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 ...

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.

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.

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.