List of Knight's Cross recipients 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Awarded by Nazi Germany
Type Neck order
Eligibility Military personnel
Awarded for Awarded to holders of the Iron Cross to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership
Campaign World War II
Status Obsolete
Statistics
Established 1 September 1939
First awarded 30 September 1939
Last awarded 11 May 1945 / 17 June 1945[a]
Precedence
Next (higher) Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
Next (lower) Iron Cross 1st Class

The 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" was an elite Panzer division among the thirty eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany. It was recruited from foreign volunteers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Belgium under the command of German officers. During the course of World War II, the division served on the Eastern Front during World War II. It surrendered in May 1945 to the American forces in Austria.

Grades

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was divided into five grades, excluding the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross:

Knight's Cross with Diamonds

Knight's Cross with Swords

Knight's Cross with Oakleaves

Knight’s Cross

SS Panzer Regiment 5 Wiking

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 Germania

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 Westland

SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Nordland

SS Panzer Grenadier Battalion Narwa

5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien

SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 5 Wiking

SS Panzerjäger Battalion 5 Wiking

SS Panzer Pionier Battalion 5 Wiking

SS Flak Battalion 5 Wiking

Footnotes

    References

    • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 
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