The military has had no medal for bravery since it stopped awarding the Iron Cross, which was first issued in 1813 but bestowed so frequently under the Nazis that it become inexorably associated ...

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – John C. Wirick is awarded the German Silver Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr by German military attache Col. Klaus Finck, at the Pentagon, Jan. 30, 2014.

This time, only German military men were allowed to sign. Despite all their maneuvering, their responsibility was on history’s record. ... on his Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross.

May 17, 2010: The German Army has awarded fourteen American soldiers the revived Iron Cross medal, for risking their lives, on April 2nd, to save eleven German soldiers who had come under heavy fire ...

The Iron Cross was established originally as a Prussian military honour by King Frederick Wilhelm III in 1813. The medal was later awarded as a top honour to German servicemen during both world wars.

The cross at issue in the viral video is neither a modern-era German Iron Cross nor the simple cross used as an indicator by the Ukrainian army.

For the 130 years leading up to 1945, exceptional courage in German military service was honored with the Iron Cross. The medal was abolished at the end of World War II, during which it was ...

The Iron Cross still rates as Germany's most famous military insignia, but its role has been reduced to that of a black and white emblem on the aircraft, tanks and warships of the post-war armed ...