Postwar Signature of Knight’s Cross Holder Karl-Heinz Lichte. Weidinger earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (German Cross in Gold) and Ritterkreuz (Knight’s Cross) as Chef of 5./ SS-Panzer-Regiment 5 “Wiking”. Knight’s Cross was awarded for his actions during the relief efforts toward Budapest in January 1945. Near the town of Tata he and his Kompanie succeeded in rolling up a Soviet Pakfront from the flank, destroying 40 guns and 6 tanks without friendly losses. By this action the forward march of the Division was enabled, and Lichte would be appropriately recognized.