May 17, 2010: The German Army has awarded fourteen American soldiers the revived Iron Cross medal, for risking their lives, on April 2nd, to save eleven German soldiers who had come under heavy fire ...

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Dug out of attics and curio shops and freshly minted by the thousands, the German Iron Cross has become the newest ... by chain and variety stores, the crosses are now being made of copper ...

The Iron Cross was established originally as a Prussian military honour by King Frederick Wilhelm III in 1813. The medal was later awarded as a top honour to German servicemen during both world wars, ...

The Expressive Art of the Roof Cross Tradition in Chiapas, Mexico, an exhibition now at Casa de la Guerra, demonstrates what happens when blessings, both religious and civic, become visible. Robert ...

Cardinal Reinhard Marx has said directing all state buildings to hang crosses amounts to "expropriating the cross in ... of the southern German state of Bavaria for ordering Christian crosses ...

founder of the famous department store - had been producing spoof Iron Crosses bearing the names of cultural sites damaged by the German army to ridicule the enemy. And shortly after the ...

Germany's Central Council of Jews is opposed to plans to reintroduce the Iron Cross as a new bravery medal for German solidiers. The decoration, they say, is tied too closely with World War II.

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