Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Obsolete. Established. 1 September 1939. The Clasp to the Iron Cross (Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz) was a white metal medal clasp displayed on the uniforms of German Wehrmacht personnel who had been awarded the Iron Cross in World War I, and who again qualified for the decoration in World War II. [1] During the war, over 100,000 clasps were awarded.
In February 1944, German personnel became eligible for the 1st class and 2nd class without swords where they held the corresponding class of the War Merit Cross with swords. Wear of Nazi era awards was banned in 1945. In 1957 the Eastern People's Medal was among the World War II decorations re-authorised for wear by the Federal Republic of Germany.
100th Jäger Division. Battles/wars. World War II. Awards. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Trefoil 1st Class. Werner Otto Sanne (5 April 1889 – 26 September 1952) was a German general ( Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of ...
1 July 2009 [2] Ribbon bar of the decoration. The Bundeswehr Cross of Honour for Valour ( German: Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr für Tapferkeit) is the highest military decoration of the Bundeswehr. It is the highest class of the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour. The decoration is the first combat valour award presented by Germany since World War II.
Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. Recipients of the Iron Cross (1813) (26 P) Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870) (2 C, 8 P) Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914) (2 C, 53 P) Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939) (3 C, 13 P) Recipients of the Iron Cross, 1st class (4 C, 42 P)
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest military awards in Nazi Germany.During or shortly after World War II, 457 German servicemen of the Waffen-SS, including volunteers from Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, and Norway, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
The museum was moved twice before ending up in the current location, where it was ceremonially opened on May 9 (Victory Day) in 1981 by the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. On 21 June 1996, the museum was accorded its current status of the National Museum by the special decree signed by Leonid Kuchma, the then-President of Ukraine.
Cross of Iron (German: Steiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz, lit. "Steiner – The Iron Cross") is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner. Set on the Eastern Front in World War II during the Soviets' Caucasus operations against the German Kuban bridgehead on the Taman ...