Database of Iron Cross 1st Class

Index: EK004590 Surname: SCHEUNPFLUG First Name: RUDOLF Nobility:   Awarded Date: 26/08/1943 Rank: (UNTEROFFIZIER) Unit: SAN. ERS. ABTLG. 4 , ALTHOUGH SPENT BULK OF THE TIME WITH GREN. RGT. 171 (56. INF. DIVISION) Comments: FIRST WOUNDED ON 24.5. 1940 IN BELGIUM AND FINALLY, IN DEC 44 , HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG WAS AMPUTATED. GROUPING CITIED CONTAINED A SAN. AUSWEIS SO RUDOLF WAS MEDICALLY TRAINED. EK1 WAS AWARDED 6 DAYS AFTER BEING TRANSFERRED TO SAN. BATTALION, IT IS POSSIBLE Other Awards: INFANTERIE STURMABZEICHEN ?ILBER' 4.10.1939 EK II KLASSE 31.7.1940 VERWUNDENTENABZEICHEN 'SCHWARZ' 16.10.1940 OSTMEDAILLE 5.8.1942 VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN ?ILBER' 3.10.1942 Feldpost Stamp: N/A Signature: N/A Branch: WH Documented: WEHRPASS Source: ERICHCRACIUN VIA (WEHRMACHTAWARDS.COM) Confirmation: PARTIAL Submitter: J.OOI

This list seeks to eventually contain the total list of recipients of the Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse (Iron Cross First Class), across the whole of the Wehrmacht in World War II (Heer, Kriegsmarine & Luftwaffe). This is an ambitious undertaking and may never be completed, but its ulimate goal will be to remain be the most comprehensive list of verified EK1 recipients of the Wehrmacht outside the Bundesarchiv in Germany If you have any questions or wish to seek permission to use this information please e-mail me on:

Jeff Ooi