How many RK were awarded in 1940 and 1941?

[PanzerElite]

How many RK were awarded in 1940 and 1941?
by all units from Army, LW, KM, SS.
thank you !

[Dietrich Maerz]

Knights Cross awards in 1940:
Heer/Waffen-SS: 282
Luftwaffe: 164
Kriegsmarine: 49

Knights Cross awards in 1941:
Heer/Waffen-SS: 463
Luftwaffe: 205
Kriegsmarine: 42

[PanzerElite]

thank you for taking your time to input.

[Green]

Take advantage of the opportunity
How many RK´s were awarded to Austrian soldiers?

[Dietrich Maerz]

That I don't have, sorry.

[Green]

That I don't have, sorry.

Thanks, I managed to found something by myself:

http://ritterkreuz.heimat.eu/lexikon...amensliste.htm

[Miro O]

315 born in area of today´s Austria
118 from k.u.k. crown lands (Bohemia, Bukovina, Hungary including Slovakia, Istria etc.)
8 foreign Austrians from Spain, USSR or Lettland

Florian Berger: Ritterkreuzträger aus Österreich und den k.u.k. Kronländern, published 2006 (still available on Amazon).

There are many sources giving different numbers of RK winners from K.u.K. crown lands, because some of them count only ethnic Germans living at that territory, and some of the include also Hungarians, Slovaks and other nationalities from former Austria-Hungary.

[Yubari]

if no valid information, you can always count by yourself from knight cross recipient database.

[Green]

315 born in area of today´s Austria
118 from k.u.k. crown lands (Bohemia, Bukovina, Hungary including Slovakia, Istria etc.)
8 foreign Austrians from Spain, USSR or Lettland

Florian Berger: Ritterkreuzträger aus Österreich und den k.u.k. Kronländern, published 2006 (still available on Amazon).

There are many sources giving different numbers of RK winners from K.u.K. crown lands, because some of them count only ethnic Germans living at that territory, and some of the include also Hungarians, Slovaks and other nationalities from former Austria-Hungary.

Thank you for this information

[PanzerElite]

sorry, how many in 1939? seems i didn't see army 1939 RK awarding document. sorry for my knowledge on RK. no RK in Poland battle?

[peterm]

As far as I know the former Austrian Leutnant Josef STOLZ was the first awardee of the new KC for service in the Polish campaign.
Best, Peter

[GRB]

PanzerElite,
I think there were 26 awarded in 1939.

Johannes Blaskowitz Heer 30-Sep-39
Fedor von Bock Heer 30-Sep-39
Walther von Brauchitsch Heer 30-Sep-39
Kurt von Briesen Heer 27-Oct-39
Hermann Göring Luftwaffe 30-Sep-39
Heinz Guderian Heer 27-Oct-39
Franz Halder Heer 27-Oct-39
Erich Hoepner Heer 27-Oct-39
Hermann Hoth Heer 27-Oct-39
Hans Jeschonnek Luftwaffe 27-Oct-39
Wilhelm Keitel Heer 30-Sep-39
Albert Kesselring Luftwaffe 30-Sep-39
Günther von Kluge Heer 30-Sep-39
Georg von Küchler Heer 30-Sep-39
Ludwig Kübler Heer 27-Oct-39
Wilhelm List Heer 30-Sep-39
Alexander Löhr Luftwaffe 30-Sep-39
Günther Prien Kriegsmarine 18-Oct-39
Dr. phil. h.c. Erich Raeder Kriegsmarine 30-Sep-39
Walther von Reichenau Heer 30-Sep-39
Gerd von Rundstedt Heer 30-Sep-39
Georg-Hans Reinhardt Heer 27-Oct-39
August Schmidt Heer 27-Oct-39
Dietrich Steinhardt Heer 27-Oct-39
Josef Stolz Heer 27-Oct-39
Adolf Strauß Heer 27-Oct-39

Regards,
GRB

[PanzerElite]

thanks, any RK examples dated 1939? preliminary document.