Col. Klaus Finck, a German military attaché, pinned the medal on Wirick's chest. The medal is part of the order of the Iron Cross.

BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel presented German soldiers with medals for bravery that resemble the old iron cross on Monday, marking the first time since World War II that the nation has ...

The Alibi. The bankrupt Reich’s receivers did their utmost to absolve the German people and the German military command of responsibility for the war and the defeat.

The primary claim, in this regard, was that the cross displayed was not a Nazi symbol but was, instead, the Iron Cross used by the modern German army. This is not the case.

German cross-country skier Victoria Carl tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol after her final race of this past season in March, the German skiing association said Wednesday.

The German army is once again being invited to balance Russians in the historic civilizational frontiers between historic Russian- and German-occupied lands.

During the Third Reich era, the German military actually employed the Balkenkreuz (Bar Cross), while the modern German Bundeswehr (Armed Forces) now uses the Iron Cross again on its tanks and ...

The Iron Cross remains a German symbol - but not a medal The German president has backed a proposal to introduce a top bravery medal for German soldiers - but no return of the Iron Cross is planned.

The German skiing association says German cross-country skier Victoria Carl has tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. The 29-year-old Carl, who won gold in the cross-country team ...

The Harley-Davidson Iron Cross is a Softail Slim S motorcycle modified over in Switzerland by a garage called Bundnerbike, a nod to the (German) military ...

The German skiing association says German cross-country skier Victoria Carl has tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. The 29-year-old Carl, who was second in the overall World Cup ...