Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)

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The Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) was a Nazi Germany military decoration awarded to World War I Iron Cross holders for renewed acts of bravery or leadership during World War II.


Statements (42)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi Germany military award
military decoration
appliesTo holders of the 1914 Iron Cross
awardedFor renewed acts of bravery
renewed military leadership
awardedInTheatre European theatre of World War II
North African theatre of World War II
awardingAuthority Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
designFeature date 1939
eagle with swastika
oak leaves motif
discontinued 1945
eligibility World War I Iron Cross recipients
military personnel of Nazi Germany
grade Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class
Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class
hasRankRestriction none (awarded across all ranks)
higherAward Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
ideologicalAssociation Nazism
introduced 1939
introducedBy Adolf Hitler
languageOfName German
legalBasis Wehrmacht decree of 1 September 1939
material silvered metal
nativeLabel Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939
partOf Iron Cross (1939) award system
periodOfUse 1939–1945
precondition prior award of the Iron Cross (1914)
relatedTo Iron Cross (1914)
Iron Cross (1939)
replaces need to re-award the 1914 Iron Cross
status obsolete
symbolOf service continuity between World War I and World War II
typeOfAward personal military decoration
usedBy Kriegsmarine
Luftwaffe
Waffen-SS
Wehrmacht
wornOn left breast pocket above the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class
ribbon of the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class

Referenced by (32)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Eduard Dietl ("Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class")
Eduard Dietl ("Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class")
Erhard Raus ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Erhard Raus ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Georg Stumme
Georg von Küchler ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Georg von Küchler ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Georg-Hans Reinhardt ("Clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st Class")
Hugo Sperrle
Josef Harpe
Maximilian de Angelis ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Maximilian de Angelis ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Walther von Brauchitsch ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Walther von Brauchitsch ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Walther von Reichenau ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Walther von Reichenau ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Wilhelm Bittrich ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Wilhelm Bittrich ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Wilhelm List ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Wilhelm List ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
awardReceived
Erich Dietl ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Erich Dietl ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Ernst Busch ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Ernst Busch ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
Walther Nehring ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Walther Nehring ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
receivedAward
Johannes Blaskowitz ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class")
Johannes Blaskowitz ("Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class")
awarded
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ("Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class")
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ("Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class")
grade
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ("Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1939")
nativeLabel

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