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Knight's Cross of the Order of the House of Hohenzollern [Germany]

Country:Germany
Established:23 August 1851, by Frederick William IV
Criteria:The Knight's Cross of the Order of the House of Hohenzollern was a Prussian order only bestowed upon officers. For acts of bravery in combat, the decoration was adorned with crossed swords. It was most often awarded to recipients who had already received the Iron Cross, first class.
WWI Awards:8300
Knight's Cross with Swords

Recipients - World War I Aces
GermanyHans von Adam - 2 February 1918

GermanyKarl Allmenröder - 6 June 1917

GermanyErnst von Althaus

GermanyHeinrich Arntzen - 6 June 1917

GermanyHermann Becker - 15 May 1918

GermanyFranz Büchner

GermanyXaver Dannhuber

GermanyWilhelm Frickert - 5 May 1918

GermanyHeinrich Gontermann - 6 May 1917

GermanyWalter Göttsch

GermanyHermann Göring - 20 October 1917

GermanyHans von Haebler

GermanyErich Hahn - 1 May 1917

GermanyGeorg von Hantelmann - 21 October 1918

GermanyErnst Hess - 5 December 1917

GermanyWalter Höhndorf

GermanyMax Immelmann - November 1915

GermanyHans von Keudell

GermanyHans Kirschstein

GermanyStefan Kirmaier

GermanyOtto Kissenberth

GermanyHans Klein

GermanyOtto Könnecke - 20 July 1918

GermanyFritz Kosmahl

GermanyHeinrich Kroll

GermanyArthur Laumann - 29 September 1918

GermanyGustav Leffers

GermanyBruno Loerzer

GermanyCarl Menckhoff

GermanyFriedrich Noltenius

GermanyOtto Parschau - 3 July 1916

GermanyWerner Preuss - 19 September 1918

GermanyWilhelm Reinhard - 11 April 1918

GermanyLothar von Richthofen - 10 May 1917

GermanyHans Rolfes

GermanyFriedrich von Röth

GermanyGotthard Sachsenberg

GermanyKarl Schäfer

GermanyFranz Schleiff

GermanyOtto Schmidt

GermanyKarl Thom

GermanyEmil Thuy

GermanyAdolf von Tutschek

GermanyErnst Udet - 13 November 1917

GermanyJosef Veltjens - 20 May 1918

GermanyWerner Voss

GermanyFranz Walz

GermanyRichard Wenzl

GermanyKurt Wolff - 26 April 1917

GermanyKurt Wusthoff


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