Karl August Ferdinand von Borcke (18 February 1776 – 15 December 1830) was a Prussian general and the first recipient of the Iron Cross.

[1] Borcke was born in Stargard, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia (today Poland) to Ernst Gottlieb Kurt von Borcke (1757–1816) and Anna Margarethe née Greinert (1750–1804).

He attended school at Stargard and joined the Prussian Army in 1789 as an officer's cadet.

He received the Iron Cross II class for his deployment in a battle at Lüneburg on 21 April 1813, the first to be honored after its foundation by King Frederick William III of Prussia on 10 March 1813.

[1] Borcke was married to Ernestine Johanna Christiane née von Broesigke (1764–1836) since 1806, they had no children.