German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented German soldiers with medals for bravery that resemble the old iron cross, marking the first time since World War II that the nation has bestowed such a ...

To their commander went the last German decoration of World War II: diamonds for the oak leaves (with swords) on his Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The voice continued : ...

The Iron Cross medal, for bravery in combat, ceased to exist between 1945 and last year. But popular demand caused the German government to create an "Honor Cross for Bravery" which is, to all ...

The Iron Cross, which had fallen out of favor in 1918, was revived by the Nazis in 1939, albeit with a Nazi swastika embossed in the center of the medal's original simple black-and-silver design.