Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

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military decoration order of merit

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds was Nazi Germany's highest and rarest military decoration for extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II.

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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds 2
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military decoration ⓘ
order of merit ⓘ
associatedIdeology Nazism ⓘ
associatedWithRegime Nazi Party ⓘ
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
awardedFor extreme battlefield bravery ⓘ
successful military leadership ⓘ
awardingAuthority Adolf Hitler ⓘ
awardingBody Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
surface form: German High Command
basedOn Iron Cross ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
decorativeStyle military heraldic design ⓘ
designTradition Prussian Iron Cross tradition ⓘ
eligibility front-line combatants ⓘ
military personnel of Nazi Germany ⓘ
hasComponent crossed swords ⓘ
diamond inlays ⓘ
golden oak leaf cluster ⓘ
neck decoration ⓘ
higherThan Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
historicalContext German military awards system in World War II ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
material gold ⓘ
precious metals ⓘ
notableCharacteristic awarded only in extremely rare cases ⓘ
partOf Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross award grades ⓘ
relatedAward Grand Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
relativeRank highest grade of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
relativeRarity rarest grade of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
status obsolete decoration ⓘ
symbolIncludes Iron Cross ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
golden oak leaves ⓘ
swords ⓘ
timePeriod Nazi era ⓘ
usedBy Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Waffen-SS ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
wearingLocation around the neck ⓘ

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Hans-Ulrich Rudel → awardReceived → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds ⓘ
Iron Cross → hasVariant → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → higherAward → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds → higherThan → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds → higherThan → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords