Ernst-Georg Buchterkirch

Ernst-Georg Buchterkirch (10 September 1914 – 17 August 1971) was an Officer in the German Wehrmacht and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (19 September 1939)
 * 1st Class (15 May 1940)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
 * Knight's Cross on 29 June 1940 as Oberleutnant and platoon leader of 2./Panzer-Regiment 6
 * 44th Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 2./Panzer-Regiment 6
 * Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 6 July 1941