Honour Cross for Combatants
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| Honour Cross for Combatants | |
|---|---|
 Cross of Honor for Combatants |
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| Awarded by Weimar Republic & Nazi Germany | |
| Type | Service Medal |
| Eligibility | All Great War Combatants |
| Awarded for | "For Soldiers who Fought on the Front" |
| Status | Obsolete |
| Statistics | |
| First awarded | July 13, 1934 |
| Last awarded | 1944 |
| Total awarded | 6,250,000 |
| Posthumous awards |
No |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Hamburg Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz |
| Next (lower) | Honour Cross for War Participants |
The Honour Cross for Combatants (German: Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer) was one of three versions of the Cross of Honor to be awarded.
[edit] Recipients
- Walther von Brauchitsch
- Wilhelm Keitel
- Günther von Kluge
- Erwin Rommel
- Albert Kesselring
- Erwin von Witzleben
- Erich von Manstein
- Gerd von Rundstedt
- Gerhard Bassenge
- Hermann Dahlmann
[edit] Fictional Recipients
- Colonel Hans Landa (Inglourious Basterds)
