German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented German soldiers with medals for bravery that resemble the old iron cross, marking the first time since World War II that the nation has bestowed such a ...

A German conservative MP said Thursday the Iron Cross should be reintroduced as a military honour, but the Defence Ministry swiftly slapped down the call.

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.

Plans to revive the Iron Cross for first time since World War II stir up debate.

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.

THE remarkable story of how a Spitfire Ace was given a German Iron Cross by a vanquished pilot before returning it to his old foe after the war has emerged.

A family wants to return an Iron Cross a German sailor handed to a baby exactly 100 years ago ...

Germany has launched an anguished and widening debate over proposals to reintroduce the Iron Cross – virtually in its original form – as a military decoration that could be awarded throughout ...