Iron Cross 1st class
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
| The Iron Cross was established in 1813 in Breslau and given to soldiers in the wars against Napolean. The Iron Cross was reauthorized in 1914 by Emperor Wilhelm II when the First World War started.
Over 4 million 2nd class Iron Crosses were issued during World War one and about 145,000 of the 1st class medal.
The Icon Cross was again restored in 1939 - see our WWII medal page.
Medal photo courtesy of de.wikipedia.org.
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| Commander | Date | Command | | Kptlt. | Abendroth, Karl-Friedrich von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
 | Kptlt. | Adam, Hans | 1 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Albrecht, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Amberger, Gustav | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Amberger, Wilhelm | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 38 |
| Kptlt. | Arnauld de la Perière, Lothar von | 1 Jan 1916 | U 35 |
| Oblt. | Arnold, Alfred | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Aust, Hubert | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 45 |
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| Oblt. | Bachmann, Günther | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Bartholdy, Gottfried | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Bauer, Cäsar | 2 Jan 1916 | UC 14 |
| Oblt. | Becker, Franz | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 20 |
| Kptlt. | Becker, Walther Gustav | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Beitzen, Curt | 1915 | |
| Kptlt. | Bender, Waldemar | 2 Jan 1917 | U 76 |
| Kptlt. | Berckheim, Egewolf Freiherr von | 2 Jan 1915 | U 23 |
| Oblt. | Berlin, Ernst | 1918 or later | UB 104 |
| Kptlt. | Bernis, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 41 |
| Kptlt. | Beyersdorff, Hans | 1918 or later | U 111 |
| Oblt. | Bieber, Thomas | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 31 |
| Kptlt. | Bieler, Max | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. (R) | Bohm, Hermann | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Born, Joachim | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Bothmer, Thorwald von | 2 Jan 1917 | U 66 |
| Kptlt. | Bothmer, Volkhard von | 2 Jan 1917 | U 54 |
| Ltn. (R) | Braun, Wilhelm | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Breyer, Herbert | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 32 |
| Ltn. (R) | Brinkmann, Oskar | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Buntebardt, Hans | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Buß, Berndt | 2 Jan 1917 | U 48 |
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| Oblt. | Canaris, Wilhelm | 1915 | |
| Kptlt. | Carls, Rolf | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Crüsemann, Friedrich | 2 Jan 1917 | U 86 |
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| Oblt. | Dewitz, Albrecht von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Dieckmann, Victor | 2 Jan 1917 | U 61 |
| Oblt. | Dobberstein, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Doemming, Hellmuth von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Dröscher, Otto | 2 Jan 1917 | U 78 |
| Oblt. | Dönitz, Karl | 5 May 1916 | |
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| Kptlt. | Edeling, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Ehrensberger, Adolf | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Ehrlich, Günther | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Elleke, Bodo | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Kptlt. | Feldkirchner, Johannes | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 25 |
| Kptlt. | Feldt, Richard | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Fircks, Wilhelm von | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Fischel, Hermann von | 2 Jan 1917 | U 65 |
| Oblt. | Fischer, Waldemar von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Forstmann, Walter | 1 Jan 1916 | U 39 |
| Kptlt. | Forstner, Georg-Günther von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Franz, Adolf | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Fürbringer, Werner | 2 Jan 1916 | UB 2 |
| Oblt. | Förste, Erich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Kptlt. | Gansser, Konrad | 2 Jan 1916 | U 33 |
| Kptlt. | Gebeschus, Rudolf | 1 Jan 1917 | UB 35 |
| Kptlt. | Georg, Carl-Siegfried Ritter von | 1 Sep 1916 | U 57 |
| Kptlt. | Gercke, Hermann | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Gerke, Otto | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Gerlach, Helmut | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Gerth, Erich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Gerth, Georg | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 61 |
| Kptlt. | Glasenapp, Alfred von | 2 Jan 1917 | U 80 |
| Kptlt. | Goetting, Gernot | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Gregor, Fritz | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Grünert, Franz | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Götting, Friedrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Götze, Alfred | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Oblt. | Haag, Georg | 2 Jan 1916 | UC 7 |
| Kptlt. | Haecker, Erich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Hagen, Franz | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Hamm, Max | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Hansen, Klaus | 2 Jan 1915 | U 16 |
| Kptlt. | Hartwig, Kurt | 1 Jan 1917 | U 32 |
| Kptlt. | Hashagen, Ernst | 2 Jan 1917 | U 62 |
| Oblt. (R) | Hashagen, Hinrich Hermann | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Heeseler, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Heimburg, Heino von | 2 Jul 1915 | UB 14 |
| Oblt. | Heller, Bruno | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Hennig, Heinrich von | 1918 or later | |
| Kptlt. | Hermann, Peter | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Hersing, Otto | 1 Apr 1915 | U 21 |
| Kptlt. | Hillebrand, Leo | 2 Jan 1917 | U 46 |
| Kptlt. | Hoppe, Bruno | 2 Jan 1916 | U 22 |
| Oblt. | Howaldt, Hans | 1 Jan 1917 | UB 40 |
| Oblt. | Hundius, Paul | 1 Jun 1917 | UC 47 |
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| Ltn. (R) | Illing, Hans | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Oblt. | Jasper, Karl (i.V.) | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Jeß, Heinrich | 2 Jan 1917 | U 79 |
| KrvKpt. | Jürst, Hellmuth | 2 Jan 1917 | U 43 |
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| Oblt. | Keyserlingk, Harald von | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Kiel, Wilhelm | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 18 |
| Kptlt. (R) | Kiesewetter, Wilhelm | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Kirchner, Johannes | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 23 |
| Kptlt. | Klasing, Johannes | 2 Jan 1917 | U 34 |
| Oblt. | Klatt, Alfred | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 38 |
| Kptlt. | Klein, Friedrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. (R) | Koch, Heinrich (i.V.) | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Kolbe, Constantin | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Kolbe, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Kophamel, Waldemar | 2 Jul 1915 | U 35 |
| Oblt. | Korsch, Hans Paul | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Krafft, Ernst | 2 Jan 1917 | U 72 |
| | Krapohl, Franz | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Krastel, Walter | 1 Jul 1918 | |
| Oblt. | Krause, Günther | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Krech, Günther | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Krieger, Ernst | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Kukat, Hans | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Kukat, Heinrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Kükenthal, Hans | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Kümpel, Otto | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Oblt. | Lafrenz, Claus | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 18 |
| Oblt. | Lamprecht, Fritz | 2 Jan 1918 | |
| Oblt. | Lange, Werner | 1 Feb 1918 | |
| Oblt. | Launburg, Otto | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 37 |
| Oblt. | Lefholz, Herbert | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 33 |
| Ltn. | Liebeskind, Hans Albrecht | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Limann, Konrad | 1918 or later | |
| Oblt. | Lippold, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Loch, Kurt | 1918 or later | |
| Oblt. | Lohs, Johannes | 1 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Lorenz, Hellmut | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Loycke, Otto | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Lühe, Hans Adalbert von der | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Lühe, Vicco von der | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Lütjohann, Hans | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Löwe, Werner | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Oblt. | Magnus, Alexander | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. (R) | Mahn, Bruno | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Marschall, Wilhelm | 1 Jan 1917 | UC 74 |
| Oblt. | Mayer, Gottfried von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Meier, Ulrich | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 17 |
| Oblt. | Mellenthin, Hans von | 1 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Menzel, Hermann | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Metger, Hermann | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Metzger, Heinrich | 2 Jan 1917 | U 47 |
| Kptlt. | Meusel, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Middendorff, Heinrich | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Mohl, Hans von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Mohrbutter, Ulrich | 1918 or later | |
| Oblt. | Montigny, Cassius von | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 30 |
| Kptlt. | Moraht, Robert | 1 Jan 1917 | U 64 |
| Ltn. | Müller, Johannes Paul | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Müller-Schwarz, Ernst | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 16 |
| Kptlt. | Münch, Waldemar von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Oblt. | Neumann, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 67 |
| Kptlt. | Neureuther, Karl | 1918 or later | UB 73 |
| Kptlt. | Ney, Otto | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Niebuhr, Dietrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Nieland, Hans | 2 Jan 1917 | U 67 |
| Oblt. | Niemer, Hans Ewald | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Niemeyer, Georg | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Niemöller, Martin | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Nitzsche, Alfred | 2 Jan 1916 | UC 10 |
| Kptlt. | Nitzsche, Martin | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| KrvKpt. | Nostitz und Jänckendorff, Heinrich von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Oblt. | Obermüller, Horst | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Kptlt. | Palis, Karl | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Palmgren, Karl | Jun 1915 | |
| KrvKpt. | Pastuszyk, Paul | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Patzig, Helmut | 6 Mar 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Petersen, Rudolf | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Petri, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 49 |
| Oblt. | Pilzecker, Ulrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Plange, Wilhelm | 1 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Ploen, Max | 1 Jul 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Prinz, Athalwin | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Prittwitz und Gaffron, Eberhard von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Pustkuchen, Herbert | 2 Jun 1915 | |
| Oblt. | Putzier, Bernhard | 1 Jan 1917 | UB 22 |
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| Oblt. | Rabenau, Reinhard von | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 77 |
| Oblt. | Ramien, Kurt | | |
| Oblt. | Ramm, Robert | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Recke, Philipp | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Reiche, Curt von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Reimarus, Georg | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 4 |
| Kptlt. | Remy, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | U 24 |
| Oblt. | Reuß zu Köstritz, Heinrich XXXVII Prinz | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Rhein, Wilhelm | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Ries, Johannes | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Roehr, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | U 84 |
| Oblt. | Rohne, Hermann | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Rohrbeck, Otto | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Rohrscheidt, Erich von | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 10 |
| Kptlt. | Rose, Hans | 1 Jun 1916 | U 53 |
| Kptlt. | Rosenberg-Gruszczynski, Erich von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Rosenow, Ernst | 1 Jan 1916 | UB 28 |
| Oblt. | Ruckteschell, Hellmuth von | 3 Nov 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Rücker, Claus | 2 Jan 1916 | U 34 |
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| Kptlt. | Saalwächter, Alfred | 14 Feb 1918 | U 94 |
| Kptlt. | Sahl, Ludwig Karl | 1 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Saltzwedel, Reinhold | 1 Jan 1917 | UC 21 |
| Kptlt. | Saupe, Fritz | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Saß, Carl Heinrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Scabell, Hans | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Schapler, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 73 |
| Oblt. | Scheffler, Walter | 1 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Schelle, Martin | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 33 |
| Oblt. | Scherb, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | U 22 |
| Oblt. | Scheurlen, Richard | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Schmettow, Matthias Graf von | 2 Jan 1916 | UC 6 |
| Oblt. | Schmidt, Albrecht | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Schmidt, Eberhard | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Schmidt, Hugo | 2 Jan 1917 | U 71 |
| Oblt. | Schmidt, Max | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Schmitz, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Schneider, Rudolf | 2 Jan 1915 | U 24 |
| Oblt. | Schrader, Otto von | 1 Aug 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Schubert, Otto von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Schultheß, Hans | 2 Jan 1915 | A |
| Kptlt. | Schultze, Otto | 1 Jan 1917 | U 63 |
| Oblt. | Schulz, Gerhard | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. (R) | Schulze, Erich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Schuster, Karlgeorg | 2 Jan 1917 | U 60 |
| Ltn. | Schwab, Martin | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Schwarz, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Schwieger, Walther | 2 Jan 1916 | U 20 |
| Ltn. | Schüler, Hans | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Schöller, Ernst | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Sebelin, Erwin | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Seuffer, Rudolf | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 50 |
| LSL. | Seyffertitz, Hugo von | | |
| Kptlt. | Siewert, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Sieß, Gustav | 1 Jan 1917 | U 73 |
| | Singule, Rudolf | 2 Jan 1916 | k.u.k. U4 |
| Kptlt. | Sittenfeld, Erich | 2 Jan 1916 | U 45 |
| Oblt. | Slevogt, Kurt | 2 Jan 1918 | U 107 |
| Ltn. | Sperling, Günther | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Speth-Schülzburg, Rudolf von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, Edgar von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Spieß, Johannes | 2 Jan 1917 | U 19 |
| Oblt. | Sprenger, Robert | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 34 |
| Oblt. (R) | Stamer, Heinz | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| KrvKpt. | Starke, Wilhelm-Friedrich | Postwar | |
| Oblt. (R) | Stein, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Stein zu Lausnitz, Heinz von | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Oblt. | Steinbauer, Wolfgang | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 47 |
| Oblt. | Steinbrinck, Otto | 1 Jan 1916 | UB 10 |
| Oblt. | Steindorff, Ernst | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Stier, Rudolf | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Stollenz, Georg | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Strackerjan, Friedrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| KrvKpt. | Studt, Ferdinand | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Stöter, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Suadicani, Günther | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Kptlt. | Tebbenjohanns, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 44 |
| Oblt. | Thielmann, Hugo | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Thomsen, Reinhold | 1 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. (R) | Thouret, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Tornow, Otto Heinrich | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 39 |
| Oblt. | Traeger, Friedrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Trenk, Hans | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Twardowski, Fritz von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Oblt. | Ulrich, Ernst | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Ulrich, Friedrich | 1 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Utke, Kurt | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Ltn. | Vahl, Siegfried | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Valentiner, Hans | 2 Jan 1916 | UB 16 |
| Kptlt. | Valentiner, Max | 1 Jan 1916 | U 38 |
| Ltn. | Vater, Werner | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Vesper, Karl | 2 Jan 1917 | UC 27 |
| Oblt. | Viebeg, Max | 1 Jan 1917 | UB 20 |
| Oblt. | Voigt, Ernst | 2 Jan 1916 | UB 6 |
| Oblt. | Voigt, Ernst von | 2 Jan 1916 | UB 8 |
| Ltn. | Vollbrecht, Johann | 2 Jan 1917 | |
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| Kptlt. | Wagenführ, Paul | 2 Jan 1916 | U 44 |
| Oblt. | Walther, Franz | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Walther, Hans | 1 Jan 1916 | U 17 |
| Oblt. | Wangenheim, Ernst von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Warzecha, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Waßner, Erwin | 1 Jan 1917 | UC 69 |
| Kptlt. | Weddigen, Otto | 24 Sep 1914 | U 9 |
| Kptlt. | Wegener, Bernd | November 1914 | U 27 |
| Ltn. | Weichold, Eberhard | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Weisbach, Erwin | 2 Jan 1916 | U 74 |
| Kptlt. | Weisbach, Raimund | 1 Jan 1917 | U 81 |
| Ltn. | Weißhun, Friedrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Wendlandt, Hans Hermann | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Wenninger, Ralph | 2 Jan 1916 | UB 17 |
| Oblt. | Werner, Egon von | 2 Jan 1916 | UC 1 |
| Kptlt. | Werner, Wilhelm | 2 Jan 1917 | U 55 |
| Oblt. | Wernicke, Fritz | 2 Jan 1916 | |
| Kptlt. | Wickel, Clemens | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Wiedemann, Walter | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Wiesenbach, Erich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Wilhelms, Ernst | 2 Jan 1916 | U 69 |
| Ltn. | Winther, Alexander | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Wippern, Kurt | 1918 or later | |
| Ltn. (R) | Wischhausen, Bernhard | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Wißmann, Friedrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Wunderlich, Friedrich | 1 Jul 1918 | |
| Ltn. | Wurmbach, Hans Heinrich | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Wutsdorff, Hans Oscar | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Kptlt. | Wünsche, Otto | 1 Jan 1917 | U 70 |
| Oblt. | Wäger, Franz | 2 Jan 1916 | UB 18 |
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| Ltn. | Zentner, Rudolf | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Ltn. | Ziegner, Wilhelm | 2 Jan 1917 | |
| Oblt. | Ziemer, Heinz | 2 Jan 1917 | UB 23 |
| Kptlt. | Zitzewitz, Gerhard von | 2 Jan 1917 | |
299 officers decorated with Iron Cross 1st class (Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse) located.
Note: This listing is still being compiled and some recipients might be missing.
