Iron Cross 1st Class

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German military award military decoration

The Iron Cross 1st Class was a prestigious German military decoration awarded for acts of bravery or successful leadership in combat, particularly during the World Wars.

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Surface form Occurrences
Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class 20
Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military award ⓘ
military decoration ⓘ
associatedWith German military tradition ⓘ
Prussian military tradition ⓘ
awardedFor bravery in combat ⓘ
successful military leadership ⓘ
awardingAuthority Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
surface form: German Emperor

President of Germany ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
designFeature central "FW" cipher on 1813 version ⓘ
central "W" cipher on 1914 version ⓘ
central swastika on 1939 version ⓘ
eligibility enlisted soldiers ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ
officers ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
established 1813 ⓘ
establishedBy Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ
surface form: King Frederick William III of Prussia
higherRankThan Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ
introducedClass Iron Cross ⓘ
surface form: 1813 Iron Cross series

Iron Cross ⓘ
surface form: 1870 Iron Cross series

Iron Cross ⓘ
surface form: 1914 Iron Cross series

Iron Cross ⓘ
surface form: 1939 Iron Cross series
lowerRankThan Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
material iron core ⓘ
silver frame ⓘ
notableRecipient Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Manfred von Richthofen ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
partOf Iron Cross ⓘ
prerequisite Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ
reinstated 1870 ⓘ
1914 ⓘ
1939 ⓘ
shape cross pattée ⓘ
status obsolete decoration ⓘ
symbol black four-pointed cross ⓘ
usedBy German Empire ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
Weimar Republic (as 1914 award) ⓘ
wearingMethod pin-back badge ⓘ
wornOn left breast pocket ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

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Adolf Galland → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Alfred Jodl → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Dietrich Hrabak → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Eduard Dietl → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Erhard Milch → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Erhard Raus → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Erich Ludendorff → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Erich Raeder → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Erich von Manstein → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Erwin Rommel → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Fedor von Bock → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Ferdinand Schörner → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Franz von Hipper → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Field Marshal Georg von Küchler → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
subject surface form: Georg von Küchler
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Georg-Hans Reinhardt → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Gerd von Rundstedt → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Gerhard Barkhorn → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class
Gerhard Schöpfel → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Gordon Gollob → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class
Günther Lütjens → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Günther Rall → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class
Günther von Kluge → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Hans Langsdorff → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Hans Langsdorff → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Hans-Ulrich Rudel → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Heinz Ewald → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Hermann Graf → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Hermann Göring → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Johannes Steinhoff → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class
Josef Priller → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Julius Streicher → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Karl Dönitz → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Konstantin von Neurath → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Manfred von Richthofen → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Max Immelmann → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Maximilian de Angelis → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Maximilian von Weichs → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Michael Wittmann → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Oswald Boelcke → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Walter Krupinski → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class
Walther von Brauchitsch → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Walther von Reichenau → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Wilhelm Bittrich → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Wilhelm List → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
subject surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen → awardReceived → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Friedrich Paulus → awarded → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Johannes Blaskowitz → awarded → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class
Iron Cross → hasClass → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ