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The Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) was established in 1813 as a military honor by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia. Prussia was deeply involved in the Napoleonic Wars and this was a way to honor its brave soldiers.The Iron Cross was awarded again in 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War. Those awardees still in service in 1895 received a 25 year clasp. It was reauthorized in 1914 at the start of World War I. One of the more famous holders of the cross was Adolf Hitler. Millions of the lower grade (second class) were issued, as well as a considerable number of first class awards. Exactly numbers are not known, since the Prussian archives were destroyed during World War II.
Adolf Hitler again restored the award in 1939, continuing the tradition of issuing it in various grades.
The Iron Cross was awarded for bravery in battle as well as other military contributions to a battlefield environment.
From: Wikipedia.org, The Free Encyclopedia
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Not much to say... got the inspiration after watching BoB (Band of Brothers)
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Comments: 18
Bravery should be repected no matter the uniform. As a combat Vet. I would always respect the enemy. Hell, he had the balls to stand up to my fire team.
A beautiful piece, thanks for sharing!
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Glorious thank you for speaking about these brave people.
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I own some multiple replicas of the Iron Cross
If I remember correctly it must be the one from 1813, 1914, 1939 and a replica of the 2008 released "Cross of Honor from the Bundeswehr for Bravery"
High Quality Replicas, and not that "Made-In-China" trash <.<
Faved this picture ^^
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I own a Eisernes Kreuz from the 1. world war, it´s very beautiful!
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Niemals XD Aber die findest du bei fast jedem größerem Flohmarkt, meins hat nur 30 € gekostet,
weil der Kerl sich vllt. nicht auskannte ich weiß es nicht mehr genau. Aber ich wollte unbedingt eins haben.
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Kann ja mal beim nächsten Flohmarkt mal kucken
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Im Netz gibts auch immer mehr, aber es ist schwer Fälschungen zu erkennen. Eins ist sicher, wenns zu gut aussieht,
ist es nicht echt meistens XD
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Danke für den Tipp.
Aber dan gibt es nur ein Problem Wen man es kauft hatt nicht würklich eine emotionale Verbindung dazu z.b. bei meinen stahlhelme weiß ich das mein Vater darunter gedient hatt (bei der frweiwilligenfeuerwehr)
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Ja nur meine dumme Tante hat die Orden meines Uropas verkauft bevor ich auf der Welt war...
und ich liebe dieses Zeichen so sehr, dass es mir egal ist von wem es ist, ich möchte es trotzdem haben^^
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Very nicely explained. 
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