Table of Contents

Introduction · The Knight's Cross · A description of the Knight's Cross · The award process and documents · Oak-Leaves, Swords and Diamonds distinctions · Distribution of the awards · Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves recipients · Glossary · Colour plate commentary · Index

About the Author

Gordon Williamson was born in 1951 and currently works for the Scottish Land Register. He spent seven years with the Military Police TA and has published a number of books and articles on the decorations of the Third Reich and their winners. He is the author of a large number of World War II titles for Osprey, with a particular interest in the Kriegsmarine and the U-boat flotillas. Ramiro Bujeiro has become a frequent and popular contributor to Osprey books. He is an experienced commercial artist who lives and works in his native city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His professional background includes many commissions as a figure illustrator and strip cartoonist for clients all over Europe and the Americas, including many years' work for IPC Magazines in Great Britain. His main interests are the political and military history of Europe in the first half of the 20th century.