Appendix 4

Recipients of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

(Träger des Eichenlaubs mit Schwertern und Brillanten zum Ritterkreuz des eisernen Kreuzes)

The recipient’s order in the overall number of recipients is shown in brackets. For example, Walter Nowotny was the sixth Luftwaffe Experte to receive the Diamonds but the eighth overall.

Source: Gordon Williamson, Knight’s of the Iron Cross, A History 1939–45, p. 142.