(No4970) German Iron Cross II. Class medal WW1 MAGNETIC 3 PIECE CONSTR MAKER B
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Original German Iron Cross II. Class - WW1, NICE CONDITION, NEW NON COMBATANT RIBBON, THREE PIECE CONSTRUCTION, MAGNETIC CORE, RARE MAKER MARK ON THE EYELET: "B" Money back guarantee on originality. There is a great opportunity to save on postage: if you buy anything else, the next item(s) will be posted for free. I am happy to send more HQ photos by e-mail if required. The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz) was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia, and later of Germany, which was established by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia and first awarded on 10 March 1813 in Breslau. In addition to during the Napoleonic Wars, the Iron Cross was awarded during the Franco-German War, the First World War, and the Second World War. The Iron Cross was normally a military decoration only, though there were instances of it being awarded to civilians for performing military functions. Two examples, the civilian pilot Hanna Reitsch was awarded the Iron Cross First Class for her bravery as a test pilot during the Second World War and Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (also a German female test pilot) was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class. The Iron Cross was also used as the symbol of the German Army from 1871 to 1915, when it was replaced by a simpler Greek cross. In 1956, the Iron Cross became the symbol of the Bundeswehr,
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