July 9, 2009: The German army has awarded the first Iron Cross medals, for bravery in a combat zone, since 1945. From 1813 to 1945, nearly five million Iron Cross medals were awarded to German ...

View WWI and WWII German Iron Cross medals. WWI medal with some tarnishing on left edges. 1.75in. WWII medal with only light tarnishing in areas on edges. With double sword oak leaf medal. Cross: ...

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 ...

"This can be seen on the back of the medal which shows the 1813 date, the Crown of the Kingdom of Prussia, and the FW for the ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump will award the Medal of Honor posthumously to a World War II hero from Kentucky who called in artillery fire on his own position to repel an attack by 600 German ...

The German armed forces sport an Iron Cross symbol on their hardware - but the medal itself has been shunned since World War II. The defence ministry said it had no plans to bring back the Iron Cross.

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.

Güenter Brixius's Iron Cross was found by Welsh farmers after his plane crashed in 1942. ... A German pilot's World War Two medal has been returned to his family more than 80 years after his death.

The medal was awarded in the Franco-Prussian War, WW1 and WW2. "This particular medal is from the First World War as can be seen on the front of the medal which dates it.

Until 1918, there were several higher (than the Iron Cross) order decorations for distinguished service in combat, but these were replaced during World War II by more elaborate versions of the Iron ...