The Face of Courage: The 98 Men Who Received the Knight's Cross and the Close-Combat Clasp in GoldStackpole Books, 09.06.2011 - 624 Seiten Profiles of the 98 German soldiers--out of millions--who received both the Knight's Cross (for extreme bravery) and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold (for at least 50 days of hand-to-hand fighting) during World War II. |
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SSSturmbannführer Heinz Macher 315 | 315 |
Major Rolf Mager 322 | 322 |
SSUntersturmführerHermann Maringgele 329 | 329 |
Major Helmut Meitzel 333 | 333 |
SSHauptsturmführer Werner Meyer 339 | 339 |
Oberstleutnant Walter Misera 345 | 345 |
Major der Reserve Emil Möller 350 | 350 |
Major Werner Möller 355 | 355 |
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FahnenjunkerOberfeldwebel Siegfried Deutschmann 66 | 66 |
Hauptmann Heinrich Dittlof 70 | 70 |
Major iG Anton Donnhauser 74 | 74 |
Major Franz Dutter 81 | 81 |
SSHauptsturmführer der Reserve Hans Eckert 87 | 87 |
Major Alois Eisele 91 | 91 |
Hauptmann KarlHeinrich Fink 100 | 100 |
Major Heinz Finke 105 | 105 |
SSObersturmführer Kurt Franke 110 | 110 |
Oberleutnant Erwin Frankenfeld 116 | 116 |
Oberleutnant Erich Friedrich 121 | 121 |
Hauptmann Max Friedrich 127 | 127 |
Oberfeldwebel Franz Gössmann 135 | 135 |
Hauptmann Ernst Grunau 139 | 139 |
SSObersturmbannführer Franz Hack 146 | 146 |
Major der Reserve Martin Hackl 153 | 153 |
Feldwebel Karl Hamberger 158 | 158 |
SSStandartenführer Max Hansen 162 | 162 |
Oberfeldwebel Lorenz Harthan 168 | 168 |
Hauptmann Rüdiger Hertel 176 | 176 |
SSHauptsturmführer Bruno Hinz 182 | 182 |
Leutnant der Reserve Franz Hofbauer 188 | 188 |
SSObersturmbannführer Friedrich Holzer 192 | 192 |
Unteroffizier Fritz Jacobeit 197 | 197 |
Oberstleutnant HermannGustav Jochims 202 | 202 |
SSHauptsturmführer Hans Juchem 208 | 208 |
Leutnant Franz Juschkat 213 | 213 |
SSObersturmbannführer Helmut Kämpfe 219 | 219 |
SSObersturmbannführer Vinzenz Kaiser 226 | 226 |
Major Traugott Kempas 232 | 232 |
Oberfeldwebel Kurt Klein 237 | 237 |
SSObersturmbannführer Gustav Knittel 241 | 241 |
Rittmeister Günther Konopacki 250 | 250 |
Major der Reserve Gerhard Konopka 256 | 256 |
Hauptmann der Reserve Bernhard Kranz 262 | 262 |
Hauptmann Helmut Kroeg 268 | 268 |
Oberfeldwebel Ernst Kutschkau 272 | 272 |
SSHauptscharführer Josef Lainer 279 | 279 |
Hauptmann Waldemar Lehmann 286 | 286 |
SSHauptsturmführer Alfred Lex 291 | 291 |
Major Friedrich Lindenberg 296 | 296 |
Hauptmann Wilhelm Loos 302 | 302 |
FahnenjunkerOberfeldwebel Alfred Lorenz 307 | 307 |
Oberst der Reserve Erich Lorenz 312 | 312 |
Major Siegfried Moldenhauer 361 | 361 |
SSHauptsturmführer der Reserve Heinz Müller 368 | 368 |
SSObersturmführer Alois Obschil 372 | 372 |
Oberstleutnant der Reserve HansArno Ostermeier 376 | 376 |
SSUntersturmführer der Reserve Adolf Peichl 382 | 382 |
SSHauptsturmführer Harry Phoenix 389 | 389 |
Major Michael Pössinger 394 | 394 |
SSHauptsturmführer Georg Preuss 403 | 403 |
Leutnant der Reserve Karl Radermacher 409 | 409 |
Oberst Emil Rentschler 416 | 416 |
Obergefreiter Franz Richter 422 | 422 |
Hauptmann HansHeinrich Richter 427 | 427 |
Oberleutnant Erich Rudnick 433 | 433 |
Major der Reserve Alfred Rutkowski 437 | 437 |
Major der Reserve Johann Sauer 441 | 441 |
Oberfeldwebel Otto Sawatzki 446 | 446 |
Major Kurt Schäfer 452 | 452 |
Oberst der Reserve Walter SchlagsKoch 459 | 459 |
SSHauptsturmführer Heinrich Schmelzer 464 | 464 |
Major der Reserve Ernst Schneck 469 | 469 |
SSHauptscharführer Gustav Schreiber 474 | 474 |
SSSturmbannführer Helmuth Schreiber 479 | 479 |
SSSturmbannführer Herbert Schulze 486 | 486 |
Unteroffizier Walter Schwanbeck 492 | 492 |
SSHauptsturmführer Walter Seebach 497 | 497 |
Hauptmann Herbert Singer 502 | 502 |
SSBrigadeführer Silvester Stadler 508 | 508 |
Leutnant der Reserve Rolf Tittel 513 | 513 |
Major der Reserve Otto Vincon 517 | 517 |
Oberst Heinrich Volker 523 | 523 |
Major der Reserve Helmut Wandmaker 529 | 529 |
Major Georg Wenzelburger 534 | 534 |
SSSturmbannführer Heinz Werner 541 | 541 |
Oberfeldwebel Friedrich Wimmer 547 | 547 |
SSObersturmbannführer Günther Wisliceny 551 | 551 |
Hauptmann der Reserve Werner Wolf 558 | 558 |
Oberstleutnant Hermann Wulf 564 | 564 |
Disputed Ambiguous and Unresolved Cases 570 | 570 |
SSWaffenHauptsturmführer Zanis Butkus 571 | 571 |
Major der Reserve Sigwart Göller 576 | 576 |
Major Matthias Starl 581 | 581 |
Other Disputed Ambiguous and Unresolved Cases 586 | 586 |
Ranks 592 | 592 |
By Way of Explanation 593 | 593 |
Bibliography 594 | 594 |
Afterword 596 | 596 |
Acknowledgements 599 | 599 |
Original Publishers Acknowledgements 600 | 600 |
Other Books in the Series | 602 |
Back Cover | 617 |
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