List of Knight's Cross recipients SS Division Norland

The list contains the recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades in the SS Division Nordland (also known as the 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Norland). The unit was a German Waffen-SS mechanised infantry division recruited from foreign volunteers. It saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.

Prerequisites
To qualify for the Knight's Cross, a soldier had to already hold the 1939 Iron Cross First Class, though the Iron Cross I Class was awarded concurrently with the Knight's Cross in rare cases. Unit commanders could also be awarded the medal for exemplary conduct by the unit as a whole.

Grades
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was divided into five grades, excluding the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross:
 * Knights Cross
 * Knights Cross with Oak Leaves
 * Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
 * Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
 * Knights Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds

Knight's Cross with Swords

 * Fritz von Scholz Edler von Rarancze, 08.08.1944 Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der W-SS Commander 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nordland

Knight's Cross with Oakleaves

 * Paul Albert Kausch, 23.04.1945 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Rgt Hermann von Salza
 * Albrecht Krügel, 16.11.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 24th SS Pz Gren Rgt Danmark
 * Fritz von Scholz, 12.03.1944 Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland
 * Fritz Vogt, 16.03.1945 Hauptsturmführer I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (norw. Nr. 1)
 * Joachim Ziegler, 28.04.1945 Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland

HQ staff

 * Joachim Ziegler, 05.09.1944 Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of W-SS Commander 11th SS Vol Pz Gren Div Nordland

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge

 * Josef Bachmeier, 23.08.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
 * Martin Gürz, 23.10.1944 Hauptsturmführer. Commander III Battalion
 * Ludwig Hoffmann, 11.05.1945 Hauptsturmführer Commander III Battalion
 * Willi Hund, 20.04.1945 Obersturmführer Commander 7th Company
 * Fritz Knöchlein, 16.11.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge
 * Walter Körner, 29.04.1945 Hauptsturmführer Rgt Adjutant 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge
 * Albrecht Krügel, 12.03.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander II Battalion
 * Hanns Heinrich Lohmann, 12.03.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander III Battalion
 * Siegfried Lüngen, 16.11.1944 Hauptscharführer Commander 6th Company
 * Richard Spörle, 16.11.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
 * Arnold Stoffers, 12.03.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 23rd SS Pz Gren Rgt Norge
 * Fritz Vogt, 16.3.1945 Hauptsturmführer Commander I Battalion

SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 Danmark

 * Egon Christophersen, 11.07.1944 Unterscharführer Gruppenführer 7th Company
 * Heinz Hämel, 16.06.1944 Hauptsturmführer Commander II Battalion
 * Albert Hektor, 23.08.1944 Oberscharführer platoon commander 7th Company
 * Walter Seebach, 12.03.1944 Obersturmführer Commander 5th Company

SS Panzer Battalion 11 Hermann von Salza

 * Paul Albert Kausch, 23.08.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Btn
 * Rudolf Rott, 28.02.1945 Obersturmführer Commander 1st Company
 * Philipp Wild, 21.03.1944 Oberscharführer Tank Commander 1st Company

SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 11 Nordland

 * Alfred Fischer (SS officer), 11.05.1945 Sturmbannführer Commander II Battalion
 * Friedrich-Wilhelm Karl, 26.12.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Pz Art Rgt
 * Herman Potschka, 07.12.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander III Battalion

SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion 11 Nordland

 * Karlheinz Schulz Streeck, 09.05.1945 Sturmbannführer Commander 11th SS Stug Btn
 * Fritz von Scholz 18.01.1942 Oberführer Commander SS-Rgt Nordland