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Iron Cross [Germany]

Country:Germany
Established:The Iron Cross was originally established on 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. It was reestablished in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian war and again on 5 August 1914 by Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia.
Criteria:Issued in three classes, the 1914 Iron Cross was awarded without regard for nationality or social class to combatants and noncombatants for acts of heroism, bravery or leadership. Although the medals of each class were identical, the manner in which each was worn differed. Employing a pin or screw posts on the back of the medal, the Iron Cross First Class was worn on the left side of the recipient's uniform. The Grand Cross and the Iron Cross Second Class were suspended from different ribbons.
WWI Awards:5 Grand Cross
218,000 First Class
5,200,000 Second Class
Iron Cross, Second Class [Thanks to Carsten Kopke at Arrowsoft Verlag]

Recipients - World War I Aces
GermanyHans von Adam
1st Class

GermanyKarl Allmenröder

GermanyFriedrich Altemeier
1st Class - 30 May 1917

GermanyErnst von Althaus

GermanyLeopold Anslinger

GermanyHeinrich Arntzen

GermanyHarald Auffarth

GermanyPaul Bäumer

GermanyOliver von Beaulieu-Marconnay

GermanyHermann Becker

GermanyFritz Bernert

GermanyRudolf Berthold

GermanyJoachim von Bertrab

GermanyPaul Billik

GermanyWalter Blume

GermanyOswald Boelcke

GermanyOskar von Boenigk

GermanyErwin Böhme

GermanyHans Böhning

GermanyKarl Bolle

GermanyHeinrich Bongartz

GermanyOtto Brauneck

Austro-Hungarian EmpireGodwin Brumowski
2nd Class

GermanyFranz Büchner

GermanyJulius Buckler

GermanyWalter von Bülow-Bothcamp

GermanyFriedrich-Karl Burckhardt

GermanyTheodor Croneiss

GermanyCarl Degelow

GermanyHelmut Dilthey

GermanyGustav Dörr

GermanyEduard von Dostler

Austro-Hungarian EmpireBenno Fiala Ritter von Fernbrugg
2nd Class

GermanySebastian Festner

GermanyFriedrich Friedrichs

GermanyHermann Frommherz

GermanyOtto Fruhner

GermanyWilli Gabriel

GermanyKarl Gallwitz

GermanyHeinrich Gontermann

GermanyHermann Göring
1st Class - 22 March 1915

GermanyRobert von Greim

GermanyHans von Haebler

GermanyErich Hahn

GermanyGeorg von Hantelmann

GermanyHeinrich Henkel

GermanyWalter Höhndorf

GermanyHans Imelmann
1st Class
GermanyMax Immelmann
1st Class - October 1915

GermanyJosef Jacobs

GermanyFritz Jacobsen

Austro-Hungarian EmpireOtto Jäger
2nd Class
GermanyReinhold Jorke
1st Class

GermanyWilly Kahle

Austro-Hungarian EmpireKarl Kaszala
2nd Class

GermanyStefan Kirmaier

GermanyHans Kirschstein

GermanyHans Klein

GermanyRudolf Klimke

GermanyFritz Kosmahl

Austro-Hungarian EmpireHeinrich Kostrba
2nd Class

GermanyHeinrich Kroll

GermanyWilhelm Kühne

GermanyArthur Laumann

GermanyGustav Leffers

GermanyBruno Loerzer
1st Class - 16 June 1917
2nd Class - 7 March 1915

GermanyErich Löwenhardt

GermanyJosef Mai

GermanyFriedrich Manschott

GermanyRudolf Matthaei

GermanyEmil Meinecke

GermanyCarl Menckhoff

GermanyGeorg Meyer

GermanyHans Müller

GermanyMax von Müller

GermanyMax von Mulzer

Austro-Hungarian EmpireKurt Nachod
2nd Class
GermanyEdmund Nathanael
1st Class

GermanyMax Näther

GermanyUlrich Neckel

Austro-Hungarian EmpireKarl Nikitsch
1st and 2nd Class

GermanyTheodor Osterkamp

GermanyOtto Parschau

Austro-Hungarian EmpireKarl Patzelt
1st and 2nd Class

GermanyHans Pippart

GermanyKarl Plauth

GermanyWerner Preuss

GermanyFritz Pütter

GermanyJosef Raesch

GermanyLothar von Richthofen

GermanyManfred von Richthofen
1st Class - 10 April 1916

GermanyWolfram von Richthofen

GermanyHans Rolfes

GermanyFriedrich von Röth

GermanyFritz Rumey

GermanyGotthard Sachsenberg

GermanyKarl Schäfer

GermanyFranz Schleiff

GermanyKarl Schlegel

GermanyEduard von Schleich

GermanyJulius Schmidt

GermanyKarl Thom

GermanyEmil Thuy

GermanyAdolf von Tutschek

GermanyErnst Udet

GermanyBernhard Ultsch

GermanyJoseph Veltjens

GermanyWerner Voss

GermanyFranz Walz

Austro-Hungarian EmpireRudolf Weber
2nd Class

GermanyRichard Wenzl

GermanyRudolf Windisch

GermanyKurt Wissemann

GermanyKurt Wolff

GermanyKurt Wusthoff


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