The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, or simply the Knight's Cross, and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was lower
DE Band mit RK
Reverse view of the 1813 Iron Cross
With Oak Leaves
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
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Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
…Leaves to the Knight's Cross, along with the 147 Swords and 27 Diamonds awards. The Golden Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross was awarded only once, to Hans-Ulrich Rudel on 29 December 1944. The legal grounds for this decree had been established in 1937 with the German law of Titles, Orders and Honorary Signs (Gesetz…
Hans-Ulrich Rudel in 1945 (Adolf Galland in the background)
Aerial photograph of the sunken Marat
Ju 87 equipped with the anti-tank cannon
Rudel's grave in Dornhausen