List of Knight's Cross recipients 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Awarded by Nazi Germany
Type	Neck order
Eligibility	Military personnel
Awarded for	Awarded to holders of the Iron Cross to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful leadership
Campaign	World War II
Status	Obsolete
Statistics
Established	1 September 1939
First awarded	30 September 1939
Last awarded	11 May 1945 / 17 June 1945^[a]
Precedence
Next (higher)	Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
Next (lower)	Iron Cross 1st Class

The 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen was a German Waffen-SS armoured division which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.

Knight's Cross with Swords

Sylvester Stadler, 06.05.1945 Oberführer Commander 9th SS Panzer Div Hohenstaufen

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock, 02.09.1944 Oberführer Commander 9th SS Panzer Div Hohenstaufen
Otto Meyer, 30.09.1944 Obersturmbannführer Commander 9th SS Panzer Rgt

Walter Harzer, 21.09.1944 Obersturmbannführer Ia 9th SS Panzer Div Hohenstaufen

Hermann Alber, 16.12.1944 Sturmmann KpTruppmelder 9th Company, 20th SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt
Robert Frank, 04.06.1944 Sturmbannführer Commander II./20th SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt

Johann Sailer, 06.05.1945 Obersturmführer Commander, 3 Battery,9th SS Panzerjager Btn

Viktor Eberhard Gräbner, 23.08.1944 Hauptsturmführer, Commander 9th SS-Pz.Rec Btn

Heinz Gropp, 06.05.1945 SS-Obersturmführer Commander 2nd Battery, 9th SS-Flak.Btn

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Kriegsmarine	Schnellboot service U-boat service

Luftwaffe	Fallschirmjäger fighter force (Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds recipients)

Waffen-SS (With Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds)	Oak Leaves, Swords or Diamonds recipients 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking 6th SS Gebigs Division Nord 7th SS Volunteer Gebirgs Division Prinz Eugen 8th Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division Norland 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend 13th Waffen Mountain Division (1st Croatian) 15th Waffen Grenadier Division (1st Latvian) 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer SS 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 19th Waffen Grenadier Division (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division (1st Estonian) 22nd SS Cavalry Division Maria Theresia 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne SS Heavy Panzer Battalions

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