Knight's Cross

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Knight's_Cross

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_decoration
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Knight's_Cross_with_Golden_Oak_Leaves,_Swords,_and_Diamonds gptkb:Knight's_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves gptkb:Knight's_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves,_Swords,_and_Diamonds gptkb:Knight's_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves_and_Swords
gptkbp:awardedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:awardedFor	extreme battlefield bravery successful military leadership
gptkbp:category	German military awards Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany World War II awards
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:designer	gptkb:Wilhelm_Ernst_Peekhaus
gptkbp:firstAwarded	30 September 1939
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Knight's Cross
gptkbp:introduced	1939
gptkbp:lastAwarded	17 June 1945
gptkbp:material	iron silver
gptkbp:notableRecipient	gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Adolf_Galland gptkb:Günther_Rall gptkb:Hans-Ulrich_Rudel gptkb:Joachim_Peiper gptkb:Michael_Wittmann gptkb:Otto_Carius gptkb:Wolfgang_Lüth gptkb:Heinz_Guderian
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Iron_Cross_series
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Iron_Cross_1st_Class
gptkbp:relatedAward	gptkb:Grand_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross gptkb:Iron_Cross_2nd_Class gptkb:German_Cross_in_Gold
gptkbp:ribbonColor	black-white-red
gptkbp:shape	gptkb:cross_pattée
gptkbp:status	no longer awarded
gptkbp:totalAwarded	over 7,000
gptkbp:wornBy	neck
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3