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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Observed surface forms (2)

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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iron Cross 2nd Class → higherRank → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

Grand Cross of the Iron Cross → higherRankThan → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

German Cross in Gold → higherThan → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → lowerAward → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

Erich Dietl → receivedAward → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class

Ernst Busch → receivedAward → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class

Walther Nehring → receivedAward → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds → relatedAward → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

Grand Cross of the Iron Cross → relatedDecoration → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

Wilhelm Batz → wasAwarded → Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class