	26	IV/39	1943
263.	Oblt.	Emde, Bernhard	25	37a	1943
264.	KrvKpt.	Engelmann, Kurt-Eduard +	39	23	Jan 1943	U-163
265.	Oblt.	Franze, Joachim	24	37a
266.	KrvKpt.	Hopmann, Rolf-Heinrich +	36	26		U-405
267.	Oblt.	Janssen, Gustav-Adolf	27	36		U-151, U-37, U-103
268.	Kptlt.	Jebsen, Johann +	26	35		U-565
269.	Oblt.	Lauzemis, Albert +	24	37a		U-139, U-37
270.	Oblt.	Looks, Hartwig	25	36		U-264
271.	Ltn.	Niemeyer, Heinrich	32	X/39
272.	Kptlt.	Purkhold, Hubertus	26	35		U-30, U-14, U-260
273.	Kptlt.	Queck, Horst-Thilo	27	35		U-622
274.	Oblt.	Riekeberg, Wolfgang +	24	37a
275.	Kptlt.	Röther, Josef	35	27		U-380
276.		Schumann-Hindenberg, Friedrich	29	32
277.	Kptlt.	Uphoff, Horst +	26	35		U-84
278.	Oblt.	Wächter, Karl-Jürg +	26	36		U-223
279.	Ltn.	Zapf, Werner +	27	36
280.	Kptlt.	Staats, Georg +	26	35	9 Jan 1943	U-80, U-508
281.	KrvKpt.	Czygan, Werner +	38	25	Feb 1943	U-118
282.	Oblt.	Rosenberg-Gruszcynski, Hans-Achim von +	25	37a	5 Feb 1943	U-18, U-384
283.	Ltn.	Bartke, Erwin +	33	40	1943	U-488
284.	Ltn.	Fischer, Ernst	22	X/39	Mar, 1943
285.	Oblt.	Schramm, Joachim +	26	36	1943	U-109
286.	Ltn.	Baum, Heinz	30	40	10 Mar 1943
287.	Oblt.	Johannsen, Hans	32	35	14 Mar 1943	U-569
288.	Oblt.	Bertelsmann, Hans-Joachim +	26	36	27 Mar 1943	U-142, U-603
289.	Oblt.	Fenski, Horst-Arno	24	37b	28 Mar 1943	U-34, U-410
290.	Kptlt.	Borchers, Rolf	29	33	1943-05-01	U-149, U-226
291.	Kptlt.	Maus, August	28	34	5 May 1943	U-185
292.	Ltn.	Ackermann, Wolf	22	X/39	12 May 1943
293.	Oblt.	Brauel, Wilhelm	28	37b	1943
294.	Kptlt.	Brünning, Herbert	27	35	1943	U-137, U-642
295.	Oblt.	Baltz, Rudolf	22	38	17 Jun 1943	U-603
296.	Oblt.	Ferro, Otto +	32	40	26 Jun 1943	U-645
297.	Oblt.	Balke, Diethelm	23	37b	1943
298.	KrvKpt.	Baume, Günter La +	32	29	6 Aug 1943	U-355
299.	Oblt.	Eick, Alfred	27	37a	29 Aug 1943	U-510
300.	Kptlt.	Bode, Thilo	25	36	1943
301.	Ltn.	Breinlinger, Siegfried	23	XII/39	Sep 1943
302.		Breun, Gerhard	23	IV/40	Oct 1943
303.	Oblt.	Brünner, Joachim +	24	37b	Oct 1943	U-703
304.	Kptlt.	Becker, Richard	32	34	13 Oct 1943	U-218
305.	Oblt.	Becker, Klaus	23	X/39	27 Oct 1943
306.	Ltn.	Ackermann, Paul	23	XII/39	1943
307.	Oblt.	Drescher, Günther	24	38	1943
308.	Oblt.	Marbach, Karl-Heinz	26	37a	21 Nov 1943	U-101, U-29, U-28, U-953
309.	Ltn.	Boehmer, Wolfgang	23	XII/39	1 Dec 1943	U-575
310.	Oblt.	Ballert, Rene	23	XII/39	4 Dec 1943
311.	Oblt.	Werner, Herbert A.	23	XII/39	18 Dec 1943
312.	Oblt.	Altmeier, Friedrich	23	38	1943	U-1227
313.	Oblt.	Arco-Zinneberg, Graf Ulrich-Philipp von und zu	26	X/39	1943	U-922, U-29
314.	Oblt.	Andersen, Klaus	25	37b	1944	U-708
315.	Ltn.	Angermann, Walter	20	40	Jan 1944
316.	Ltn.	Arendt, Rudolf	20	40	1944
317.	Oblt.	Balduhn, Ernst-Ludwig	24	38	1944	U-1163
318.		Becker, Philipp	22	40	1944
319.	Oblt.	Blischke, Heinz +	24	38	Jan 1944	U-744
320.	Oblt.	Bremen, Hanskurt von	25	38	1944	U-764
321.	Oblt.	Conrad, Gerhard +	21	XII/39	1944
322.	Ltn.	Dobenecker, Günter	21	40	1944
323.	Oblt.	Dobinsky, Hans-Jürgen	21	XII/39	1944
324.	Oblt.	Faust, Erich +	22	XII/39	1944
325.	Oblt.	Boldt, Walter	22	XII/39	10 Jan 1944
326.	Ltn.	Cranz, Wilhelm +	28	X/39	18 Jan 1944
327.	Oblt.	Dobbert, Max	33	X/38	Feb 1944	U-969
328.	Oblt.	Dunkelberg, Hans	25	37b	Feb 1944	U-716
329.	Oblt.	Albrecht, Fritz	23	37b	19 Feb 1944	U-386
330.	Oblt.	Sieder, Heinz +	23	38	28 Feb 1944	U-984
331.	Ltn.	Baumgärtel, Friedrich	21	40	Apr 1944
332.	Oblt.	Westphalen, Otto	24	38	3 Apr 1944	U-121, U-968
333.	Ltn.	Benthin, Karl-Dietrich	22	40	12 May 1944
334.	Ltn.	Braun, Kurt	20	V/41	1944-06-01
335.	Ltn.	Dierks, Hans-Joachim	20	40	1944
336.	FrgKpt.	Freiwald, Kurt	37	25	1944	U-21, U-7, U-33, U-181
337.	KrvKpt.	Fahr, Theodor +	34	30	9 Sep 1944	U-567
338.	Oblt.	Baldus, Hugo	23	X/39	Nov, 1944	U-773
339.	Oblt.	Pulst, Günther	26	37b	18 Dec 1944	U-978
340.	Kptlt.	Eickstedt, Wolfgang	29	35	20 Dec 1944	U-668
341.	Oblt.	Block, Helmut + (posthumous)	29	38	3 Jan 1945	U-771

341 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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