Rudolf Hess and Ritterkreuzträger of NSD-Studetenbund

Münich, 27 January 1941: Deputy Führer and Reichsminister Rudolf Hess, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund (German National-Socialist Student Association), greeting officers of the German Wehrmacht, all holders of the Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuzträger) and all of whom had been members of the NSD-Studetenbund. From left to right: Oberleutnant Wilhelm Walther (Ritterkreuz on 24 June 1940 as Stoßtruppführer 4.Kompanie / Baulehr-Bataillon zur besonderen Verwendungen 800 "Brandenburg"), Leutnant der Reserve Helmut Ringler (Ritterkreuz on 15 May 1940 as MG-Halbzugführer in Sturmgruppe "Stahl" / Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch"), Leutnant der Reserve Fritz Steger (Ritterkreuz on 15 August 1940 as Zugführer in Infanterie-Regiment 20 [motorisiert] / 10.Infanterie-Division [motorisiert]), and Leutnant der Reserve Franz Berger (Ritterkreuz on 19 July 1940 as Stoßtruppführer 11.Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 130 / 45.Infanterie-Division).

Source :
"German Army Uniforms and Insignia 1933-1945" by Brian L. Davis
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2013/06/album-foto-grup-ritterkreuztrager.html
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1651381#p1651381

Heer Ritterkreuzträger in Color

GENERALFELDMARSCHALL


Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model (24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945).



Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (15 November 1891 - 14 October 1944).



Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner (12 June 1892 - 2 July 1973).



Generalfeldmarschall Maximilian von Weichs (12 November 1881 – 27 September 1954).

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GENERALOBERST


Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 – 5 February 1948).



Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube (29 October 1890 – 21 April 1944).



Generaloberst Hans von Salmuth (11 November 1888 – 1 January 1962).

Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert (13 March 1883 – 12 September 1941).



Generaloberst Heinrich von Vietinghoff (6 December 1887 - 23 February 1952).

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GENERAL DER ARTILLERIE


General der Artillerie Maximilian Fretter-Pico (6 February 1892 - 4 April 1986).



General der Artillerie Erich Marcks (6 June 1891 – 12 June 1944).



General der Artillerie Max Pfeffer (7 June 1883 – 31 December 1955).



General der Artillerie Johann Sinnhuber (27 March 1887 – 23 October 1979).



General der Artillerie Albert Wodrig (16 July 1883 - 31 October 1972).

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GENERAL DER GEBIRGSTRUPPE


General der Gebirgstruppe Julius Ringel (16 November 1889 – 11 February 1967).

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GENERAL DER INFANTERIE


General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf (15 February 1895 - 1 May 1945).



General der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz (9 November 1894 - 5 November 1966).



General der Infanterie Werner Kienitz (3 June 1885 – 31 December 1959).



General der Infanterie Friedrich Materna (21 June 1885 – 11 November 1946).



General der Infanterie Georg-Wilhelm Postel (25 April 1896 - 20 September 1953.



General der Infanterie z.V. Hans Schmidt (28 April 1877 - 5 June 1948).



General der Infanterie Albrecht Schubert (23 June 1886 – 26 November 1966).



General der Infanterie Friedrich Schulz (15 October 1897 - 30 November 1976).



General der Infanterie Karl Weisenberger (29 September 1890 – 28 March 1952).

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GENERAL DER KAVALLERIE


General der Kavallerie Siegfried Westphal (18 March 1902 - 2 July 1982).

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GENERAL DER PANZERTRUPPE


General der Panzertruppe Hermann Balck (7 December 1893 – 29 November 1982).



General der Panzertruppe Ludwig Crüwell (20 March 1892 – 25 September 1958).



General der Panzertruppe Traugott Herr (16 September 1890 – 13 April 1976).



General der Panzertruppe Alfred Ritter von Hubicki (5 February 1887 – 14 July 1971).



General der Panzertruppe Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz (23 December 1895 – 19 May 1975).

General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel (14 January 1897 - 24 September 1978).



General der Panzertruppe Walther Nehring (15 August 1892 - 20 April 1983).



General der Panzertruppe Dietrich von Saucken (16 May 1892 - 27 September 1980).



General der Panzertruppe Rudolf Veiel (10 December 1883 – 19 March 1956).

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GENERALLEUTNANT


Generalleutnant Ernst-Günther Baade (20 August 1897 - 8 May 1945).



Generalleutnant Friedrich-Carl Cranz (14 November 1886 – 24 March 1941).



Generalleutnant Hermann Flörke (23 October 1893 - 19 August 1979).



Generalleutnant Hermann Hohn (11 October 1897 – 13 November 1968).



Generalleutnant Richard John (21 June 1896 – 19 February 1965).



Generalleutnant Sigfrid Macholz (20 September 1890 - 25 May 1975).



Generalleutnant Dr.med.dent. Karl Mauss (17 May 1898 – 9 February 1959).



Generalleutnant Curt Siewert (5 April 1899 – 13 June 1983).

Generalleutnant Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche (30 July 1893 - 25 April 1968).

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GENERALMAJOR

Generalmajor Dr.med.dent. Franz Bäke (28 February 1898 – 12 December 1978).



Generalmajor Franz Griesbach (21 December 1892 - 24 September 1984).



Generalmajor Maximilian Jais (4 March 1891 - 24 January 1957).



Generalmajor Karl Koetz (8 February 1908 – 11 June 1977).



Generalmajor Willy Langkeit (2 June 1907 - 27 October 1969).

Generalmajor Meinrad von Lauchert (29 August 1905 - 4 December 1987).



Generalmajor Hanns-Horst von Necker (28 August 1903 – 27 February 1979).



Generalmajor Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (2 January 1899 - 19 September 1966).



Generalmajor Adelbert Schulz (20 December 1903 - 28 January 1944).

Generalmajor Rudolf Sieckenius (18 August 1896 - 29 April 1945).

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OBERST


Oberst Karl Baacke (15 May 1907 - 2 April 1944).



Oberst Heinz Wittchow von Brese-Winiary (13 January 1914 - 3 December 1995).



Oberst der Reserve Dr.Ing. Rudolf Flinzer (9 November 1889 - 17 June 1976).



Oberst Johannes Kümmel (21 July 1909 - 26 February 1944).



Oberst Ernst-Hasse von Langenn-Steinkeller (7 December 1916 - 5 September 2004).



Oberst Josef Rettemeier (17 September 1914 - 19 December 1997).



Oberst Herbert Schwender (22 December 1912 - 22 September 1944).



Oberst Ludwig Stautner (4 May 1895 - 5 January 1983).



Oberst Ernst Wellmann (14 January 1904 - 17 July 1970).

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OBERSTLEUTNANT


Oberstleutnant der Reserve Wilhelm Bach (5 November 1892 - 22 December 1942).



Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Drewes (26 May 1907 - 14 July 1982).



Oberstleutnant Günter Goebel (14 November 1917 - 4 September 1993).



Oberstleutnant Heinrich Hogrebe (22 June 1913 - 25 June 1998).



Oberstleutnant Bruno Kahl (23 November 1914 - 28 February 1999).



Oberstleutnant Franz-Josef Kohout (16 August 1908 - 21 November 1980).



Oberstleutnant im Generalstab Ekkehard Kylling-Schmidt (21 June 1918 - 28 August 2000).



Oberstleutnant Bernhard Sauvant (25 March 1910 - 15 April 1967).



Oberstleutnant der Reserve Wilhelm Schöning (8 June 1908 - 2 November 1987).



Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Walther (27 January 1910 - 25 November 2010).

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MAJOR


Major Winrich Behr (22 January 1918 - 25 April 2011).



Major im Generalstab Peter Frantz (24 July 1917 - 11 March 2001).



Major Helmut Hudel (4 July 1915 – 11 March 1985).



Major Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck (17 October 1913 – 18 March 2005).



Major der Reserve Gerhard Konopka (27 March 1911 - 29 January 1997).



Major der Reserve Josef Stigler (30 May 1899 - 10 February 1982).

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HAUPTMANN


Hauptmann Erich Geppert (31 December 1912 - 8 February 1966).



Hauptmann Rudolf Krüger (4 November 1911 - 28 October 1972).



Hauptmann Bodo Spranz (1 January 1920 - 1 September 2007).

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OBERLEUTNANT


Oberleutnant Hugo Primozic (16 February 1914 - 18 March 1996).

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LEUTNANT

Leutnant der Reserve Herbert Berger (24 November 1912 - 16 December 2000).



Leutnant Josef Dörfel (2 March 1915 - 3 April 2002).

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OBERFELDWEBEL


Oberfeldwebel Heinz-Georg Haase (16 April 1914 - 25 November 1943).



Oberfeldwebel Helmuth Harth (15 May 1917 - 27 January 1992).



Oberfeldwebel Alfred Hartmann (11 March 1914 - 19 September 1943).



Oberfeldwebel Martin Hrustak (17 October 1913 - 18 August 1944).

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FELDWEBEL / WACHTMEISTER


Feldwebel Rudolf Bittner (18 December 1921 - 21 January 1945).

Wachtmeister Siegfried Freyer (11 February 1917 - 10 May 2014).

Feldwebel Walter Pape (20 November 1914 - 27 June 1989).

Unteroffizier Hubert Brinkforth (15 April 1916 - 5 June 1942).

Source :
Bundesarchiv photo archive
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek photo archive
NARA photo archive
Akira Takiguchi photo collection
https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m064km4b?hl=en